# Why are man hole covers round?

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**Created:** [January 17, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-man-hole-covers-round/41996 "2008-01-17T11:49:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-man-hole-covers-round/41996/41 "2008-01-17T14:12:39Z")

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how is a 2 man team going to move a manhole cover if it were say square?

round things roll.

EDIT: Wow there is a actually a wiki on this question with 9 different answers.

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