Posted on 07/29/2013 10:47:37 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
Firefighters in London have been called to assist people who have become stuck in objects such as handcuffs and toilet seats more than 1,300 times in the last three years.
London Fire Brigade said each instance cost taxpayers some £290, meaning the mishaps have cost at least £377,000.
Emergency callouts included incidents where men had their genitals stuck in a toaster and a vacuum cleaner.
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"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."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Hook-and-ladder? He must have been *really* obese!
Seriesly, barring a major communication failure, that seems like a textbook case of padding the books.
A guy who did contract work for me was a volunteer firefighter in his home town, and he said whenever there’s a fatal crash they refer to their response as “the show”. There’s nothing practical to do but it’s all hands on deck to reassure the public that they’re on top of things.
Understood. Of course, it’s also nice to have the help around to direct traffic, secure the scene from the lookie-loos, and so forth.
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