Claus got a painful part of his body stuck into (Picture: Facebook/Claus Jorstad(

Sitting on a shower stool seems like a fairly harmless proposition.

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But a photographer from Norway found out recently that it carries the potential to cause all sorts of trouble.

Claus Jørstad, who is also a politician, requires a stall to sit down in the shower because of a bad knee.

But he found himself in a spot of bother when one he purchased from Ikea (Marius) trapped a valuable part of his body.


Heisann! Kjerringa dro mæ på ræk i hele søkksvære butikken dokkers, som va omtrent like stor som kjæften til naboen da… Geplaatst door Claus Jørstad op Woensdag 31 augustus 2016

The 45-year-old’s complaint on Facebook about his testicle-related mishap has since been shared 13,000 times and received an apology from the store.

He told the MailOnline once he realised what had happened he couldn’t move.



He said: ‘I started pondering how the hell I was gonna get outta the mess. After a lot of pondering forth and back, I realised I had no bloody ideas.

‘The water turned cold by itself. So I started freezing. The water got cold. Even more cold than my mother-in-law’s smile when I married her daughter.’

‘In despair, I reached for the hairdryer to keep warm while pondering, and that’s when I realised the nut has got loose from the squirrel stool.’

Writing underneath in the comments section, Ikea said it was sorry to hear about his ordeal.

But Claus joked he was still looking for a good shower stool – hopefully without holes in.

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