Sunday, November 05, 2006

Safety during hand to gland combat

So in my Sunday newspaper (The Observer) today there is an article about fertility clinics and in particular the 'mens room' where they get to provide a sample of the appropriate liquid.

What caught my eye, is a picture taken inside one of the rooms that shows a large orange toggle with a notice next to it proclaiming:

Only use this cord in the case of an emergency please.


So what exactly would constitute an emergency while you are engaged in such an activity? Possibly a hand slipping off the end and punching yourself in the nose, or perhaps 'shooting' yourself in the eye at the end of it or maybe trapping a key part of your anatomy in your zip ala Something About Mary.

I do know that nothing short of being in imminent mortal danger would encourage me to pull that toggle and suffer the humiliation of having a crash medical team descend on the room to find me with my trousers around my ankles, member in one hand and plastic cup in the other.

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