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More interesting news from Germany

By purepedantry on March 9, 2007.

First a German man sues three teenagers for making his ostrich impotent, now another is quite literally dividing the possessions in his divorce:

A 43-year-old German decided to settle his imminent divorce by chainsawing a family home in two and making off with his half in a forklift truck.

Police in the eastern town of Sonneberg said on Friday the trained mason measured the single-storey summer house -- which was some 8 meters (26 feet) long and 6 meters wide -- before chainsawing through the wooden roof and walls.

"The man said he was just taking his due," said a police spokesman. "But I don't think his wife was too pleased."

After finishing the job, the man picked up his half with the forklift truck and drove to his brother's house where he has since been staying.

1) I am actually kind of impressed that he got his part of the house on the forklift. I feel like there is no way that would work.

2) Do you think they fought over who got the better half? "OK, I'll cut it, and you get to pick which side..."

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I am actually kind of impressed that he got his part of the house on the forklift. I feel like there is no way that would work

I have seen it on German TV. It was not the house but just a barrack in the garden in which his ex-wife stored their old furniture.