When will people stop sticking strange objects into their bodily orifices? There are actually products designed with that intended purpose - there is no reason to resort to dumbbells, plastic ducks and yes, even eels.
Humans have developed an unfortunate habit of shoving things where the sun don't shine, and one woman looking for a good time decided a vibrator would be just the ticket.
However, her escapade quite literally became a pain in the butt. While we all know some people find pleasure in pain, this woman's unintentional foray into S&M unfortunately ended in A&E.
Documenting her experience on TikTok earlier this month, British woman Sophs - who goes by the username @sophzaloafz - revealed the vibrator became lodged inside her rectum.
"I got a vibrator stuck up my arse," she matter-of-factly captioned the now-viral clip.
Sophs admitted her indiscretion landed in her hospital, even sharing an X-ray image of the vibrator lodged inside her body. After she failed to retrieve the three-inch toy herself, Sophs said she knew she needed medical help - but first endured an entire night with the still-buzzing vibrator trapped inside her.
In the video, Sophs said she had the object surgically removed when she made it to hospital the following morning. When she awoke from the procedure, the vibrator was sitting next to her in a plastic bag - and apparently, still had some battery life.
She has since made her account private.
According to media outlets who viewed the video, Sophs elaborated on the incident and explained she had been 'getting busy' while her children were asleep. When she realised the vibrator was stuck, she felt too embarrassed to call an ambulance - which led to her rather restless night's sleep.
"I tried to sleep which was quite difficult because it was literally buzzing on my spine. Eventually, I did fall asleep. I woke up and it was off, so one would assume the battery had died. That was very wrong of me to assume," she said.
"I woke up in recovery. On the table was a kidney dish with a plastic bag. Curious old me, who was still on antiseptic [anaesthesia], lent over, grabbed it to see what it was.
"I pressed the on button and it f**king worked, didn't it! I think it must have had some cool technology. It must have had a self-timer. Or [the doctors] thought, 'she had such a good time, let's replace the batteries for her, completely free of charge'."
Sophs' vibrating venture follows a case that made international headlines last month after appearing in an academic medical journal. The case report documented the experience of a Brazilian man who was hospitalised after a metallic, 20cm-long, 2kg dumbbell became lodged in his rectum.
And in 2017, Newshub filed an Official Information Act request with the District Health Board for information on the miscellaneous items that were found up New Zealanders' bums that year.
