A man finishes drinking with his friends, pats the barrel that supports the table, gets up, and encounters other barrels, much to his displeasure.
It's not the funniest comedy in the record, but give I expected this to be a chase comedy in which he is trapped in a rolling barrel and pursued by dozens of irate citizens, its a pleasant change of pace. Modern viewers may be surprised at the great variety of commodities that were shipped in barrels, a small percentage of which this man encounters.