Sure, having a special toilet rigged with an emergency distress cord sounds convenient. But it provided no relief for one 80-year-old man when he found himself stuck in a hospital bathroom stall when said cord proved defective.

George Hudson, who lives at a U.K. hospital, told the Metro newspaper about his ordeal, muttering in his best John McCain/"Get off my lawn" old-man voice, "I pulled the red cord and I got no response. When I started to get a bit chilly, I wondered what else I could do."

Hudson, who is reportedly a tenor, busted out a little operatic Christmas music: "The Hallelujah Chorus." (Maybe he chose Handel in honor of the broken cord?) His musical stylings brought the staff running and he was released.

This isn't the first time he's used his voice to get his way -- he says he's often tempted to belt out some high notes when young girls talk on their cell phones when he's riding on a train.

Luckily, his bathroom escapades were not videotaped by a nurse's camera phone or anything, so most of the public has been spared his renditions of pants-down, on-the-toilet, Elvis-style holiday tunes.


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