One time I lost a golf ball. I slipped three different colored golf balls in and then I inserted a finger to stir them up a little. When I had had enough fun, I withdrew my finger and gave a little squeeze and a push.
To my surprise and concern, only the pink and light blue golf balls found their way out. Apparently, the yellow golf ball went off to do some solo exploring in the deeper recesses of the cave. I tried bearing down, hoping to squeeze the yellow fellow out like a bowel movement. No luck. I gave myself an enema hoping to coax it out with a little water. Still no luck.
I thought about sending in a search party, but figured that more things in there might make matters worse. I tried talking to the yellow golf ball, but I don’t think it could hear me. I explained how embarrassing it would be to get additional help at the ER which would mostly provide a good laugh to some random medical personnel. They would remove the errant yellow golf ball with a very obvious recommendation: “Don’t shove things up your caboose. It’s meant for one-way traffic coming out, not going in.” But, of course, that suggestion would fall on deaf ears.
Worriedly, I continued problem solving on my own. I pictured the little guy stuck a little farther up, held tight and unable to move because there was no lubrication. When I pushed, the walls just squeezed the golf ball tighter. Desperately trying to avoid a visit to the ER, I injected three large syringes of lube as high as I could get them—about six inches. Then, I injected about eight ounces of warm water to help swish the lubricant up higher, hopefully up against the golf ball and the surrounding tissue that was holding it in place. Fortunately, when I started to gently bear down again, I felt the golf ball slide down and then out. So, I went from down and out, to the golf ball coming down and out.
What a relief!
UPDATE: ggheat, you are right. It is safest not to insert anything unless it has a flared base, suction base, or a tether attached. All of our sex toys pretty much have one of those three safety features. We have a vibrating dildo with a “hollowed-out” circular base. With a ribbon tether tied to the “circle,” I can shove the entire thing in and suck it up inside. I like to push it out, but the tether is there, just in case.