For many folks (myself included) there are few things more painful than putting together IKEA furniture. But one unlucky guy experienced a different type level of pain associated with their products.
Following a knee injury, Claus Jørstad of Alta, Norway bought a MARIUS Stool from IKEA to sit on while he took showers. But that plan soon backfired, in a big way.
While sitting on the stool after a recent rinse, one of Jørstad somehow got stuck in a hole located on the seat when the hot water made the hole expand.
“Sitting there and noticing the accident, I bent down to see what happened, I realized the little nutter has got stuck,” he told Daily Mail.
Jørstad sat in the shower so long, in fact, that the water started turning cold. However, Jørstad believes that the freezing water was what may have saved him. You see, the temperature drop caused his testicle to shrink again, which allowed him to free his “little nutter” safely. Whew.
But after the incident, he decided to warn the public about his experience with this alleged ball trapping furniture as well as alert IKEA. His post has since gone viral.
And IKEA’s response?
“Hey Claus. We recommend that you take the stool out of the shower… or that you sit on it with the right uniform on and in the right setting,” a staffer posted on Facebook. “If you choose to keep it in the shower, make sure you are well dressed for your next sea excursion.”
Well nuts, fair enough, I guess.
So Jørstad did what he probably should have done from the beginning: He covered the stool with a washcloth and saved his family jewels further trauma.
Now life is good again, and Jørstad’s having a ball.
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