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A father got a fishbowl-style lampshade stuck on his head on the way to the hospital for a planned C-section and had to walk into the maternity ward wearing it.
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The final story is pure comedy: a 2021 TIFU post from a man whose wife was having a planned C-section for a breech baby. On the way out the door, he spotted a fishbowl-style lampshade, stuck it on his head for a laugh, and discovered — when his giant ears, nose, and bun-length hair locked it in place — that it wouldn't come off [1] — Shayne Topp "A dad picked up a fishbowl-style lampshade just before leaving for his wife's planned C-section, put it on his head for a laugh, and couldn…" 1:05:00 . His wife, understandably stressed about the surgery, gave up trying to help him quickly. He made the executive decision to just drive to the hospital and hope for the best. The walk of shame through the maternity ward, his wife's deadpan 'yep, I'm having his baby,' and the midwives' collective howl of laughter made him a legend in that ward forever. A buff tattooed nurse got the bowl off with medical lube. The hosts spend considerable time imagining increasingly absurd escalations — bees flying in, the bowl filling with water, a goldfish appearing — before Amanda shares a genuinely touching memory of the nurses celebrating Cole's birth at 6:20 AM. Trevor closes by reflecting on how patient his own parents must have been with him.
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