Much obliged to Retread Ranger for this one. And you just know that this story'll be coming out at this family's get-togethers for years to come.
Boy Gets Trapped in Bedroom Cuffs
Wednesday February 06, 2008
An eight-year-old boy had to be freed by firefighters after getting stuck in a pair of handcuffs he found in his mother's bedroom.
Firefighters took the schoolboy to Copnor Fire Station in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
The crew had to use industrial metal cutters to free the boy.
The cuffs were described as made of "hardened steel" and not meant as a toy.
Firefighter Dan French told Portsmouth's The News: 'The little boy came to the fire station with his grandmother and had the cuffs hanging from one wrist.
"Before we released him I asked if he was on the run from the police but he assured me he wasn't.
"And then his grandmother said he'd found the cuffs in his mother's bedroom.
"She immediately realised what she'd said and put her hand over her mouth.
"It's beyond my wildest imagination why someone would keep handcuffs in their bedroom!"
My only commentary on this is that we really need to see a picture of this apparently fun-loving mom.
This one left me wheezing. You know damn well the kid told everyone in school the next day, too.
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Hilarious!!! I bet that mother gets a lot of "looks" from men in passing now when she is out and about the town! hahahaha!!!
ReplyDeleteNow, now, I'm sure they were just a memento from her dear departed grandfather, who was once a dep-yoo-tee in Arkansas back during Prohibition.
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