Firefighters in London freed a man whose penis was trapped in a toaster.
They rescued another who got his member stuck in a vacuum cleaner, as well as 79 people trapped in handcuffs.
London Fire Brigade says it has attended more than 1,300 incidents involving people being trapped or stuck, often in everyday household items, since 2010.
Each incident costs at least £290 to deal with, meaning the incidents have set the taxpayer back at least £377,000.
Third Officer, Dave Brown, said: “Some of the incidents our firefighters are called out could be prevented with a little common sense.
“I don’t know whether it’s the Fifty Shades effect, but the number of incidents involving items like handcuffs seems to have gone up.
“I’m sure most people will be Fifty Shades of red by the time our crews arrive to free them.
“I’d like to remind everyone 999 is an emergency number and should only be used as such.
“When firefighters are out attending to some of these avoidable incidents, someone else could be in real need of emergency assistance.”
In the last three years the capital’s fire crews have been called out to:
• 18 incidents involving children with their heads stuck in potties or toilet seats
• Five incidents involving people’s hands being stuck in shredders
• 79 incidents involving people being trapped in handcuffs
• Nine instances of men with rings stuck on their penises
• Four incidents where people had their hands stuck in blenders
• 17 incidents involving children with their fingers stuck in toys, including one with Lego stuck on his finger.
In the past, the LFB has been called out to:
• A man with his penis stuck in a toaster
• A man with his arm stuck in a Portaloo
• A child with its hand trapped in a sweet machine
• A child with its head trapped in an ironing board
• An adult stuck in a child’s toy car
• A child with its head stuck in a massage chair
• A child with its foot stuck in a brass vase
• Someone with a test tube stuck on their finger
• A child with a tambourine stuck on its head
• A man with a sewing machine needle stuck in his finger.
there cannot be anything more embarrassing in life than calling the fire brigade because you have your todger stuck in the toaster!!
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That's got to be the winner!
lol! Wasnt funny at the time I'll have you know... ;-)
And to think Boris wants to cut the fire stations down, it could take hours to get out of that toy car next time.
When you say someone had there penis stuck in a toaster did this include the balls also?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24479558
The reality was that two wood pigeons had become connected by fishing line it's mate had died and he was sitting 40 foot up a tree with the dead one dangling underneath, we had to go up the tree and cut it away theryre big buggers as well!
Cooked up nice too so that was ok!
Cats climb trees, deal with it!