This is America
War criminal or enterprising DIY guy? The question most of us ask ourselves when appraising any American male.
In this instance because said American male is wielding a flamethrower, wearing not much more than a dressing gown for protection, while chugging a fat stogie on Christmas Day.
No, this isn’t archive footage from a Vietnam foxhole. Just a Kentucky man trying to clear the snow from his drive.
https://www.facebook.com/timothy.browning.142/posts/4287290921286416
I don’t know whether we have Elon Musk or the military industrial complex to thank for this kind of thing being pretty run of the mill in 2020 America. Whichever it is it’s not great.
Dressed in a white robe of some description, socks, slippers and what could be either a trapper’s hat or ushanka, apparently in homage to cousin Eddie from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Timothy Browning flames the snow away from his drive.
He posted a video to Facebook, originally with the caption “God bless American red necks.” At the beginning of the video a woman says: “Browning snow services removal now available.”
A reverse angle was also captured by Browning’s neighbour Jordan Podunavac.
https://www.facebook.com/JPOD13/posts/10215903590782691
Browning told Reuters: “I thought it’d be funny for a video and wanted to clear off the under layer of ice on the driveway.”
