Laughing man accidentally swallows scissors

A diner must have regretted ignoring the advice of his mother who, at some time surely, warned him never to pick his teeth with nail scissors.

Because when Kong Lin heard an after-dinner joke he roared with laughter - and swallowed the 10cm (4in) clippers which got wedged in his throat.

To make matters worse, when the 27-year-old tried to cough them up, they cut in and got stuck deeper in his flesh.