Carl Spackler is the best known greens keepers in movie history. He is famous for his hybrid grass that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon, take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus-belt that night on this stuff and for his creative ways to rid Bushwood of all of those Gophers. Well, two greens keepers in Springbank, Alberta, Canada did their best Carl Spackler impersonation.
Using a device called the Rodenator, which pumps a mixture of propane and oxygen into gopher holes, which is then ignited, and the resulting blast creates a shock wave that kills the gopher and collapses its tunnel system, the two greens keepers sparked a massive grass fire that caused more than $197,000 worth of damage. Despite the fact that there is currently a ban on fires in Springbank.
The two greens keepers smelled varmint poontang, and as we all know, the only good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang.
Local fire Captain Joe Garssi had this to say about the two mens attempt at re-enacting Carl Spacklers famous gopher scene:
"They did a few holes successfully and then hit a hole that didn't go in very far. When they filled it with propane it over-filled the hole...and when they ignited it (fire) flashed out of the hole into the grass beside them."
He added:
"The way I look at it, it's 'humans eight, gophers one'."
Charges are being considered against one of the two men. No word on whether or not they plan on locking him up and throwing away the key.
Canadian gophers notch a win in man-rodent battle [Reuters]
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