{"id":44631,"date":"2019-06-26T17:02:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T17:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/26\/not-as-thin-as-he-thinks-drunk-royal-navy-pilot-gets-stuck-in-chimney-during-mess-night-game\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:47:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:47:51","slug":"not-as-thin-as-he-thinks-drunk-royal-navy-pilot-gets-stuck-in-chimney-during-mess-night-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2019\/06\/26\/not-as-thin-as-he-thinks-drunk-royal-navy-pilot-gets-stuck-in-chimney-during-mess-night-game\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not as thin as he thinks\u2019 \u2014 drunk Royal Navy pilot gets stuck in chimney during mess night game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Royal Navy pilot became the permanent poster boy for remedial physical training Sunday when a drinking game went terribly wrong, leaving the too-hefty officer physically lodged in a precarious position for nearly six hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Tommy Brownlee, 26, had just enjoyed the festivities of an annual mess night at Royal Navy Air Station Yeovilton near Somerset, England, when he and a few other brass decided the night was yet young, and a drinking game was in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The officers chose a contest known as the Chimney Challenge, an inebriation-produced obstacle course that, if completed, awards the champion an ever-coveted prize of more drinks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/9364959\/navy-pilot-stuck-chimney\/\" target=_blank>according to The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Believing himself to be Chimney Challenge worthy, Brownlee stepped up in \u201cI am Spartacus\u201d level solidarity with his fellow drunks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To complete his well-oiled itinerary, Brownlee would have to enter one section of the building\u2019s two-chimney system, shimmy his way up a narrow column toward one of the system\u2019s vents, crawl his way across a roof space to the other chimney, then carefully slide down that column head-first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cApparently it\u2019s an annual initiation the officers do where they climb up one chimney and down another into the bar,&#8221; one source confirmed in a message to the popular British military humor Facebook page, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Fillyourbootsuk\/\" target=_blank>Fill Your Boots UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The officer accomplished the first sections of the challenge with the grace of an Olympian gymnast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entering the home stretch, an upside-down Brownlee could peer down and see remnants of light from the officers\u2019 mess and hear the joyous cheers of the comrades who would soon celebrate his Herculean feat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only, he never made it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearing the finish line, Brownlee became jammed in a thin section of the brick and soon realized he was unable to pry himself from the jaws of humiliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere had been much whooping and hollering from impressed mates, but after a while it all went a bit quiet,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/9364959\/navy-pilot-stuck-chimney\/\" target=_blank>one source told The Sun<\/a>. \u201cEventually people realised he was stuck\u201d in one of the chimney sections that are approximately two feet wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTommy only found this out the hard way,&#8221; the source told the Sun. \u201cHe\u2019s not as thin as he thinks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortunately for Brownlee, a dozen fire rescue personnel arrived soon after and quickly got to work smashing away a portion of the chimney to set the failed Santa Claus free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A happy ending, except a severely intoxicated human being\u2019s constitution is seldom suited for such confinement, especially upside-down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter so much booze, he felt very worse for wear stuck upside-down for more than six hours,&#8221; the source told the Sun. \u201cIt was hysterical for everyone but him, although he saw the funny side later.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The additional source writing the Facebook page went into even more detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe guy got stuck and ended up pissing and puking all over himself,&#8221; of which the vomiting portion should be considered an achievement due to the physics of his position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given Brownlee\u2019s role as a pilot, one can only hope his unit capitalizes on the golden opportunity to bring entirely new meaning to Tom Cruise\u2019s \u201cBecause I was inverted\u201d line from \u201cTop Gun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, a grinning Brownlee was wheeled away by rescue personnel, a moment shared to the FYB UK Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTommy won\u2019t live this one down in a hurry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"888\" height=\"1296\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/65395090_636576206856446_6664597085024681984_o.jpg_4aa538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/65395090_636576206856446_6664597085024681984_o.jpg_4aa538.jpg 888w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/65395090_636576206856446_6664597085024681984_o.jpg_4aa538.jpg?resize=206,300 206w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/65395090_636576206856446_6664597085024681984_o.jpg_4aa538.jpg?resize=768,1121 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/65395090_636576206856446_6664597085024681984_o.jpg_4aa538.jpg?resize=702,1024 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(FYB UK Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe guy got stuck and ended up pissing and puking all over himself while stuck upside down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":89464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":72,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,23,93,72,12,25,13,69],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3412],"class_list":["post-44631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-home","category-middle-column","category-military-culture","category-news","category-newsletters","category-off-duty","category-your-marine-corps"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"V5LCREE4HRHHLCSFQX7PMS4NTU","arc_canonical_url":"\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2019\/06\/26\/not-as-thin-as-he-thinks-drunk-royal-navy-pilot-gets-stuck-in-chimney-during-mess-night-game\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Not as thin as he thinks\u2019 \u2014 drunk Royal Navy pilot gets stuck in chimney during mess night game - Marine Corps Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cThe guy got stuck and ended up pissing and puking all over himself while stuck upside down.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Not as thin as he thinks\u2019 \u2014 drunk Royal Navy pilot gets stuck in chimney during mess night game\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cThe guy got stuck and ended up pissing and puking all over himself while stuck upside down.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2019\/06\/26\/not-as-thin-as-he-thinks-drunk-royal-navy-pilot-gets-stuck-in-chimney-during-mess-night-game\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marine Corps Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-26T17:02:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T07:47:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"J.D. 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