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Passenger's arm sucked down French train toilet

news.bbc.co.uk — A passenger on a French train had to be rescued by firemen after having his arm sucked down the on-board toilet.

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  • diggimator, on 10/27/2008, -4/+94Must have been an iPhone.
    • kahoona1, on 10/28/2008, -2/+4Touché sir!
    • digiguy, on 10/28/2008, -2/+4N95 are expensive too. Without a contract, it's $500. iPhones are $199 & $299 with a contract
    • Sloi, on 10/28/2008, -3/+6It's such a ***** device.
  • hantata, on 10/27/2008, -0/+80Oh come on.. don't leave us in suspense.. did he get the phone or not?
    • starskii, on 10/27/2008, -0/+57"The man was carried away by emergency services, with the toilet still attached to his arm."

      I'm not sure if he actually got the phone after it all. But at least he got a toilet.
    • darkciti2, on 10/29/2008, -0/+7"which they had to saw clean off"

      His arm, or the toilet bowl ?
  • Kamelia28, on 10/27/2008, -0/+26The moral: Don't take ANYTHING with you while visiting train toilets.. oh, and don't wash your hands in..hmm.. toilet bowl.
  • sgtbutterscotch, on 10/27/2008, -0/+48" 'He came out on a stretcher, with his hand still jammed in the toilet bowl, which they had to saw clean off,' said Benoit Gigou, a witness to the man's plight."

    The toilet or his hand? I need to know so I can fully imagine this story. And one or the other makes a pretty big difference.
    • chaoswings, on 10/28/2008, -0/+3I was wondering the same thing so I looked around and found another source. It looks like he kept his arm.

      "He was cut free from the toilet on the platform, and apart from suffering bruising and smelling a bit, he suffered no other injuries,"

      http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/10/mans-arm-gets-s ...
    • quietviolence, on 10/28/2008, -0/+5This reminds me of that guy who got his penis stuck in a park bench. He got carried away with the bench still attached to him, and it had to be sawed off. I kept wondering bench or penis?
  • funkymonkey01, on 10/27/2008, -0/+18That's really embarrasing.
  • AmyVernon, on 10/27/2008, -0/+39Moral of the story: No telephone is worth the embarrassment of having to be taken out of a train, with the toilet still attached to your arm. NO PHONE.
    • Thorpe, on 10/28/2008, -1/+5Not even an iPhone. (No question mark.)
      • EmperorPsiblade, on 10/28/2008, -1/+2For a 16GB 3G?

        It's a close call.
  • Haoie, on 10/27/2008, -0/+21At least it wasn't in midair on a plane.
  • Sornos, on 10/27/2008, -0/+44Sir, are you just holding on to the phone?
    • gobbstopp, on 10/28/2008, -0/+8d'oh!
    • tofur, on 10/28/2008, -1/+14Spongebob: "Let go fo the dime Mr. Krabbs."
      Mr. Krabbs: "I can give you 10 good reasons not to let go of this dime."
    • ryancalderoni, on 10/28/2008, -0/+2haha well done
  • skipthefrog, on 10/28/2008, -0/+6courtesy flush
  • carterx, on 10/28/2008, -0/+12I wonder if those firemen broke down laughing when they walked in
  • spunkinator, on 10/28/2008, -0/+6I think it goes without saying you shouldn't flush ANY toilet while your arm is balls deep trying to fish something in the toilet bowl.
    • mnemy, on 10/28/2008, -0/+3coulda been a sensor one
      • thedivinelyevil, on 10/29/2008, -0/+2I don't think TGV toilets have sensors. Never seen a train with sensors for flushing... or a plane!
  • doublefelix, on 10/28/2008, -0/+9FYI/PSA: TGV toilets are equipped with a powerful suction system
    • rald84, on 10/28/2008, -0/+4you'd have to have a pretty big one to get it past the bowl and into the opening
  • diggface5000, on 10/28/2008, -4/+19That sucks.

    Oh come on, I'm surprised no one said it sooner.
    • Kosh, on 10/28/2008, -1/+2I see what you did there.
    • serif69, on 10/28/2008, -0/+2Yeah I'm surprised too. It's like they're all stuck in a vacuum.
  • thenorwegian, on 10/28/2008, -5/+3lol
  • mikephimikephi, on 10/28/2008, -0/+4If i had a nickel for everytime...
  • tloftxj, on 10/28/2008, -1/+1 Only if it was The Diamond Crypto Smartphone which then, you can probably buy the train company and no see who is laughing last.
  • apastafarian, on 10/28/2008, -0/+7I know one thing, there's one person who's hand I'll never shake.
  • highps3, on 10/28/2008, -1/+2Did they think it would still work? Two knives short of a full stack of dumb *****.
    • MrsRodted, on 10/29/2008, -0/+1Oh I don't know.. Let it dry out for a couple days...
  • NikoK, on 10/28/2008, -3/+4*Dave Chappelle Voice* That must've been *****
  • bicyclethief, on 10/28/2008, -3/+4Choose high speed trains. Choose a ***** mobile phone. Choose a modern toilet. Choose Life.
    • feliks2, on 10/29/2008, -0/+1This is appropriate on so many levels. Its like a combination of the opening scene and the fishing the heroin out of the toilet scene. And its on a ***** train.
  • cl2yp71c, on 10/28/2008, -0/+2I've always been scared of those high pressure flushers....now I have a reason to be.
    • macweirdo42, on 10/28/2008, -0/+6Are you planning on sticking your arm down one anytime soon?
  • Br3ach, on 10/28/2008, -3/+5"Homer, are you still holding onto the cans?"
  • tortlord, on 10/28/2008, -3/+4elbow deep in poop (because poop is so much funnier than the s word (because not everyone loves cussing))
  • leerayIG88, on 10/28/2008, -0/+2how did he go to the bathroom?
  • nullcodes, on 10/28/2008, -2/+3Somebody was overly thirsty on the other end.
  • silfiriel, on 10/28/2008, -0/+2the title should be " a man found with his arm in a toilet"
    just as funny
  • bonjourmr, on 10/28/2008, -2/+3You're the passenger with his arm stuck down the toilet? I produce Entourage.
  • DirtyVicar, on 10/28/2008, -0/+5You know the universe has surely dealt you a raw hand when your 15 minutes of fame is having a TGV stopped so they can rescue your arm from a toilet. You know that short of taking public office, it's notoriety that you'll never again be able to eclipse. You might as well grab a Scotch and come to grips with this fact.
  • PullingTeeth, on 10/28/2008, -1/+18what a ***** situation
  • Ch33t0, on 10/28/2008, -4/+2Sucks for him he was in a ***** place indeed.
  • calypsoschnitzl, on 10/28/2008, -2/+2Merde le phone!
  • DankNugzPlz, on 10/28/2008, -0/+4Would love to see a picture of him since they said the toilet bowl was still attached as they carted him off on the stretcher.
  • cuppyCake, on 10/28/2008, -0/+2Maybe Pennywise was trying to get him? I didn't realize he held command of the plumbing in moving trains, too...
  • jeffkee, on 10/28/2008, -0/+4True story :

    Was at a bar, in the men's bathroom. The urinals were rather full, so one of the guys decides to open up a stall and take a leak. and I hear him talking on the phone with someone.

    I'm washing my hands at the sink right beside the stall that he is talking/leaking in. I heard a splash, and a loud "F*CK!!!"

    He pulls the soaked iPhone out of the toilet (and he hadn't flushed yet). And remember, this is in Canada, months before the iPhone was launched in Canada due to some power struggle between cell phone carriers and Apple. He paid well over retail price for that phone and went through some shipping procedures as well as jailbreaking procedures to get it to work on Canadian networks.
  • linagee, on 10/28/2008, -6/+2Mythbusters proved that airplane toilets cannot "suck you to the seat" because of the raised seat. Wouldn't it be the same for train toilets?
    • imnojezus, on 10/28/2008, -1/+8step 1) read story
      step 2) get answers
      step 3) don't ask uninformed questions
  • secaedelcielo, on 10/28/2008, -1/+8The French urinate?
    This is news to me.
    • IronChef69, on 10/29/2008, -0/+3Yes, they do. But usually they do it in their pants. Toilets are just there for the tourists.
      • secaedelcielo, on 10/29/2008, -0/+1Oh, thank you for clearing that up for me, IronChef
        :)
  • TheSkunkMonkey, on 10/28/2008, -0/+7*note to self*

    Do not flush while still sitting on one of these things.

    I'd hate to think what might happen to your dangly bits!
    • phenom2k7, on 10/28/2008, -0/+3Unless you've got a 14" floppy I don't think there's anything to worry about.
  • mantis108, on 10/28/2008, -2/+6Putant...... Ca ma souce le bras!!!!!!!
    • chochalover, on 10/28/2008, -1/+8Putain, ça me suce le bras?
      • mantis108, on 10/29/2008, -0/+1C'est ce que je voulais dire, merci. Paresseux. :)
    • SuperTrozTX, on 10/28/2008, -1/+6Blabla bla bla blablabla??
      • pingudownunder, on 10/29/2008, -1/+1*shrugs shoulders*
        pffft ... les americans ... il ne parle pas la langue mondiale
      • feliks2, on 10/29/2008, -1/+1les americains...ils ne parlent pas le langue mondiale?
  • virtorio, on 10/28/2008, -0/+4If my phone goes down a public (or in fact, any) toilet, I say my last goodbyes and buy a new phone.
  • jellygraph, on 10/28/2008, -1/+2"He came out on a stretcher, with his hand still jammed in the toilet bowl, which they had to saw clean off,"

    the arm or the toilet bowl?

    either way, it must have been plenty embarrassing
  • milou, on 10/28/2008, -1/+2Sounds like Rice-a-Roni up Bush's ass. Lot's of suction. The only French Bush and the bitch knows.
  • awesome97, on 10/28/2008, -0/+2FAILURE
  • Fatcheeseguy, on 10/28/2008, -1/+3Is there a lesser form of the Darwin Award where the contestant doesn't die, but does something extremely stupid such as this incident?
  • Discobassplayer, on 10/28/2008, -0/+2Cell phones become a important extension of your body, if your penis fell in the toilet you would try to fish it out.
    • nmanguy, on 10/28/2008, -0/+3What the hell sort of public school Biology class did you take?
  • SoundJudgment, on 10/28/2008, -0/+3"Could... could you lend me a hand??"
    ** Everyone starts clapping.
  • christophelyon, on 10/28/2008, -0/+6You have to admit it : French TGV toilets are badass.
  • SuperTrozTX, on 10/28/2008, -0/+3One more for the Mythbusters
  • phenom2k7, on 10/28/2008, -0/+2I wonder if the fire crew thought hey, we could set this guy loose right now, ***** it, let's embarrass the dopey ***** and stretcher him out with the bog still attached to his arm.
  • robthom, on 10/28/2008, -2/+9Frenchman to toilet:
    "I surrender, I SURRENDER!!!!"
  • dialup56k, on 10/28/2008, -0/+2no way, he's full of crap
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