Man tries to enrol XL bullies on track after ‘shedding the plot’ on drug binge

A bloke admits he was so off his chops on “gear” and booze – he tried to enrol his pet XL bullies in college.

Not the usual course of action for someone “losing the plot” on a drug and alcohol binge but bricklayer Tom decided he wanted his dogs to learn about plumbing and electrics after what must have been a colossal sesh.

Speaking on The Talking Tradesman TikTok channel in a clip that was shared on X with the caption “How much cocaine do you need to send your XL bully on a plumbing course”, Tom delved into his idea.

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On the clip, which has been widely shared and already had 580,00 views, he said: “I absolutely lost the plot. I’ve got two American Bully XLs and I’m taking them into a college trying to enrol them into a plumbing and electrics course.”

Checking he heard correctly, the interviewer repeated Tom’s statement as a question back.

“Yeah,” Tom said. “I lost the plot.”

While we have no idea how far the bricklayer got in enrolling the now-illegal breed into further education, it emerged the incident happened while Tom was experiencing family issues and turned to drugs and booze to cope.

The tradesman estimated he was drinking up to 16 drinks a day, starting from 5am.

He said: “I was getting. Up at half four in the morning and I’d be at the shop at 5 o’clock. I’d probably get 16 beers that would last me until my missus got home from work.”

The interviewer asked if he received professional help during that time, to which Tom replied: “They couldn’t help because I was taking drugs and drinking.

“The only thing that helped me was drink and drugs.”

They didn’t really though, as trying to educate your dog in a trade isn’t a usual course of action from pet owners, and people on X agreed as they dined out on the idea.

“I hired two XL bully dogs to service my back boiler,” one wrote. “They ate all my biscuits and my hamster is now missing.”

Another asked “what the dogs called, Mario & Luigi??,” while a third questioned “what’s wrong with dogs getting a trade and earning an honest living ffs.”.

Tom went on to say that he “looked at the dogs and looked at the load of beer and gear” he had and thought “I can’t do this”.

It’s unclear if this is the point where he tried to enrol his pets in school.

Many praised him for opening up on it and trying to get help.

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