Warning: DO NOT attempt to “work out” your penis by using gym equipment. The penis is not like a bicep. It doesn’t get bigger the more weight it lifts.
Sadly, this warning came too late for one fifty-year-old California man. He decided to see if he could “lift weights” with his penis, hoping that exercise would make his member bigger.
So he stuck his penis through a steel dumbbell fastener … and got it stuck.
Too embarrassed to contact authorities, he waited days while his penis turned black and swelled up to five times its usual size.
When at last he went to hospital, he resisted treatment – too embarrassed, perhaps? Doctors had to put him under psychiatric hold to keep him there, despite telling him that the flesh on his penis would die if they didn’t do something.
Unable to cut through the steel ring on their own, they called the fire department. Although firefighters were used to cutting through steel as part of a rescue, they were perplexed as to how they could cut through the ring without damaging the man’s private parts.
Ultimately, they slid a piece of metal between the ring and the man’s penis to protect in case of slippage. As they cut, sparks flew halfway across the room, but the sparks were kept from injuring the patient through a cleverly-rigged watering system.
The procedure took two hours, and firefighters heaved a sigh of relief when it was over.
Battalion Chief Scott Broussard stated, “If we’re cutting people out of some kind of building, or if we’re cutting right up next to somebody’s flesh and don’t damage his flesh, then it’s a good day.”
No news on whether the man received counseling for his penis issues.
