Eyewitnesses 'blame' new plastic bag charge.
Paramedics had to perform an emergency procedure at Langport Tesco yesterday when a local businessman carrying 18 large cucumbers across the car park slipped and gave himself an early Christmas present. It's believed the 40 year-old had been attempting to struggle back to his vehicle without a plastic bag which he didn't have an extra 5p for.
Several passers-by stopped to help including a waitress from The Kelways Inn who treated him with Mayonnaise until the ambulance arrived.
Police are appealing for witnesses and we've just heard that BBC Radio 4 is so alarmed at what happened that it's decided to cancel a Langport recording of Uphill Gardeners' Question Time planned for next month.
Meanwhile a spokesman for Tesco told Carry On Langport that only 4 of the cucumbers survived the incident but they've now been "washed off" and are back on display. The man was given a full refund, a free tub of vaseline and advised that in future he should stick to buying pre-sliced fruit and veg.
