Pothole Prank: Man Erects Fake Legs in the Road and the Neglected Hole Was Promptly Filled Within 4 Days
After 8 months of swerving to avoid an axle-breaker pothole in the road through an English village, a local decided enough was enough.
But rather than get mad, James Coxall decided to highlight the danger and frustration the hole presented with humor.
Instead of leaving a furiously indignant message on the Castle Camp town council’s answering machine, Coxall enlisted the help of his wife and kids to build a pair of wooden legs and feet, clad in jeans and shoes, and fix it down in the hole as if someone had fallen in headfirst.
“We just thought that would be the most amusing way to sort of highlight the pothole,” Coxall told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. “You’ve got to have a laugh and a joke, haven’t you?”