We wouldn’t even put a knife in there, let alone that…
A few months back we brought you the news that fire services across the water were struggling with what they called the ‘Fifty Shades’ effect. Essentially that boiled down to loads of people getting stuck in handcuffs after they tried to spice things up a bit.
But now the London Fire Service has reported that handcuffs are really only the half of it when it comes to odd stuff they have to deal with.
In a piece in the Mirror, the most eye-opening, and leg-crossing story involves a man who had to call out the fire brigade after he got his penis stuck in a toaster. Luckily, they managed to free him, but the mind boggles.
Another man also ended up with his lad stuck in a vacuum cleaner, but we’re sure there was an innocent explanation for that too.
The oddness doesn’t end there. Over the last three years the brave fire men and women have also helped nine men who had rings stuck on their privates, and you’ll be glad to hear that the mad stuff isn’t only penis related.
They also helped a man who had his arm stuck in a Portaloo, five incidents of people with their hands trapped in shredders and one adult stuck in a child’s toy car. Let’s face it, we’ve all had close calls with that one.
Children, bless them, still lead the way in bizarre stories, as they had one child stuck in an ironing board, another lodged in a massage chair and another with their arm stuck in a vending machine. Again, there but for the grace of whoever you believe in go all of us.
This is a UK report but if any Irish fire men and women are out there, do feel free to contact us with your own stories, you must have a few to match these.
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