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Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
edited October 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7693386.stm

A passenger on a French train had to be rescued by firemen after having his arm sucked down the on-board toilet.

The 26-year-old victim was trapped when he tried to fish out his mobile phone, which had fallen into the toilet bowl, and fell foul of the suction system.

The high-speed TGV train had to stop for two hours while firemen cut through the train's pipework.

The man was carried away by emergency services, with the toilet still attached to his arm.

"He came out on a stretcher, with his hand still jammed in the toilet bowl, which they had to saw clean off," said Benoit Gigou, a witness to the man's plight.

The incident happened on Sunday evening, aboard a train travelling in western France between La Rochelle and Paris.
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    I BrisK I wrote:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7693386.stm

    A passenger on a French train had to be rescued by firemen after having his arm sucked down the on-board toilet.

    The 26-year-old victim was trapped when he tried to fish out his mobile phone, which had fallen into the toilet bowl, and fell foul of the suction system.

    The high-speed TGV train had to stop for two hours while firemen cut through the train's pipework.

    The man was carried away by emergency services, with the toilet still attached to his arm.

    "He came out on a stretcher, with his hand still jammed in the toilet bowl, which they had to saw clean off," said Benoit Gigou, a witness to the man's plight.

    The incident happened on Sunday evening, aboard a train travelling in western France between La Rochelle and Paris.


    ouch! thats gotta hurt!
    i once witnessed someone's leg get stuck in an elevator at Amazing Savings... now THAT looked painful!
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    I BrisK I wrote:
    which had fallen into the toilet bowl, and fell foul of the suction system.

    hehehehe.
  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    that would suck...
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  • celebrationcelebration Posts: 318
    reminds me of a story written by hunter s thompson in "the curse of lono" where this dude(akerman) drops "something of importance" in the aircraft's washroom toilet...and tries to retrieve it, and comes back to his seat with "the blue arm"

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  • xSmackSoundxxSmackSoundx Posts: 479
    thats funny cause I just dropped my phone into my toilet 2 days ago and it doesn't work now... :(
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 40,408
    lesson here is NEVER use your phone in a toilet or bathroom
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