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Man rescued after getting stuck in Lincoln's Glory Hole (metro.co.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by flumph@programming.dev to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 61 points 2 years ago (3 children)

So who else went into the article with a vastly different expectation as to what actually happened?

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 years ago

Absolutely. The first thing I noticed was that he was posing for the picture like a boss. I was like, that guy has life figured out. He got stuck in a glory hole and he owns it.

[–] shadowSprite@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

"Ray Fisher was attempting to use the Glory Hole on his boat but the current was too strong."

I'm dead...

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Based on the image and the community I actually expected just the right thing. 😂

[–] jkmooney@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

"Man got so stuck in glory hole firefighters had to pull him until he was free"

This would have to be the opposite of a click bait headline....

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Dear penthouse forum

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

they actually have shots for that. works a charm. fast acting, and uh, mostly not without side effects.

Knew a guy who used to be a firefighter. One of the stories he liked to tell is responding to a guy that got stuck in a pool's filter intake.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I still cannot understand where this guy got stuck.

Edit: oh was he stuck under the bridge after getting out and kicking his own boat away and couldn't get out without swimming in the cold? I guess that's pretty funny.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Sounds like it was in the Ford Theatre men's room.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Sounds like a sitcom. "Oh Fred! You silly goose!"

[–] Haus@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

I hear that Suzie Dent has been looking into this.

[–] BloodSlut@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

happens to the best of us

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

obligatory post

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago

I didn’t know what to expect.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I grew up near this glory hole. It's anything but survivable. So, like, that was my expectation.