A CHINESE MAN IN YULIN PROVINCE will be looking for some new friends to go drinking with.

The China Broadcast Network is reporting that the man was out drinking with his buddies recently, but when he woke up the next morning he found that he had a heavy duty anti-theft bicycle lock around his neck.

“It must be a joke my friends played on me,” said the man, adding that he called his friends, but their phones were all turned off.

To avoid being late for work, he drove his motorbike to the local fire station and asked for help.  Firefighters decided to use a hydraulic shear to release the man.

“One man held the lock stable, another cut it off, and the third man protected his neck,” said a spokesman for the fire station.

The lock was off in less than five minutes. The man thanked the firefighters and said he would have words with his friends after work.

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