Vicar went to hospital with potato stuck in bottom (says "fell on vegetable while naked")

telegraph.co.uk ^ | 11/13/08 | Staff

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

The clergyman, in his 50s, told nurses he had been hanging curtains when he fell backwards on to his kitchen table.

He happened to be nude at the time of the mishap, said the vicar, who insisted he had not been playing a sex game.

The vicar had to undergo a delicate operation to extract the vegetable, one of a range of odd items medics in Sheffield have had to remove from people's backsides or genitals.

Others include a can of deodorant, a cucumber, a Russian doll – and a carnation.

[boomop1]

Pass the jelly.

[murphE]

It was George’s father.

[basil]

OMG!

When I was a young and very naive nurse, working in the emergency room of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, we had a young man come in one night, who's main complaint was that he had "a cucumber in his rectum".

Good grief! I had no idea who to give him to--whether he belonged to the medical or surgical dept--and I certainly had no idea of how/why the cucumber got to where it was!

Anyway, the sad part of the story is that this young man did indeed end up in surgery, and had to have a permanent colostomy.

[Political Junkie Too]

Mashed potatos.

-PJ

[LanPB01]

Frank Costanza: “It was a million to one shot, doc. A million to one.”

[library user]

Others include a can of deodorant, a cucumber, a Russian doll – and a carnation.

Did they really need to get specific as to the nationality of the doll? LOL. Russian doll, French doll, Vietnamese doll.... ???!!! Does it really make a difference?!

[whatshotandwhatsnot]

Oy! Lends a new meaning to ‘mashed potatoes’.

[getitright]

Uuh... You think you can get away with dropping that bomb and not be forced to spill? Spill!

[cripplecreek]

WHOOOO-WEEEE HOT POTATAH!!!

[Brookhaven]

Ummm, if you are hanging curtains nude, doesn’t that mean you are standing nude in front of a window for all the world to see?

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Good grief! I had no idea who to give him to--whether he belonged to the medical or surgical dept

Did the hospital have a commissary...? ;)

[Allegra]

Yes, I've heard the advice many times that you should strip down before you hang curtains.

It's a uh...safety precaution.

Yeah.

[EyeGuy]

Sorry, but I can’t get past thinking of that poor potatoe. (intentional Dan Quayle spelling, just for the hell of it).

[dforest]

Those potatoes, a tuberous vegetable.

Mr Potato Butt. LOL

[mlocher]

The vicar had to undergo a delicate operation to extract the vegetable

Using the veg-o-matic no doubt. (It slices, it dices! It even does julian fries!)

[Joe 6-pack]

"Good grief! I had no idea who to give him to--whether he belonged to the medical or surgical dept--"

Did you consider the vegetable aisle?

[NonValueAdded]

Yes, the Russian Doll is that set of dolls that fit within one another. nuf sed?

[reagan_fanatic]

Well, thank goodness he landed on the potato and not the ball gag or studded dildo sitting next to it.

[basil]

ROTFLMBO!

I don't think I even considered that!

[Carley]

Is there no medical privacy in that country.

Look for similar breeches of privacy when our gummint becomes our medical provider.