What is it with drunken guys and chimneys? Does being intoxicated somehow make you forget there's such a thing as a front door? It's a question worth asking after we told you last week about an inebriated man who tried to reconcile with his girlfriend in Indiana and wound up stuck in her chimney.

And now it's happened again in a city a long, long way away, but with the same ingredients present - a lack of good sense and too much alcohol. Welcome to the start of Ocktoberfest in Munich, Germany, an event where drinking too much simply isn't a concept that gets into a beer soaked brain.

This time, a guy who started quaffing the brew early decided it would be a great idea to go visit a friend's apartment at 2am. But when the 27-year-old sot found the man wasn't home, he decided to get into the place anyway and wait for his pal to show up. So he climbed up on the roof of the building next door and headed straight for what looked like a gap between the two homes.

It was only after he'd entered it that he found what the opening really was. And by that time, he'd already slid almost 100 feet (about 30 metres) head first into his friend's chimney. He somehow managed to turn himself around and shed his clothes in an effort to climb back up, but he wound up stuck there for 12 long hours. Finally, a janitor in a nearby hotel heard his muffled pleas for help and called authorities.

They broke him out by knocking a hole in the structure, allowing the by-now sober victim to escape.  Incredibly, he suffered only minor injuries and was being treated for hypothermia as a result of his ordeal.

It's not known what happened to him after he was released from hospital, but hopefully, he didn't feel the need for a good stiff drink. After all, that's how the whole thing started in the first place.

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