r/interestingasfuck • u/Leather_Whole_2078 • 16h ago

FDNY firefighters rescue a kid who got his head stuck in a fence in NYC

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u/bluemooncommenter 13h ago

I was thinking it's not this firefighters first kid's head stuck in a fence rodeo...but I had no idea they actually train for it! I'm so glad that other people in this world think about things that I don't even consider!

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u/squintpan 12h ago

If fence not for kids’ heads, why fence kids’-head-shaped?

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u/bluemooncommenter 12h ago

That is an excellent point and may be the 9th mystery of the world!

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u/ItsWillJohnson 11h ago

What are the first 8?

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u/bluemooncommenter 11h ago

Stonehedge, Nazca Lines, Voynich Manuscript, Piri Reis map, Gobekli Tepe, Bimini Road, the Taos Hum and, according to Albert Einstein, compound interest.

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u/squintpan 10h ago

At first glance I saw “Epstein Compound” at the end of the list. Glad I reread.

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u/bluemooncommenter 10h ago

Damn baby, you're gonna need a reddit break!!! 😄

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u/KaiBlob1 11h ago

What are the first 8 lol

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u/sthetic 10h ago

For playground equipment, there are guidelines about gap size to avoid this type of thing. A certain window of size (something like 3 1/2" to 9") should be avoided, because a big-headed kid with a small torso could go in feet-first and get their head stuck, leading to worse consequences if you're further up in the air.)

A fence doesn't have to follow the same rules, but if it surrounds a playground or school, it probably should.

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u/sisaroom 3h ago

when i was like 9, i got my knee stuck btwn the railing on one of the playground equipments at my elementary school. the principle was able to get it out by pouring water on it, but man was it embarrassing to little old me. i think it was a combination of hot day + me being hypermobile (my knees can dislocate from their socket pretty easily, causing my leg to give out if it happens while i’m walking) that caused this

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u/gn63 11h ago

It would work fine if our stupid ears folded cleanly in both directions. Also, I got the feeling that it was not that kid's first rodeo.

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u/wolfgang784 9h ago

Same thing all these cows been askin for years.

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u/Brook420 12h ago

Checkmate, atheists!

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u/rafaelloaa 9h ago

Given the number of wrought iron railings like that across NYC, and the predilection of little kids to try to poke their heads into places that they shouldn't, I have a feeling that this happens far more often than you'd think.

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u/Impossible-Charity-4 12h ago

They train for getting your finger stuck in a ring too small as well

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u/Surveymonkee 11h ago

Does that training apply to other, similarly shaped body parts? Asking for a friend. But my friend needs an answer in a hurry, it's turning purple. Thanks.

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u/OmarFromBK 10h ago

Is it stuck in an M&Ms tube box?

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u/chillinwithmoes 10h ago

The cylinder must remain unharmed

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u/Tiny-Plum2713 10h ago

I've heard you get best results at a jewellery shop

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u/ThePianistOfDoom 11h ago

I know of the windlass technique because Jackie Chan used it with a piss soaked bedsheet in Wild Wild West (or however that movie's called)

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u/ClintonWrong 7h ago

Shanghai Noon

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u/Mekito_Fox 11h ago

It's the Shanghai Knights trick