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28-Jun-2008, 05:42 PM

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Drunk in a hole lotta trouble

Hole lotta trouble ... stuck for two hours.

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On reflection, it really wasn’t worth trying to retrieve the cigarette lighter that fell down this hole in a busy street.
But this sozzled bloke couldn’t resist — and ended up stuck in the hole dug for a new lamppost.
The mid-20s man — who didn’t give his name — spent the next TWO HOURS waiting to be rescued.
Passers-by failed to budge him, so he had to be pulled out by firefighters in Swansea.
To make matters worse, 100 giggling shoppers looked on, filming his embarrassment on phone cameras.

One onlooker, builder Gareth Hughes, 29, said yesterday: “He was wedged in so tight we’d have pulled his arms out of their sockets if we’d pulled any harder.

“He was stuck fast, right up to his chest.
“We were all stood around this unfortunate man in the hole having a right old laugh.
“The man said he’d gone in feet first to retrieve a lighter he’d dropped in the hole and got stuck. He’d had a few to drink. He was in a terrible state.
“Even though it was mid-morning, I’d say he’d been drinking all through the night. He still had a can of lager in his hand.
“God knows how he even managed to squeeze in the hole because it was only 30cm in diameter.

“Once the firemen arrived, they strapped a rope round him, beneath his armpits, and winched him out.”

A fire service spokesman said: “We used a winch to pull him out.”
A lamp post was placed in the hole yesterday.

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