A 70-year-old Australian man has had a 10cm fork safely removed from his penis.
The utensil had been lodged in his urethra for sexual gratification, the International Journal of Surgery Case Reports revealed.
The report, entitled An Unusual Urethral Foreign Body noted: "The motives for insertion of a variety of objects are difficult to comprehend."
The fork was removed by a team at Canberra Hospital using forceps and "copious lubrication" while the patient was under general anaesthetic
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