Blown over

Mar 13 2008

A self-confessed "old fart" who was asked by his social club to go outside to break wind is in hospital - after he was blown over by a gale.

Bass-drinking pensioner Maurice Fox, 77, made national headlines when the Kirkham Street Sports and Social Club in Paignton, Devon, asked him to "go outside when required".

Mr Fox, from Princess Street, Paignton, was on his way to the nearby Palace Place Social Club when he was hit by a windy blast which knocked him over and caused a broken rib, bruised hip and grazes.