ETHREADZNY Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - It may work for Santa Claus and the singing chimney sweep in "Mary Poppins," but one Texas man found out that going down the chimney was no way to enter a home after he became wedged in the smoke stack. Mark Vaughn was trying to help his family get back into their home in Fort Worth after they locked themselves out. When his mother-in-law told him to get a locksmith, Vaughn said he got the idea of going down the chimney. His inspiration was the character of the chimney sweep played by actor Dick Van Dyke in the movie "Mary Poppins," which he had recently seen. "What prompted me? I was watching the Dick Van Dyke movie a few weeks ago, you know the chimney sweeper movie," Vaughn told reporters Tuesday. Vaughn said he thought he was going to make it all the way down the chimney, but he got stuck near the bottom. After about 30 minutes in the chimney, Vaughn realized he could go no further and yelled out for help. His family called for the fire department, and as he waited in the shaft, Vaughn said his arms and legs went numb. Rescue workers carefully dismantled the chimney brick by brick and after about an hour, they opened a hole large enough to free Vaughn. "In trying to get the person out, you have to do a lot of manipulation of the brick and mortar, which can transmit a lot of injury to the person inside," said James Johns, a fire battalion chief. A grateful Vaughn, his face black with soot, shook hands with the firefighters who rescued him and said the episode left him shaken. god damn people are stupid.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podrido Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 yep, cuz he coulda watched some mcguyver and learned how to break in his house witha toothpick and some bubble tape. 6 ft of bubble gum, for you. not them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 yup.... it was on my local news in Texas a couple minutes ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deznatori Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 I'm going to draw on the ground with chalk and walk into the picture now. I got the idea for Mary Poppins it's going to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ctrl+alt+del Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 Victorian Attics Need Cleaning http://www.uwc.ac.za/arts/english/images/chimney.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest socrates Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 ONly in texas............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryheresy Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 gotta love Yahoo's Oddly Enough section... last week a man lost his car to the river because he forgot to put his parking break on.... he got out of the car on top of a hill, proceeded to relieve himself a little ways away, and then went back for his car, but it was at the bottom of the river. also, a pakistani man got arressted and lost $650 (equiv.) because he bought "spells" thinking that they would make him invisible- he then robbed a bank because he thought he was invisible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 Originally posted by socrates ONly in texas............. Socrates you dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kettiecat Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 i thought all people in texas were fat and wore cowboy hats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahighlifdhl Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 WELL YOU THOUGHT WRONG WE TEXANS ARE COOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest -MOE LESTER- Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 "only steers and queers come from texas" someone was gonna say it anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizm Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 did that say "transmit a lot of injury" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukeofyork Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 Originally posted by -MOE LESTER- "only steers and queers come from texas" and you sure dont look like a steer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikro137 Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 what a nimrod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 i'm speechless. who the hell said humans had 'evolved'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshy Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 and people are worried about jackass . . . jeez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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