Man trapped under sofa, survives on whiskey

[dem629]

A man who became trapped beneath his sofa for two days said he survived by sipping from a bottle of whisky.

Joe Galliott, 65, lost his bearings during a power cut at his home in Yeovil, Somerset, and fell against the three-seater which toppled onto him.

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He said a bottle of whisky, which had rolled within reach, kept him going.

"The whole settee tipped over catching me like a rat in a trap," he said

"I took a sip of and thought, well this isn't too bad."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/7853328.stm

[NJmaverick]

1. Word has it he could have gotten out after 12 hours

but decided to wait a bit

[Felix Mala]

2. Once, during Prohibition I had to survive for three days on nothing but food and water.

[Richardo]

3. I call that 'Saturday'

:shrug:

[Bunny]

5. I have a mental image of Casa Richardo, with bottles of various libations

tucked alongside every piece of major (and probably minor) furniture. You know, just in case...
:crazy:

[Richardo]

6. "Be Prepared" I always say.

:hi: + :loveya:

[graywarrior]

4. Tell that at an AA meeting and they'd laugh their asses off.

[monmouth]

9. You took the words right off my keyboard. My old group in NJ would

have laughed a full five minutes on that one with a great amount of applause. Hahaha, nothing like keeping the "memory green"...

[azmouse]

7. Alcohol is not his friend.

[KamaAina]

8. Whiskey. It's what's for dinner.

:-)

[HopeHoops]

10. Been there, done that, spilled on my t-shirt

[rug]

11. The whiskey probably got him trapped under the sofa in the first place.

[jmowreader]

12. Coming three years from now...

Joe Galliott, 68, died last week. He fell in a vat at the public distillery and drowned.

Four men jumped in to save him, but he fought them off bravely.

Mr. Galliott's body was cremated. It took them four days to put the flames out.