Boris Johnson, perhaps unsurprisingly, managed to get himself stuck mid-air waving flags while trying out a zip wire in London's Victoria park.

After hanging about for a few minutes the mayor was eventually rescued, but not before laughing onlookers could snap a few pictures and a video.

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  • (Photo courtesy of rebeccasbrain/Twitter)

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  • (Photo courtesy of KatiieAlice/Twitter)

  • (Photo courtesy of CartoonBeardy/Twitter)

Not long after the news of Boris's predicament broke, the internet went to work:

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  • SSSSSHHH, quietly now Boris

  • Opening The Olympics

  • Ding Dong

  • King Konged

  • Bonkers Conkers

  • Tower Bridge Rings