Construction worker Joe Cooper was left in agony after a bikini waxing by mates in a pub went wrong.

Joe, 24, agreed to the stunt to raise cash for a local hospital. Onlookers placed bids to pull the strips off but one of the strips stuck and an over-energetic tug ripped off most of Joe's skin.

"I lay down and closed my eyes," the hapless man said, "and the next thing I know I'm in horrendous pain and bleeding."

Doctors repaired the damage, but told Joe he had come within half an inch of losing a testicle.

Half an inch? Well, I don't mean to brag, but I would have lost the testicle.