Another Rubbish Story

A man from Glasgow who spent twenty minutes with his head wedged in a bin before being cut free by firemen, claimed that he was looking for

This reconstruction was donated by talented artist and friend of Newsnibbles, Pat Scullion. Check him out.

his hat.  It is not clear why the fifty-three-year-old (that’s 53) thought that his hat might be in the public bin, or why he felt that shoving his head in the mouth of the bin was the best way to retrieve it, in fact, we’ve failed in terms of an investigative report on this incident.

According to the BBC Report an eye witness tried to pull him free of his garbage scented shackle, but apparently his ears were wedged.  After twenty minutes he was cut free by the fire brigade, and taken to hospital for a check up.  Whilst he was unhurt by the ordeal he has received a new nickname; “bucket head” after the photograph of him with his head in the bin was released onto social media.

We asked the fans where the most embarrassing place they’ve ever been stuck is.

Pat told us: “I was stuck in Essex for the best part of 30 years, if that counts?” We hear it’s the only way.

Ben told us: “I got my head wedged in the plate warmer of a baby belling oven when I was four. They had to butter my head to get it out.”

We don’t know whether butter would have saved the fire brigade from being called in this instance, and suspect we never will.

You can see more impressive artwork by Pat Scullion here.


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