I know it’s only Tuesday, but I think that nothing’s come close to (or will surpass) making my week than this article about a man, afflicted with an anal fistula, who for one reason or another, flagged the attention of some U.S. Immigration officials and earned himself a cavity search.

Some exciting excerpts:

“Arriving on holiday in New York in August last year, the unnamed 48-year-old was interrogated and searched by immigration officers… The rectal examination discovered a device called a seton, which doctors in the UK had inserted into the fistula to help control long-term infection.”

“The man had an anal fistula, which is a painful channel that can develop deep into the anus, caused by infection or digestive conditions such as Crohn’s disease.”

“US immigration officials insisted the sufferer of an anal infection remove a small piece of medical thread which was being used by doctors to treat the condition. The man required treatment under general anaesthetic as a result.”

“…After one baffled immigration officer pulled “very hard” on the seton, the patient was given the choice by the baffled immigration officers of either getting on the next plane home, or submitting himself to a procedure to have it removed.”

Fortunately, the whole fiasco caused no extra damage to the guy’s ass, although they did have to knock him out to remove the seton. Awesome.