The man tried the ring on out of ‘curiosity’ (Picture: REX)

Firefighters were called after an 83-year-old man got a ring stuck on his penis.

Dismissing loneliness and boredom, the man from Henan Province, China, claimed he tried the ring on for size out of ‘curiosity’.

Sadly, this particular ring did not fit.

For what the man lacked in sense he made up for in shame and inhuman endurance, keeping his mistake secret for 20 hours before being forced to seek help – on account of his penis turning purple.


Firefighters work to remove the ring (Picture: REX)

Responding doctors deemed it too delicate a procedure for them to complete, so called in the fire brigade who, judging from the photo, elected to employ the jaws of life to snip the ring off (you know, the same tool they use to pry people from car-wrecks).



It took two hours to free the poor guy.

Two hours later, the man was free (Picture: REX)