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Man's arm trapped in train toilet
BBC News ^ | 10-27-08

Posted on 10/28/2008 10:08:56 AM PDT by Renfield

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....

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: france; oops; toilet

1 posted on 10/28/2008 10:08:57 AM PDT by Renfield
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To: Renfield

That must suck.


2 posted on 10/28/2008 10:09:49 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: Renfield

It’s hard to stop a train.


3 posted on 10/28/2008 10:11:09 AM PDT by I'm ALL Right! (Joe Biden: The Michael Scott of politics)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Pouvez-vous m’entendre maintenant ?


4 posted on 10/28/2008 10:11:49 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: kalee

Don’t say oui oui while going wee wee on a train?


5 posted on 10/28/2008 10:12:08 AM PDT by Cailleach
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To: Renfield
Fireman: "Are you still holding the can of soda cellphone?"

Homer Simpson: "Yes" D'oh!

6 posted on 10/28/2008 10:13:59 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Colin, descending)
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To: Renfield; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; Darksheare; pissant; najida; r-q-tek86; blackie; Rightly Biased; ..

CRAPPY DAY...PING!!!


7 posted on 10/28/2008 10:15:43 AM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Renfield

This sounds like something that would happen to me.


8 posted on 10/28/2008 10:17:34 AM PDT by keats5 ("I hope for his sake, Joe Biden got that VP thing in writing."- Rudy)
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To: Renfield

LOL - I needed the comedy break - thanks for posting!!


9 posted on 10/28/2008 10:17:48 AM PDT by jgoldies3
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To: Slings and Arrows

I hate it when that happens!


10 posted on 10/28/2008 10:20:40 AM PDT by KoRn (Barack Obama Must Be Stopped!!!)
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To: Renfield

That’s weird, most trains in Europe empty directly on the tracks, you can see them if you look down. Maybe due to the TGV’s speed they can’t do that.


11 posted on 10/28/2008 10:21:19 AM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: Renfield
I'll see your train toilet story, and raise you this one (the pictures at the link are truly hideous) from the McAllen Monitor:

"CBP officers make a spicy discovery

"Maybe a Mission woman wanted customs agents to believe she had a very big baby. A 21-year-old woman tried to smuggle nearly five and a half pounds of chorizo concealed in several baby diapers insider her SUV at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge just before midnight Friday, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

"An officer at the checkpoint saw a pile of diapers inside the woman's 2005 Ford Expedition and ordered her into secondary inspection for a closer look. The woman told them her baby had soiled the diapers, officers said. But after the inspectors tore into the folded diapers to check out what was inside, the brown Mexican pork sausage was out of the bag.

" 'You would be surprised what people carry in their vehicles,' said Felix Garza, a local U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman. Border crossers frequently try to illegally bring across fresh foods such as pork, chicken, eggs and avocados that can create problems for U.S. agricultural production, Garza said. The woman was fined $300 and released. The officers seized the chorizo."

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/woman_19128___article.html/diapers_customs.html

12 posted on 10/28/2008 10:31:06 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours.)
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To: jgoldies3

As for the cell phone, don’t worry. I hear this guy is flush with cash ;)


13 posted on 10/28/2008 10:42:32 AM PDT by adingdangdoo (Your proctologist called. They found your head.)
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To: 3AngelaD

Chorizo, diaper soil - same thing...


14 posted on 10/28/2008 10:49:35 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob (They're illegal aliens, not immigrants - there is a difference!)
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To: KoRn; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Must have been because of the slug penis embedded in his finger.


15 posted on 10/28/2008 12:09:53 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("McCain has Joe the Plumber, Obama has Bill the Terrorist."--purplelobster)
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To: windcliff; raven92876

ping


16 posted on 10/28/2008 1:12:44 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (I'm a loner Dottie; a rebel.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Pouvez-vous m’entendre maintenant ?”

That was the first thing that came to my mind when I read the headline. LOL!


17 posted on 10/28/2008 10:01:26 PM PDT by neb52
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