Man trapped by sofa sipped whisky

[arkitect]

I know I shouldn't laugh… but…


BBC Link…

A man who became trapped beneath his sofa for two days said he survived by sipping from a bottle of whisky.

Joe Galliott, 65, lost his bearings during a power cut at his home in Yeovil, Somerset, and fell against the three-seater which toppled onto him.

Because of back problems, he was unable to free his 19-stone frame and remained stuck for 60 hours until a neighbour spotted him through the curtains.

He said a bottle of whisky, which had rolled within reach, kept him going.

"The whole settee tipped over catching me like a rat in a trap," he said

"I took a sip of [the whisky] and thought, well this isn't too bad."

 

[edesignuk]

I just read this.

I did laugh.

 

[schizoidwoman]

Hmm... I wonder if whiskey played a part in the lost bearings that started this whole incident?

A classic story.

 

[Melrose]

Meh depends on the type of whiskey involved..

Seriously, though - alcohol is a diarrhetic.. He would've dried out faster on that stuff. I mean you live on what you have to, but still..

 

[Consultant]

I wonder what's more akward.

"until a neighbour spotted him through the curtains"

or the drink and attempt to move furniture fail.

 

[joepunk]

Could this become some sort of new campaign for state liquor stores?

 

[PlaceofDis]

wow. thats funny and sad at the same time.
and talk about awkward.

 

[obeygiant]

Man trapped by sofa sipped whisky

... sounds like the beginning of a poem.

 

[SwiftLives]

... sounds like the beginning of a poem.

A man trapped by a sofa sipped whiskey
Though that could have been quite risky
'til a neighbor saw through the curtain
That this man was indeed hurtin'
Then he was rescued and is feeling quite frisky.

Sigh. I'm bored today.

 

[schizoidwoman]

A man trapped by a sofa sipped whiskey
Though that could have been quite risky
'til a neighbor saw through the curtain
That this man was indeed hurtin'
Then he was rescued and is feeling quite frisky.

Sigh. I'm bored today.

Someone should set it to music... Perhaps it could feature in the next MS Songsmith ad!

 

[Melrose]

A man trapped by a sofa sipped whiskey
Though that could have been quite risky
'til a neighbor saw through the curtain
That this man was indeed hurtin'
Then he was rescued and is feeling quite frisky.

Sigh. I'm bored today.

not bad. Not too bad at all.. Actually that was pretty good.

 

[Schtumple]

Yeovil really needs to just be deported out of Somerset, it's an embarrassment...

(I live near there )

 

[ucfgrad93]

Hmm... I wonder if whiskey played a part in the lost bearings that started this whole incident?

That was my initial thought as well. Good story.