Naked Aussie Wedged In Washing Machine Rescued By Emergency Services


Climbing into a top loader and waiting for your girlfriend to come home is probably never going to end well. Especially if you’re naked and calling it a game of ‘hide and seek’. Even more so if it takes the combined efforts of police, firefighters, paramedics, SES plus Search and Rescue 20 minutes to grease you up and out (see video).

“He was trying to surprise his missus and became stuck,” Shepparton police Sergeant Gleeson told the Herald Sun. The paper also reports it was olive oil that did the trick in the end, however The Age couldn’t get confirmation of this point from another officer. [Video above via The Shepparton News.]

Thankfully, the Mooroopna man is safe and well, just somewhat embarrassed.


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