Man's Arm Trapped in Train Toilet

1. Scotchdrnkr
   October 28th, 2008 at 10:43 am

   Ouch thats going to be a very expensive train ride for this guy.

2. earbox
   October 28th, 2008 at 11:33 am

   "Mr. Simpson, this may be a stupid question...but are you just holding on to the can?"

3. Him
   October 28th, 2008 at 11:34 am

   First a kid killing himself with an uzi, now this?

4. Sylvain
   October 28th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

   I think he carried his phone in his shirt pocket.

   When you bow to reach something your phone always falls from this pocket.

   I can imagine that when it push on the flush button the phone felt from the shirt pocket not the pants pocket.

5. Miss Cellania
   October 28th, 2008 at 12:21 pm

   Still a good reason to use a clip or some kind of secure holder. Mine is in a container that closes with velcro and straps to my belt loop.

6. AJ
   October 28th, 2008 at 12:31 pm

   Earbox, that reminds me of a raccoon trap described in Where the Red Fern Grows. Cut a hole in a log just large enough to fit a raccoon paw, then insert something shiny. A wandering raccoon grabs the shiny object, can't extract his fist, and then sits there trapped refusing to relinquish his prize.

7. Craig
   October 28th, 2008 at 12:41 pm

   Ah.. The call of nature!

8. Matt
   October 28th, 2008 at 1:54 pm

   Yes - the very minute chance that (a) my cell phone will fall in a train toilet and (b) that I will be dumb enough to stick my hand in after it is the VERY REASON I need to purchase a belt clip for my cell phone and go masquerading around looking like a self-important tool.

9. DOJ
   October 28th, 2008 at 5:03 pm

   stop the train for 2 hours?
   just have the firemen ride along with the train

10. PocketCaller
    October 28th, 2008 at 5:06 pm

    "This is why you should not carry your phone in your pants pocket. Use a secure clip."

    Malarkey. The last time I caught my dorky bat-belt cell phone holder on a door jam and the spring-loaded clip literally exploded sending the phone crashing to the ground, was when I started carrying my phone in my front pants pocket. Have never had any problems since.

    When I've had to carry a larger PDA for work I either put in it my coat, shoulder bag, or briefcase. I can't stand to have a brick of a gadget sticking out from my belt, like I'm a dang cop wearing tools. I've even seen people with two or more phones on belt holders, at the same time!

    Similar reason I wouldn't be caught dead wearing a bluetooth headset. I have a wired one, when I need it. If cell phone radiation causes brain cancer, why wouldn't yet another tiny transceiver, albeit of lower power, cause similar problems?

11. Ali S.
    October 29th, 2008 at 5:33 pm

    Tsk tsk.

12. Kevin
    October 29th, 2008 at 7:05 pm

    “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.

    Wow, that must have hurt.

13. Moshe
    October 29th, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    "with his hand still jammed in the toilet bowl, which they had to saw clean off”

    Sawed off the hand, or sawed off the toilet bowl?

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