Odd this day

Oct 31, 2023

So, happy 15th anniversary to this joyful headline

Screenshot of Metro story: a photo of a potato, plus the headline Vicar hospitalised with potato up his bum. Story reads: A vicar claims a potato got stuck up his bottom after he fell on to the vegetable while hanging curtains in the nude. The clergyman, in his 50s, told medical staff at Sheffield’s Northern General Hospital that the accident was definitely not due to a sex game. He had to undergo surgery to extract the spud from his backside, according to The Sun…

You’ll see from the text that they have attributed the source as The Sun. This is incorrect. It came from the Grauniad a few days earlier:

Sex uncovered: The nurse

'One man had a potato up him. He fell on it, he said'

www.theguardian.com

That article shows why it’s worth going back to original sources. If I’d just relied on the Metro or the Sun, I’d only have that vicar. Now I can offer you:

A young lad came in, in his early twenties. He had a long jacket on, opened it, and there it was. He had got a carnation stuck in his willy. He said he’s been doing it for pleasure. I’ve never seen that before and doubt I’ll see it again. All the nurses came round for a look.

And I think we can all agree we’d be the poorer for not having heard that.

Odd this day

Sex uncovered: The nurse

'One man had a potato up him. He fell on it, he said'

Written by Coates

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