April 3, 2006 | Sex & Society

Frustrated porn widow calls 911

A 44-year-old German housefrau became so frustrated with her husband's incessant porn viewing that she called the emergency police number for help.

Upon arrival officers found the woman pacing the apartment while her husband continued to watch a porn flick on the living room television.

She told the police: "Nothing will move him, not even if I offer him the real thing, and he has the TV on so loud I'm sure the neighbours can hear it."

At that point the officers informed the lady that there was nothing they could do about it except to refer her to a counsellor. And perhaps - just perhaps - German 911 operators should be asking a few more questions about the nature of an emergency before dispatching police?

• Woman called police over husband's porn habit [ananova]