This actually reminds me about a call I did not to long ago. I was dispatched to a home where the caller stated that his childs head was stuck in a piece of furniture. Sounds harmless right? Well close your eyes and picture this.

We arrive at the home and it looks like.....well not to sound snobby or stuck up.....trashy. The people there would be your typical trailer park type. So here we have three burly looking biker dudes. And they direct us into the house. As we're walking up the walkway, the father says he was out back when he heard his kid start crying out loud.

So I'm first in the door and what do I see. A 5 year old boy with his head stuck inbetween the footrest and seat of a lazyboy. You know, the piece that comes out when you pull the handle to recline. He crying and carrying on. Lord knows how he got himself in that situation.

Here's the funny part. The child is stuck in a bent over position with NO PANTS OR UNDERWEAR ON! It was really all I could to to keep myself from rolling on the floor laughing. The father said they had attempted to get the child out themselves. And I was wondering how taking off his pants would facilitate that. Especially when all one had to do was look under the pad and unscrew the 2 screws there.

Well, needless to say, *Sticks out chest* I was the hero of the day. Being the rookie I was of course made the butt of some jokes. My Lt. told my Chief that I walked in the home and told the kid,
"Son, it's just not your day." And proceeded to unbuckle his belt.

Anyways we still laugh pretty good about that call.