Posted on 05/17/2006 1:45:12 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Drunk Man Rescued After Night in a Tree
Tue May 16, 5:38 PM ET
He was, quite literally, out on a limb. And so on Tuesday, a drunken student who spent the night in a tree had to be rescued by British firefighters.
"Alcohol and climbing trees don't really mix," said Nigel Limbrick, of the Gloucestershire fire department. "In all seriousness, he could've killed himself if he had fallen.
"He had had a skinful and in his inebriated state he climbed 100 feet up a pine tree, without his shoes on. He then fell asleep," Limbrick said. "I'm not quite sure how he managed it, but he woke up wrapped around a branch."
The man, whose name has not been released, is a student at the Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology in Cheltenham, about 100 miles west of London. He used his cell phone to call firefighters after waking up around dawn, chilly and confused, in the tree.
Eight firefighters needed 90 minutes and ropes and pulleys to get him down from his precarious perch. Paramedics at the scene treated him for some scratches, but he was otherwise uninjured.
"He was a bit quiet when he came down and a bit embarrassed," Limbrick said. "I think he got a bit cold up there. He only had his jeans and T-shirt on and he must have had quite a hangover."
It is a good thing he didn't decide that he was a bird and try to fly.
or roll over in his sleep.
Any bets on whether his major is in the Arts or Technology? Could it be predictive?
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Or trespass in Texas... ;-P
Getting drunk and acting like a clown seems to be a common British trait.
Curled up with a honey in a warm bed would have been a better choice old son....
yeah, but that is a whopper!
I've woke up in some strange places myself, but never 100 feet up in a tree.
I reckon I better put this keyboard down and start climbing down...
I seriously doubt that the British are the only ones who have cornered that market. There are plenty (thousands) of stories like this one in America or other places.
Most of them are not as humorous, but far more tragic.
'Getting drunk and acting like a clown seems to be a common British trait.'
Eh? What do Americans do when they get drunk? Write haikus and discuss the early works of Sartre? The whole point of getting drunk is so you can act like an idiot, if not you might as well drink something without any alcohol in it, like americans beer! :D
Vectorian, your arrow was well aimed.
Attaboy Nigel.
'Vectorian, your arrow was well aimed.'
Well we're highly experienced at using humour as a weapon over here as we're not allowed handguns! :D
(sure beats chewing your arm off....)
A hundred feet up a pine tree, how tall was the whole tree?
Twelve man-hours wasted. Gravity would have brought him down -- sooner or later...
How about in a parking space (in vehicle) at the front steps of the Schleicher County Court House on a weekday morning after attempting to drive back from the bar in San Angelo to Sonora.
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