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hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
Cute story about an elderly couple I know. He is getting rather frail and she is deaf as a post unless she is wearing her hearing aids. He was downstairs when he realised he needed to use the washroom. He saw a spider running along the baseboard in the bathroom so he decided he would use some toilet paper to catch the spider then flush it down the toilet. Bending over to catch the spider was out of the question so he sat on the toilet and leaned over. He leaned a bit too far and gracelessly slid off the toilet ending up with his head kind of stuck under the sink and his legs wrapped around the toilet. He couldn't get up. He tried calling his wife but she didn't have her hearing aids in. When he didn't come up stairs for a bit she went looking for him. There he was stuck. Well she is a frail elderly lady and while he is frail he still weighs close to 200 lbs. She called 911 and was asked if she needed an ambulance. She said no. Just two strong men. The fire department arrived in a few minutes and had him back on his feet in short order. His moral of the story is "leave the spiders alone"