A DAD of two told yesterday how he deliberately froze his right leg so it would have to be amputated.

David Openshaw, 28, suffers from body integrity identity disorder (BIID), which makes victims seek amputation of healthy limbs.

Surgeons refused to remove his right leg. So he plunged it into a bucket of dry ice for hours until it became so damaged it had to be removed below the knee.

And David, who says he “hated” the leg since he was four, is delighted with his false limb.

He said: “The excruciating pain from the dry ice was worth it.”

The chicken factory worker claimed he is now much happier and the amputation has even improved his love life with Joanne McWilliam.

She said: “We’re closer than ever.” But David, of Sydney, Australia, insisted he did not want to damage his other limbs.

Happier ... dad David Openshaw

BARCROFT MEDIA LTD

source - http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1299501.ece

I dunno - his left arm doesn't look very attractive, but then in Oz it'd cost an arm and a leg to have that chopped off.

suffers from body integrity identity disorder (BIID), which makes victims seek amputation of healthy limbs.

Thinking about it, you will have every Ladyboy in Thailand claiming to have this disorder

How sad. There are millions of people out there who want their legs or arms back and that selfish bugger pretends to suffer from some strange illness to remove a healthy limb?

Roll on the first male giving birth in July.....

And notice my PC way of writing - i did not say that there were millions of people out there willing to pay an arm and a leg ..................

Edited June 17, 200818 yr by Patsycat

How sad. There are millions of people out there who want their legs or arms back and that selfish bugger pretends to suffer from some strange illness to remove a healthy limb?

Roll on the first male giving birth in July.....

And notice my PC way of writing - i did not say that there were millions of people out there willing to pay an arm and a leg ..................

noted, but you had to drop it in at the end

at least he wasnt drunk when he did this, or he would have taken the phrase ' Legless ' to another level

As he pottered around..

As he pottered around..

one step at a time

He'll be able to make good use of all those single thongs (flip-flops) which wash up on the beach, not to mention missing socks.

Smart guy.

There are some bloody strange people around.

I mean, I could understand it if he was Welsh...

Someone should ask him to stump up with the true tale.

If he did the other one, he could be Tom Cruise.

Oh come on folks, it's armless!

That's F'ed up.

That's F'ed up.

Indeed!

She said: “We’re closer than ever.”

about a foot closer?

Do you think he was the hooligan that kicked that wall ?????

good question...

I hear he's got a dog - three legs, broken tale, missing eye, answers to the name of 'Lucky'.

(Is it time for the coat?)

I'm stumped as to why someone would do this.

Said before mate. He thought it was a bit of armless fun, but got confused by a yoga position.

I've got nothing against his left leg ...... mind you, neither has he anymore.

I've got nothing against his left leg ...... mind you, neither has he anymore.

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore from the "Tarzan Audition" sketch, yeah?

I've got nothing against his left leg ...... mind you, neither has he anymore.

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore from the "Tarzan Audition" sketch, yeah?

Yes indeedy!

Yip, some bits of classic comedy you don't forget.

(I nearly credited it in the first post, but then I thought, no, let's see who gets it)

What we need next is a good story about lobsters

Yip, some bits of classic comedy you don't forget.

(I nearly credited it in the first post, but then I thought, no, let's see who gets it)

What we need next is a good story about lobsters

I got the leg quote, but you've lost me now taddy!

Jayne Mansfield.

Edit ..... Link

Edited June 19, 200818 yr by Thaddeus

Ah, also jetzt verstehe ich!

I can remember listening to that album in my bedroom back in about '77 or something with my best mate. My dad walked in and I nearly died of embarassment but I needn't have bothered; he thought it was great! My mum loathed Peter Cook and Dudley Moore; even their "respectable" stuff. But then, she was a crashing snob in those days. Luckily she's grown out of that nonsense.

chrikey, I have been missing threads these past few months...

Bloke chops off his leg cos he doesn't like it.

I gotta say I agree with Patsy on this one...

Anyway, I'm only posting cos htis is irresistible:

legless David and wife are having a cosy night in, sofa, red wine, movie..when David suddenly gets up off the sofa.

Joanna: Where are you going my dear?

David: Don't worry my love, it's just this wine is going straight through me; I must SKIP TO MY LOO, my darling...