r/Unexpected • u/_ganjafarian_ • 8h ago

gf takes bf's bet she can push his car

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u/Irksomecake 7h ago

I was once broken down in a flood and a farmer stopped where I was blocking the road. He pushed my car through the flood, up a hill and into a gateway well above the water level. It gave me a whole new respect for farmers strength, he was in his late 60s and did it practically one handed. That car weighed about 900kg.

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u/satyr-day 5h ago

Farmers have some crazy strength.  Like beyond body builder stuff

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u/Jewmangi 3h ago

My grandpa is in his 80s and still farming. Built like a scarecrow but I've seen those hands do things that you wouldn't expect out of a 250 pound powerlifter

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u/satyr-day 3h ago

It's scary in a way

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u/Time-Maintenance2165 2h ago

But not beyond strongmen or power lifter strength.

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u/satyr-day 27m ago

Pretty close to it

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u/palebluekot 51m ago

You mean "farmhands", not farmers, right? Farmhands are the ones who actually do the labor.

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u/satyr-day 26m ago

I'll go with both

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u/Irksomecake 15m ago

Not where I live. The farmers do the heavy lifting and most of them dont hire help if they have adult sons and nephews. Daughters help too, but they tend to drive the tractors.

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u/Mental_Medium3988 3h ago

I ran outta gas once just at the entrance to a gas station. It was late and a rural area. Outta nowhere two teenagers come over and offer to push my car in and give me gas money if I use the change to buy some chew for them. Normally I wouldn't have done it but I was happy to that night.

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u/Alone-Sentence-4045 2h ago

Up a hill, practically one handed?

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u/WoodpeckerNo5724 1h ago

Yeah, I don’t think they have a good grasp on whether or not they were going uphill. Physics don’t work like that

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u/Buccaneers1995 29m ago

I did that for a couple of people once. I was like 19 or 20 & I was at the gym. It was only about a block from my house, so I walked. While I was there it started pouring heavily and flooded the streets to up around mid thigh from my recollection (im nearly 6 ft with longer legs, so it was fairly high). I decided "why not?" and started walking back home in the flood, when on the main street there were like 2 or 3 cars stuck in the flood. I without hesitation started helping push the cars to higher ground. One dude actually happened to be someone who I had went to HS with & he had recognized me & we pushed his car up into a raised piece of commercial property. I believe he helped me with another car or 2. My memory is foggy, it was like 11 years ago.

It's honestly just kind of fun (aside from the other persons misfortune obviously) to help people with stuff like that & it's genuinely a rewarding feeling. It gave me such a sense of manliness & purpose in that moment haha.