[Mrluvaluva]

An unemployed Austrian man has sawed off his left foot, apparently to avoid being found fit enough to go back to work.

Police said the "desperate" 56-year-old man deliberately sliced it off above the ankle with a mechanical saw and threw it into an oven.

The man, from Mitterlabill in southern Austria, then hobbled into his garage and called an ambulance.

He sliced his foot off just a few hours before he was due to have a health check with the labour department on whether he was fit to work, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported.

When police arrived, the man was still conscious but had lost a lot of blood, local police chief Franz Fasching said.

Emergency services "looked in the oven and were able to recover the foot," Mr Fasching said.

"The foot was taken the hospital but it was so badly burned that it cannot be sewn back on."

The man was flown to hospital in Graz, where he was said to be in a stable condition.


Sky


Amazing what lengths some people will go to. Very sad.

[Benjamin]

I hate work, but not that bad. Clearly he needs some help.

[MTVN]

That's commitment for you

[Scarlett.]

Sounds like a plan. Now where did I leave the bedsheets and the saw?

[GypsyGoth]

I'd say if they still made him work he'd be hopping mad.

[Samuel.]

The only logical thing to do.

[Locke.]

Novo taking things too far again

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

I'd say if they still made him work he'd be hopping mad.

Good one, A pretty drastic thing for him to do though.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

I'd say if they still made him work he'd be hopping mad.

He'd have really put his foot in it if that happened

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

I'd say if they still made him work he'd be hopping mad.

that's the crappiest joke i've ever heard in my life

[GypsyGoth]

[King Gizzard]

a claudia special

[King Gizzard]

Better than my toe-esculator joke

[Kazanne]

Well now he is footloose and fancy free,he can sell his footwear.

[Mrluvaluva]

Police said the "desperate" 56-year-old man deliberately sliced it off above the ankle with a mechanical saw and threw it into an oven. The foot was taken the hospital but it was so badly burned...

I am sure they could have saved it...... If they had just turned the oven down to 180, added some garlic, salt, pepper and sprigs of rosemary, basted, and cooked for another 20 mins there wouldn't have been a problem.

[Mystic Mock]

His footing mad.

[Scarlett.]

I bet he is glad no one SAW him

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Chewy

I bet he is glad no one SAW him

[Z]

If I knew him I'd go round there ankle him!

[Mystic Mock]

I guess he will only have to wear one shoe now.

[Vicky.]

Well he has obvious mental health problems. Which would certainly mean he would have been found fit for work. According to those ridiculous medicals if you havent got a physical problem theres nowt the matter with you

(Just read other peoples answers, sorry for being a buzzkill )

[Ammi]

..well..that's done it...he'll have to take a cut..in pay now
..bet he doesn't see the funny side anymore

[King Gizzard]

wonder if he's got a larma

...oh its his foot.

[Ammi]

..I've got a-larma..but it never goes off when I want it to

[lostalex]

I met a guy who actually had completely unnecessary surgery on his spine because he was addicted to painkillers.

He had gone to a doctor, complaining of back pain in order to get a prescription to oxycontin, and he would keep telling his doctor that the pain was really bad so his doctor keep giving him more. Then finally his doctor was like "well the pills arn't working, we need to do surgery to relieve your pain" and instead of coming clean about his lie, he actually went ahead with the surgery just to keep getting the pills, and continued lying about the pain even AFTER the surgery.