Has anyone considered that it could have been a really good looking piece of steel pipe? I think he may switch to plastic piping in future.
At what point did the guy think "i'd better call for help"?
Take it from me - I've had a couple of callouts to people who have either inserted into or had inserted in them what can loosely be termed "inanimate objects" and the stories are better than any science fiction writer could ever come up with.