Butcher trapped in freezer uses sausage to bash his way out

cbsaustin ^ | Jan. 12, 2018 | AP

[bgill]

A British butcher who got locked in a freezer says he was saved by a frozen sausage that he used as a battering ram. Chris McCabe says he became trapped in the walk-in freezer at his shop in Totnes, southwest England, last month when wind blew the door shut. The safety button to open the door had frozen in the -20 C (-4 F) chill. McCabe told website Devon Live that he used the meaty tube "like a battering ram" and managed to unstick the button after several blows.

[garyb]

Some restaurants have industrial strength wall-in refrigereators and freezers that are located outdoors.

My first job was at the Officer's Open Mess at Ft. Harrison, Indiana.

The large refrigerator and freezers were both outdoors.

I recall one night when the air temperature was -15 that the refrigerator and freezers both felt warm.

[circlecity]

What? I never sausage a thing.

[garyb]

gaaa walk-in not wall-in.

[lee martell]

First innocent question;
“Do you always freeze your sausage?”

Second innocent question;
“How do you thaw it out?”

Third innocent question;
“Is it still rigid after you thaw it out?”

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Ever think of doing haikus for a living? That brought a tear to my eye.

[rdl6989]

But seriesly, walk-in freezers should not have locks.

[Red Badger]

I guess you can’t beat his meat!..................

[miliantnutcase]

Unfortunate headline...

[bar sin·is·ter]

Thaw it out with some hot cider, nothing goes better with a frozen sausage then a hot Dickens Cider.

[dfwgator]

If you don’t beat your meat you can’t have any pudding....How can you have any pudding if you don’t beat your meat.

[Red Badger]

He beat his meat in the freezer................

[Red Badger]

He would have wound up hard as another brick in the wall!............

[COBOL2Java]

Original BBC headline:

Black pudding saves butcher trapped in freezer

[Mjaye]

Reminds me of the I Love Lucy episode where she gets locked in the walk -in freezer.

[Signalman]

The safety button to open the door had frozen in the -20 C (-4 F) chill

I don't know. Maybe it's just me but wouldn't it be incumbent upon the designer(s) of this safety button to make sure that it works in a cold environment?

Like a freezer.

[IYAS9YAS]

Ever think of doing haikus for a living? That brought a tear to my eye.

I've done a couple.
I'm not very good at them.
I'll try harder now.

[bar sin·is·ter]

[Fido969]

Why is this a viral story sweeping the globe?

Sheese.

[Dr. Sivana]

NOW we know why the Brits call them “bangers”.

[Responsibility2nd]

Butcher trapped in freezer uses sausage to bash his way out

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Won’t bashing your sausage cause you to go blind?