Irksome Music Hall warm-up man and Broadcaster Roy Hudd had a nasty surprise a few days ago when his mischievous grandson Barnaby replaced a can of Ball-freshener with Deep Heat.
The once-tolerated Mr Hudd, 80, was found writhing in agony in his bathroom on Tuesday of last week by his neighbour Basil Junge who heard the commotion in his garden.
"It was very loud shouting and screaming," Said Mr Junge, 51, of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. "I heard it over my lawnmower and it's not a quiet machine. I responded to the cries and went in to Roy's house by the back door and ran to find him hurriedly splashing cold water over his ample clankers."
According to drinking pal Corvin Lemnos, Mr Hudd liked to "have a squirt of 'LaRoche Couilles' around the scrotal area before enjoying his day. Someone went to an awful lot of effort to swap the labels around."
It is alleged that Barnaby proceeded with this alarming course of action after a similar prank went down rather well at his school.
Another neighbour, Gordon Bunce, thought the incident was "fair retribution for Roy Hudd never ever being funny."
Family solicitor Keith Nutburn announced yesterday that the situation is "unlikely to result in criminal charges, but Barnaby will be punished by his family who will make him listen to old music hall tapes featuring his grandfather every night for a month. Which I personally think is rather harsh."
