OW OW OW - Man leaps off a pool table and onto a pool cue, piercing his scrotum (with pic)01:49 Jun 09 2006
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HUMAN kebab Dave Farmer had a miracle escape when he was skewered through the groin by a pool cue.
The dad of one, 35, had jumped on to a pub pool table as a prank during a pal’s stag weekend.
When he leapt off, he was “kebabed” on a cue held upright by a fellow reveller.
It pierced his scrotum and soft tissue, with the tip exiting via his lower stomach.
Amazingly, the effects of having had eight pints meant he wanted to play on.
But friends saw blood and he was rushed to hospital.
Relieved Dave said last night: “Doctors said I could easily have been a goner and it was a miracle I didn’t at least lose my manhood.”
He recalled the eye-watering game of pool in Minehead, Somerset.
Dave said: “I was messing about and said I’d rather play golf so hopped up to demonstrate a shot.
“I jumped off and crashed into a pal and felt just a sharp pain which went away.
“I thought the cue had just shot through my jeans and I pulled it out. But some of the lads spotted blood and asked me to drop my trousers.
“Their faces went white when they saw the entrance and exit holes.”
The wound was stitched and Dave, of Llandrindod Wells, Powys, was kept in for two nights.
Musgrove Park Hospital spokesman Mark Wall said: “He was very, very lucky not to have done serious damage. The cue just missed his testicles.”
Dave added: “I got very sore as the drink wore off. When I saw the X-rays I nearly passed out.
“Just looking at them made my eyes water.”
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