Fire chiefs warned of an alarming rise in bizarre 999 calls today after a man got his willy stuck in a TOASTER.
Another red-faced caller had to be rescued after his manhood was caught in a vacuum cleaner.
Crews were also called out to free an astonishing 79 people trapped in handcuffs in the last three years, the London Fire Brigade revealed.
Chiefs blamed the bedroom misadventures on the success of bonkbuster novel Fifty Shades of Grey – and appealed for the public to use “a little common sense”.
The Brigade has started tweeting some of its weirdest incidents with the tongue-in-cheek hastag #FiftyShadesofRed.
One tweet said: “Top tip from us today: don’t put your penis in a toaster.”
The Brigade said it has seen a huge rise in the number of callouts to help people stuck in household objects – and not only through sex games gone wrong.
As well as nine men whose willies were stuck in rings of various kinds, crews also dealt with 18 incidents of children’s heads trapped in potties and loo seats in the last three years.
They also rescued an adult stuck in a child’s toy car, four people with their hands stuck in BLENDERS, and five whose hands were trapped in SHREDDERS.
Another man had his whole arm stuck in a portaloo.
The Brigade now deals with more than one incident every day involving someone stuck in a household object. Each incident costs taxpayers at least £290.
The most common is fingers stuck in rings with 500 cases in the capital in three years.
The new figures have prompted fire chiefs to urge the public to “think carefully before dialling 999”.
Third Officer Dave Brown said: “Some of the incidents our firefighters are called out to could be prevented with a little common sense.
“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.
“I’d like to remind everyone that 999 is an emergency number and should only be used as such. When firefighters are out attending to some of these avoidable incidents, someone else could be in real need of emergency assistance. “If there’s a genuine emergency, fire crews will of course attend and will be on the scene to help within minutes.”
The Brigade issued three top tips to help people avoid getting into tricky situations:
– Common sense is needed – if it doesn’t look safe, it probably isn’t, so don’t do it!
– If you use handcuffs, always keep the keys handy
– Fingers and electrical appliances don’t mix, especially those with blades
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