Many of us have been there before. You’ve had a sherbet or two more than is good for you. You see a large tubular object and wonder whether your head would fit into it. Some of us stop there, content to speculate with what few grey cells are still functioning the relative volumes of our head and the tube. But not Kaitlyn Strom.

At the Winstock Music Festival in Minnesota she saw a vehicle with a very large Exhaust Pipe. The temptation was too much for Kaitlyn and she stuck her head in it. Alas, she couldn’t get it out again and the good offices of the local fire brigade had to be called upon. After 45 minutes of activity with an electric saw the pole sliders finally released Kaitlyn relatively unscathed.

Her ordeal did not end there. She was reprimanded by the McLoed County Sheriff’s Department for under-age drinking and had to apologise to the truck owner. He didn’t seem too bothered. Perhaps he has had other inebriates stick their heads up his vehicle’s fundament.

Meanwhile, the exhaust pipe has become a bit of a star in its own right. If you want to see it, it is on display at The Darwin Tavern in Minnesota, doubtless as a testament to the fact that evolution isn’t always progressive.