“You have to have a laugh,” says British Man, who put false legs in pothole

James Coxall drove his family past a massive pothole in his village for the X -Tten when he decided that he had enough.

The British man has either walked around in the past eight months or took over the massive crater in Cambridgeshire, Great Britain, Dorf of Castle Camps. But instead of becoming angry about it, he decided to do something stupid.

With the help of his wife and children, he built a couple with the stemwed wooden legs and built them in the middle of the rain -filled hole, causing the appearance of someone who fell into his head first.

“We just thought that would be the most amusing way to highlight the pothole,” said Coxall How it happens Host Nil Köksal. “You have to laugh and have a joke, right?”

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The pothole in the Haverhill Road, he says, is one of many in Castle Camps and is on a street that leads to the nearby city in which villagers make their errands. He says he exists about four times a week.

According to his own measurements, it is 1.2 meters long, 0.9 meters wide and 10 centimeters deep.

“It is incredibly frustrating to drive around in them on the streets with holes and to be damaged people’s cars and break their tires,” said Coxall.

So on Sunday he channeled his frustration in a protest/Prank. He says it was a family matter.

“The children helped. We drilled some wood for the legs. We found an old jeans that went to the charity business. We put them on. We stuffed it with a few rags. And then we screwed a few of their old shoes on it,” he said.

“I went down there under my arm and the children went to their bikes. And I, the wife and the children put it in a pot hole with a brick to weigh it somehow.”

Almost immediately, according to Coxall, he got texts from his neighbors and asked if the legs were his craft.

“Many people who know me know that I am a bit of a joker,” he said.

He also posted a picture of the legs on a local Facebook group, Odd Things Around Cambridge. His children, he says, have become school celebrities for their commitment.

Her hard work seems to have paid off. The pothole was filled in four days after the climbing of the legs.

“I can confirm that the pothole in question was repaired yesterday,” Jonathan Kitley, spokesman for the Cambridge City Council, told CBC in an e -mail.

He didn’t comment on his legs.

Coxall says he is happy to see the pothole repaired. He says the city filled it at least once, but the repairs did not take long.

“It looks pretty good, but we have to wait and see, we will survive when it survives wind and rain and cars.” he said. “I’m not so confident.”

His family project remains intact.

“They don’t bury art,” he said. “My wife drove past and she jumped out of the car and she saved the art from the roadside.”

The pothole prank look around after his next destination. There are many potholes to choose from in the village, he says.

“Maybe I’ll do something else. I’ll try Titanic Sinking or something in that,” he said. “That would be pretty cool, wasn’t it?”