A growing number of incidents involving handcuffs have people using valuable emergency service time according to a report published by the London Fire Brigade.
In a statement Officer Dave Brown said, “Some of the incidents our firefighters are called out could be prevented with a little common sense. I don’t know whether it’s the Fifty Shades effect, but the number of incidents involving items like handcuffs seems to have gone up.”
Firefighters have attended call-outs where men have got their bits-and-pieces stuck in a toaster and another in a hoover. Ouch!
“I’m sure most people will be Fifty Shades of red by the time our crews arrive to free them,” Brown added.
The London fire department have decided to use their twitter account to provide useful tips to avoid these sticky situations altogether under the hashtag #50ShadesOfRed.
So remember folks, if you are using handcuffs, always try to keep the keys handy.
