The silly things some people do ...
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A British soldier serving in Iraq has tried to escape from the sweltering heat by sleeping in a walk-in fridge and ended up being treated for hypothermia.
The Lance Corporal, an army medic in his 20s, sought shelter from the blazing summer sun.
A colleague found in asleep in a dangerous condition and he was taken to hospital, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported.
The soldier told officers he had become trapped while getting supplies but they did not believe him, the paper said.
"The lad was a bit of a fool to think he could have a kip in a fridge and not suffer from pretty bad consequences," a fellow soldier said.
"But it's so hot here that most people kind of understand what was behind his bizarre logic."
An army spokesman told the newspaper the soldier had recovered but was embarrassed.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s915829.htm
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