Giant Vagina Sculpture Traps US Student in Germany

HANDOUT - Die Feuerwehr befreit am 20.06.2014 einen Austauschstudenten in Tübingen (Baden-Württemberg) aus einer steinernen Vagina, in der er bei einer Mutprobe steckengeblieben ist. Dafür hievten die Einsatzkrä... HANDOUT - Die Feuerwehr befreit am 20.06.2014 einen Austauschstudenten in Tübingen (Baden-Württemberg) aus einer steinernen Vagina, in der er bei einer Mutprobe steckengeblieben ist. Dafür hievten die Einsatzkräfte den Feststeckenden hoch, damit er seinen verkeilten Fuß herausziehen konnte, so die Feuerwehr. Die Skulptur des Künstlers Fernando de la Jara steht nach Angaben des «Schwäbischen Tagblatts» seit 13 Jahren auf dem Tübinger Schnarrenberg vor dem Institut für Mikrobiologie und Virologie. Gedacht sei das marmorne, einer weiblichen Scheide nachempfundene Kunstwerk als Tor zur Welt. Es habe den Namen «Chacàn», was in der Sprache der peruanischen Indios so viel heiße wie «Liebe machen». Photo by: Feuerwehr Tübingen/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images MORE LESS

BERLIN (AP) — An American exchange student who got stuck in a giant vagina sculpture was freed by firefighters in southwestern Germany.

Tuebingen fire service official Markus Mozer said Monday that the young man slipped as he tried to climb into the stone sculpture to pose for a photo.

He couldn’t free himself, so the fire service was called. Four firefighters eased him out of the sculpture.

The incident happened on Friday and the student’s name wasn’t released.

Mozer says no damage was done to the sculpture, created by Peruvian-born artist Fernando de la Jara.

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  1. Which is more embarrassing… getting caught in a town’s giant vagina sculpture or being a town that has a giant vagina sculpture?

  2. Happens all the time.

  3. Avatar for gr gr says:

    It’s a sculpture of a vulva.

  4. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    Fortunately, I’m equipped with a curb feeler that helps to prevent events such as this.

    Hunh. And here I thought they were standard equipment on most models.

    jw1

  5. Avatar for danf danf says:

    There has to be an anti-abortion joke in here somewhere …

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