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kathryn
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Belgium
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 Posted - 03/25/2005 : 09:56:34
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A woman who ordered chili at a San Jose (California) Wendy's Restaurant found a cooked human finger in her bowl.
The Wendy's on Monterey Highway was still open Thursday while the Santa Clara County Health Department investigated. But officials there said it was definitely a human finger -- complete with a long manicured fingernail -- and it probably did not come from a Bay Area Wendy's employee.
"We have no evidence of any accident within the employees at the facility itself," said Ben Gale of the Santa Clara County Health Department. "We've asked everybody to show us they have ten fingers and everything is OK there."
The incident came to light about 7:20pm Wednesday, when the woman called 911.
"Initially she did put this object in her mouth and did bite down on it," said Dr. Marty Fensterscheib of the Santa Clara County Health Department. "Initially, she was a bit grossed out ... and vomited a number of times."
The fingerprint is mutilated, but officials believe there might be enough there to run the print through a national computer to try to find the owner. The finger has jagged edges, which means it was likely lacerated by a machine -- possibly a meat grinder.
The health department says Wednesday's batch of chili was likely cooked at a hot enough temperature to kill any diseases, so nobody should get sick from eating there. Health officials are trying to trace where the ingredients came from, but they've decided it's OK for the store to remain open in the meantime.
"We are as anxious as anyone else to get to the bottom of this," said Wendy's spokesperson Bob Bertini.
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 10:02:10
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Originally posted by kathryn
"We are as anxious as anyone else to get to the bottom of this," said Wendy's spokesperson Bob Bertini.
the leads are pointing to an ex-Jack in the Box employee who lost a digit over there as well...the employee was fingered out by a former co-worker.
and why would the wendy's spokesperson mention "getting to the bottom" about a severed finger? ew!
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 10:07:09
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quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
they've decided it's OK for the store to remain open in the meantime.
Yeah, like anyone will eat there!
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zub_the_goat
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 10:21:17
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heh cool, can i insert a 'finger licking good'joke in quickly? been pretty lucky with fast food..except for the rat hair in my burger after id already taken a few bites, that didnt make me happy
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kathryn
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Belgium
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 10:59:31
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Toba, you hit the nail on the head. It's hard to decide
which is the best part the "long manicured fingernail"
or the "get to the bottom of it" quote.
zub my favorite goat, did you really find a rat hair? Ewww!
I think I've only eaten at a Wendy's once, on the way
to Boston. A baked potato.
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zub_the_goat
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 11:12:56
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i quite like the "We've asked everybody to show us they have ten fingers and everything is OK there." just in case they hadnt noticed or something...i beleive it was a rat hair...didnt look like a human hair anyway
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kathryn
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Belgium
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 11:44:59
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See, this is why I love being a vegetarian. You are so much
less likely to find weird stuff in your food.
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 11:50:47
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My favorite bit:
"and it probably did not come from a Bay Area Wendy's employee."
Because it probably didn't. That would seem like the sort of thing one would either be 100% sure of, or not. "Let me see, am I missing any fingers? Probably not." Doesn't really work.
Are you honest when no one's looking? Can you summon honey from a telephone? They sat there with their hooks in the water and their mustaches caked with airplane glue. |
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mosleyk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 12:11:24
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| Am I the only one who is having thoughts of the movie "The Hitchhiker" after reading about this finger incident? |
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kathryn
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 12:16:41
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Um, I haven't seen that. What's the connection you're making?
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 12:31:27
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Originally posted by zub_the_goat
didnt look like a human hair anyway
it could've been one of those hairs! (I found one o' those while cleaning out a desk yesterday at work...ewwww...shivvvver.....gag.)
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 12:47:11
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Originally posted by kathryn
See, this is why I love being a vegetarian. You are so much
less likely to find weird stuff in your food.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics
I don't know, I've found many things that I wouldn't want to eat on organic vegetables. |
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kathryn
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 14:12:33
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True, darwin, but usually, for me at least, it's aphids or
other critters. Not hunks o' human.
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 14:15:25
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quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
See, this is why I love being a vegetarian. You are so much
less likely to find weird stuff in your food.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics
You are SO right Kathryn, that was my first thought.
You're trying to
fool somebody, but you end up fooling yourself. |
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kathryn
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 14:22:34
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Rita, you just gave away the secret of this thread. It was
my way of spreading anti-meat propaganda.
And it.s a totally true story.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 14:30:02
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hear that?
it's the sound of dave thomas turning in his grave.
this reminds me of a great song by SNFU - cannibal cafe
Funny! I'm not familiar with this taste
Well I said are these ribs or is this steak?
Well I'd sure like to know what the hell this is I'm chewing
Well I said holy fuck! It's another human!
Come with me, I'm on my way
To the Cannibal Cafe
Won't you come to the only place
Where you can be the "Special Of The Day"?
Well there I was choking this thing back
When I realized that it was someone's hand
Only way that I could possibly tell
Careless chef did not remove the fingernails
Come with me, I'm on my way
To the Cannibal Cafe
Won't you come to the only place
Where you can be the "Special Of The Day"?
The food ain't bad and the food ain't good
Don't dare order the "Leper's foot"
I recommend the "Ass of a farmer's wife"
Very tender, not too greasy, heavy on the cellulite
Come with me, I'm on my way
To the Cannibal Cafe
Won't you come to the only place
Where you can be the "Special Of The Day"?
The Cannibal Cafe, The Cannibal Cafe
The Cannibal Cafe
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 14:30:04
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| I have almost eaten some pretty big catepillars off of organic brocolli. But, true that's not a finger |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 14:30:57
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Originally posted by darwin
I have almost eaten some pretty big catepillars off of organic brocolli. But, true that's not a finger
sure is awhole lot of toes though!
You can go eat a decroded piece of crap! |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 14:32:46
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You're on fire, shine.
Reminds of the centipede (or is it millipede) in James and the Giant Peach who is so proud of all of his little boots. |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 14:46:56
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I had a friend who used to work in mcdonalds and she said they had to give away lots of free food because of the rate of puss filled cysts in the cheap cow meat that people bit into, it never put me off though, mm big mac special sauce, mmm
 cats have nine lives/ which makes them ideal for experimentation |
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kathryn
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Belgium
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Posted - 03/25/2005 : 18:00:46
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shine's killing me tonight. The zingers are flying!
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 03/26/2005 : 09:52:00
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]i don't like this thread...turns my tummy.
i like eating out...
and now, i'll think twice about fast food...that and "supersize me" oughtta hurt fastfood chains but prob. won't.
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slaveish
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 03/26/2005 : 13:18:20
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| kathryn, where did you find that article? |
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kathryn
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Posted - 03/26/2005 : 16:29:24
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I saw a wire story about this in my local paper, then
I googled it. There are several versions of it out there.
It got picked up by a few news agencies, for obvious
reasons.
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OldManInaCoffeeCan
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 03/27/2005 : 08:29:40
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Here are two more distasteful culinary experiences.
While eating a bowl of Kellogg's "Smart Start" cereal my son found what appeared to be a small moth in his cereal. Well, the box was almost finished and we assumed it had been left open from time to time and the moth had somehow got into the cereal that way. A couple of weeks later, my wife was eating a bowl of Kellogg's "Smart Start" cereal and found numerous small moths floating in her cereal (they were the same color as most of the ingredients and were difficult to see). Upon closer examination of the cereal box, we found a nest of moths inside the top corner of the plastic bag. Of course, I called Kellogg's to complain, and I was told that they did everything possible to keep bugs out of the cereal, but, they couldn't guarantee that every once in a while the plastic bags containing the cereal could become infested with moths or other insects. And, "sorry for the inconvenience, may we have your address so that we can send you some free coupons". I not so politely declined the coupons and informed the lady that if Kellogg's couldn't examine every plastic bag of cereal for moth infestations, then I couldn't buy Kellogg's cereal again.
They sent the coupons anyway, but I haven't and will not buy Kellogg's again.
The other experience: while eating jambalaya at a local Cajun Restaurant, I bit into something sharp, and when I spit it out, I saw that it appeared to be a toe-nail clipping, a rather large, big toe  clipping.
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50 Pence
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 03/27/2005 : 10:13:53
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I don't care about your breakfast habits u knobjocky
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kathryn
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Belgium
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Posted - 03/27/2005 : 18:33:24
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OldMan, the fact that you could identify it as a big toe,
that just...I dunno...it makes me hairs on the back of
my neck get all shiverry. Nice stories! ; )
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/28/2005 : 03:20:08
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Oldman, if you are not gonna use them, could you please send me those coupons?
What I find strange about this story is the fact that she bit into the finger in the first place. How the hell do you miss a human finger in your food? I mean come on, she is clearly telling a few fibs here. She didn't bite into it at all.
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!!
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KimStanleyRobinson
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Posted - 03/28/2005 : 07:10:28
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Have you seen Wendy's chili?
There could be anything in there.
I think she's on the level.
So, needless to say, if you were waiting around with five bucks in your hand waiting to buy my upcoming brochure Understanding Poop, you can put that five bucks away, 'cause it ain't happenin.
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starmekitten
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/28/2005 : 07:15:07
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I went to dinner with a couple of friends at an all bar one the one time, about a third of the way through her thai noodles my friend discovered a 5 inch shard of plastic in with her food, turns out it came from he box the food was stored in, it was good for free meals and free drinks though, woo!
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/28/2005 : 07:50:53
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quote:
Originally posted by KimStanleyRobinson
Have you seen Wendy's chili?
There could be anything in there.
I think she's on the level.
So, needless to say, if you were waiting around with five bucks in your hand waiting to buy my upcoming brochure Understanding Poop, you can put that five bucks away, 'cause it ain't happenin.
I am not saying the story isn't true, just that I can't believe she bit into a whole finger without noticing it first. Unless it was the smallest finger in the world.
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!!
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 03/28/2005 : 08:41:02
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/28/2005 : 09:30:06
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Pics of her biting into it? I doubt it.
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!!
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OldManInaCoffeeCan
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 03/28/2005 : 09:50:53
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| Homers_pet_monkey, I burned the coupons in protest, along with the Wal-Mart advertisements that I regularly receive in the mail. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Kellogg's is as bad a corporate citizen as Wal-Mart, however, refusing to take the time to properly inspect your product is a step towards that slippery slope. |
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 03/28/2005 : 09:51:50
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Pics of her biting into it? I doubt it.
nope, pics of the digit. |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/28/2005 : 09:55:09
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I can't find no pictures
..... yet
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Human Finger Found in Fast-Food Chili
