Isle of Wight man dies from heart attack following frantic tooth brushing session
A man from the Isle of Wight has died following a tooth brushing session that went tragically wrong. Colin Jessop, 53, was understood to have been following the advice of new research that shows that regularly brushing your teeth can help to combat heart disease. ‘He just got a bit carried away,’ said wife Maureen, ‘he must have been in the bathroom brushing his teeth for more three hours when his heart finally gave out.’
It is believed that in a desperate attempt to fend off mortality Mr Jessop had plugged his electric toothbrush into the mains. ‘I think there must have been a power surge or something,’ said Mrs Jessop, ‘because at one stage Colin lost control of the brush and ended up being thrown round the room like some crazy balloon.’
Paramedic, John Grebe, was first on the scene. ‘There was toothpaste everywhere,’ he said, ‘all over his shirt, up the bathroom walls and then Mr Jessop, just lying there on the floor in a white frothy mess. Mind you, he did have the nicest, brightest, gleaming white teeth that I have ever seen.’
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Posted: Jun 1st, 2010 by antharrison
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