Dude asked if my anvil was a fancy doorstop, then tried to lift it

I was at a flea market near Fayetteville last Saturday, minding my own business, checking out some old tongs at a stall. This guy walks up to my 125-pound anvil that I had set down next to my truck, and he goes, "That's a real pretty doorstop, you make those?" I laughed and told him it was an anvil, and he just stared at it for a solid 20 seconds. Then he grabs the horn with both hands and tries to pick it up, like it was a cardboard box. His face went red, he let out this little grunt, and the anvil didn't move an inch. He just stood there, looked at me, and said, "Okay, that thing's definitely not a doorstop." I still think about that every time I'm doing a heavy upsetting job, like, have you ever had someone totally misjudge how heavy basic shop gear is?

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ryan_nelson22d ago

Did the guy actually hurt himself, or did you just get a story out of it?