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Originally posted by Slowpoke Slim:
True story,

Many years ago, I was a volunteer for Search and Rescue for Otero county, NM while stationed at Holloman AFB.

One of the guys in my rescue unit was also a licensed EMT. He used to volunteer down at the local hospital nights and weekends. One day during a low angle training session, he regaled us with this story;

It seemed that that weekend, a couple came into the ER, with the young man in such agony he could barely walk. Neither one wanted to say what the matter was in the lobby, but he was in such obvious pain, and the waiting room was nearly empty, that my friend just ushered them into an empty bed.

Upon getting the story, and getting his pants dropped, the young couple had decided to play around with his wedding band, and yup, they had managed to get it all the way down to the base of the young man's "unit". There it stayed, stuck, and they couldn't get it off.

My friend had to go find a pair of side cutting pliers to cut the metal band off. Finally managed to cut it off to the poor man's obvious relief, and gave them both a stern lecture about "playing games", and sent them on their way.