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Out of all things to end your South African trip you wouldn't think a rat eating your food and chewing your toe being a possible reason. A former British soccer player encountered just this. As the intro states this is a ridiculous and improbable event with a low percentage of even happening. Like in the aforementioned quote from the book "chance of getting picked up by another ship within those 30 seconds are two to the power of two hundred" , The chance of this ever happening is incredibly low, yet it did.

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Former English soccer star Gary Mabbutt said Monday he was forced to end his South Africa trip early after a rat ate his foot and chewed his big toe "down to the bone" while he was sleeping.

Mabbutt, the former Tottenham Hotspur captain, told the BBC the gruesome incident happened about six weeks ago while visiting his daughter, who works at Kruger National Park.

"I've gone to sleep and during the night a rat has come into the bedroom, climbed into the bed and has decided to chew on my foot," Mabbutt said. "It's made quite a big hole in my toe, going down to the bone, and ate underneath my foot."

Mabbutt, 57, said he didn't feel the rat's teeth sinking in to his flesh because he has little feeling in his feet. The former soccer star, who has Type 1 diabetes, recalled his daughter coming into his bedroom and saying she was bitten by something.

"It bit my daughter's thumb first in the other bedroom, and then she came into me and said 'Dad, something's bitten me'. Being in Africa, you think of snakes and scorpions," Mabbutt told the BBC.

He went back to sleep, and about an hour later, woke up when the rat bit his thumb. He looked down and saw his foot covered in blood.

"Unfortunately the rat had had a nice meal and I hadn't been able to feel it," Mabbutt recalled.

Mabbutt flew back to the United Kingdom, where he underwent surgery and spent a week in the hospital. He added that he's still receiving treatment for the incident.

Mabbutt, who retired in 1998 from the sport, played 16 games with the England national soccer team.

Katherine Lam is a breaking and trending news digital producer for Fox News. Follow her on Twitter at @bykatherinelam

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Former English soccer star Gary Mabbutt said Monday he was forced to end his South Africa trip early after a rat ate his foot and chewed his big toe "down to the bone" while he was sleeping.

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Whilst this poem makes no sort of sense it does relate to my theme. It's a very loosely interpretable poem. So in other words point of view matters. In my case i just see it as random mildly meaningful lines. It's ridiculous in the sense that it is somewhat unexpected during the first read you have no idea where the next line will take you. Not unlike the ridiculous nature of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy".

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While at the end of the day ridiculousness is all about perspective. I do personally think that the idea of public open air urinals is ridiculous. In Paris, France they recently placed these in crowded areas, which offended several people. These where eventually stuffed with feminine hygiene products and defaced.

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© Thomas Samson, AFP | A man stands at a public urinal on August 13, 2018, on Paris's Île Saint-Louis.

Text by Claire MUFSON

Latest update : 2018-08-27

A public urinal installed on the posh banks of the Île Saint-Louis in Paris has been vandalised and stuffed with feminine hygiene products. Police suspect feminist protest group Femen. The group denies any involvement.

The urinal is on the Île Saint-Louis, one of the heavily trafficked islands in the Seine. Police suspect Femen because a raised fist, the symbol of the movement, was drawn on the sidewalk.

But the group denies involvement: "We are not responsible for this act. The symbol of a raised fist isn't unique to Femen. We always claim our acts."

The urinal was blocked with cement and tampons. "An appropriate d*** is a covered d***", read a sticker, according to Le Parisien.

"Women who expose their breasts to breastfeed are told to cover up. Meanwhile, the city subsidises men who take out their genitals to urinate," read another.

The red eco-friendly flush-free urinals look like large red boxes. Stuffed with straw and topped with a plant, they are meant to double as odourless compost-producers, but they offer little to no privacy.

It's not just the public nature of the urinals that has drawn criticism. Many have called them flagrantly sexist.

Fear of drug trafficking and prostitution has driven down the number of public toilets in Paris in recent years to about 400. As the number of men urinating in the streets rose, the public urinals seemed like an easy solution.

"They have been installed on a sexist proposition: men cannot control themselves (from the bladder point of view) and so all of society has to adapt," said Gwendoline Coipeault of French feminist group Femmes Solidaires told Reuters. "The public space must be transformed to cause them minimum discomfort."

"It's absurd, no one needs to urinate in the street."

The company that designed the urinals disagrees. "For reasons of privacy, women need to be in a cabin, so the aim is to free up existing toilets for them," the company told AFP.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, REUTERS)
The urinals were initially installed this spring in places where public urination is a problem, like Gare de Lyon train station and Place de Clichy. The most recent two to be installed were at Gare du Nord station and on the Île Saint-Louis.

It is this latest addition on Île Saint-Louis that has drawn the most criticism. It sits on the edge of the river, overlooking passing tourist boats and ferries. The island's residents have started a petition calling for its removal.

Proponents of the urinals on the other hand say that the urinals were conceived of for use by nighttime revelers. They argue that in the dark, the risk of public exposure is limited.

Date created : 2018-08-27

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Controversial Paris public urinal vandalised - France 24

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France Text by Claire MUFSON Latest update : 2018-08-27 The urinal is on the Île Saint-Louis, one of the heavily trafficked islands in the Seine. Police suspect Femen because a raised fist, the symbol of the movement, was drawn on the sidewalk. But the group denies involvement: "We are not responsible for this act.

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This Meme, as with most, is ridiculous. It's simple, yet unexpected and when you think about it, it's completely ridiculous to have a "sign not in use" sign.

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Throughout the book "Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy", various insane coincidences occur. The book even jokingly pokes fun at itself for including these improbable moments or occurrences "However it does not go on to say that with space being the mind boggling size it is the chance of getting picked up by another ship within those 30 seconds are two to the power of two hundred" "The fact that 29 seconds later Ford and Arthur were rescued". This shows the absurdity of the written events and that the book was written with this in mind.
The book has various other moments where things we could consider incredibly improbable happen.

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The movie "Guardians of the Galaxy" not only shares a sci-fi setting with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but also a theme of ridiculous improbable situations.

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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Trailer 1 (OFFICIAL)

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I Feel like my theme relates well to the song "Dumb Ways to Die" by Metro relates well to the theme of this book. It shows various random and ridiculous events leading to the deaths of various individuals.

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This year, for I&E, the Oregon Crusaders Bass line came to the table with a very thematic show dubbed "Time". This was a very unconventional show due to its strange and almost ridiculous dialog, at one point even debating the validity of time all together.

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Cadets 2011: Between Angels and Demons

In this show, there is a moment in the pre show where the "Demons" throw a baritone. As It clatters to the ground you realize: wait thats a baritone! And you think, wow! did they really do that. It's a ridiculous improbable occurrence that catches you off guard.

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Watch Cadets 2011 - Between Angels and Demons by DCI155 55 on Dailymotion here

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Another song relation would be the music video "This is America". The music video uses crazy situations to drive across several deeply ingrained ideas. Not unlike the book "Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy".

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Childish Gambino - This Is America (Official Video)

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The theme of ridiculousness matches to The "Percy Jackson" series of novels. In those books, Greek and Roman mythology exists along with the modern world. This is a ridiculous and improbable scenario. Quotes such as "Yes! The horse agreed enthusiastically. Poseidon can come in, too! We will eat you both! Seafood!"
Make you question the reality of the story.