Were Fingers don't belong

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A Michigan man has learned not to stick his fingers in certain places. Victor Harris, of Saginaw, Michigan, was pouring a fuel additive into his Lincoln Navigator sport utility vehicle Thursday when a piece of paper fell into the gas tank. Harris tried to fish the paper out, but his index finger became stuck in the gas tank.

WJRT-TV reported Harris tried to extract his digit for two hours before friends called the fire department. It took another two hours before emergency responders cut the gas tank tube out of the vehicle.

Doctors later removed Harris' finger from the tube. He received two stitches.

Harris said he's learned his lesson and won't put his finger back in the gas tank.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/200...D976J78G0.html

[Prngr44]

How in the heck do you get your finger stuck in a gas tank so bad it has to be extracted by rescue personnel??

[uncledaddy]

How in the heck do you get your finger stuck in a gas tank so bad it has to be extracted by rescue personnel??

Fuel pipe restrictors. Have you noticed that when you fill up, the fill pipe has a plate with a smaller hole that the nozzle barely fits into? This is the restrictor that prevents the use of leaded gasoline nozzles. The Nozzles for leaded gasoline are a larger diameter. Anyway, you probably know all of that, but I assume that the spring loaded flap that flips up to cover that restrictor probably started cutting into his flesh. That thing is just cut out of sheet metal. The spring probably added pressure making it difficult to extract his finger. And, he could have had chunky fingers to begin with.

Oops, I'm rambling again. :D