UK firefighters suspended for tumble dryer stunt

Ruu_Old

There was a thread about some chap who was babysitting and put the child into the tumble dryer for some fun. Well hes another one, except theres a video available apparently. From yahoo news. My favourite part of the story.. "The firefighter then emerges looking dizzy" :rolleyes:

Four British firefighters were suspended by their force Wednesday over a stunt which saw one of the men spun around in a tumble dryer at their fire station.

The prank, which was filmed on a mobile phone and later broadcast on the Internet, shows one of the officers at Blackley fire station in Manchester climbing into the dryer and padding it with clothes.

The machine is then turned on and he spins around inside a few times while his laughing colleagues look on.

The firefighter then emerges looking dizzy.

"Due to the serious nature of the incident, the decision has been taken to suspend them until the outcome of a disciplinary hearing," said Greater Manchester's Deputy County Fire Officer Tony Proctor.

Media reports said the officer shown in the footage had apologized for his behavior and would be complying fully with the internal investigation.

Footage of the incident can be viewed here.

Our man in Havana

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Archeron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jnam-gkSrI

here we go.

Rhyme

Hrm lets do the math... not a lot of space in there, therefore not a lot of air. The only air coming in is roasting hot. The clothes inserted make for even less space i.e. air. Also would aid in the retention of that heat.

Conclusion: F*cking hot and suffocation of idiot imminent.

justsomebloke

ye I was doing the oz experience last year from sydney up to cairns and on the final stop are bus driver did this.

Now for all the people thinking of trying this at home, don't. These people use commerical grade dryers, i.e. there big so if you do try this at home you are just going to get your fat ass stuck in the door of the dryer if you can even get that far. That and i smell a Darwin award coming soon for this kind of trick

Chakar

Yeah cool I read about this in the Indo its hilarious and they got suspended for their trouble..tbh doing it at their place of work wasn't bright.

Ruu_Old

Whee looks like fun, the eejit.