Did you hear the one about the youngster suffering from percussion?
Just ask Invercargill firefighters who came to the aid of a ''young lass that fell foul of a tambourine'' yesterday after the musical instrument became stuck on her head, a Fire Service spokesman said.
''Suffering from percussion. I think the term was used.''
A fire appliance was dispatched to Waverley Kindergarten at 11.30am to complete the rescue.
''There wasn't too much involved, just a little girl with a tambourine stuck on her head,'' a firefighter, who declined to be named, said following the incident.
''We don't get tambourines every day but we do get people stuck in things,'' he said.
The 4-year-old girl did not panic during her rescue, as firefighters ''ended up nibbling away at it with some cutters''.
It took only about four minutes to remove the tambourine safely.
A teacher at the kindergarten declined to talk about the incident, other than to say the girl ''was just fine''.
