Friday, March 25, 2005
Chili Finger and Kentucky Fried Mouse
Here's a heart warming, and hand chilling story:
washingtonpost.com
Fingertip Found in Wendy's Chili at Calif. Franchise
By Brian Skoloff
Associated Press
Thursday, March 24, 2005; 10:39 PM
A woman said she bit into a partial finger served in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant, leading authorities to a fingerprint database Thursday to determine who lost the digit.
The incident Tuesday night at a San Jose, Calif., Wendy's restaurant left the unidentified customer ill and distraught, said Joy Alexiou, a spokeswoman for the Santa Clara County Health Department.
Employees at the Wendy's were checked and the fingertip didn't come from any of them, officials said, adding that the well-cooked finger may have come from a food processing plant that supplies the company.
Denny Lynch, a spokesman for Wendy's International Inc., based in Dublin, Ohio, said there have been no reports to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of injuries at any supplier of chili ingredients to Wendy's.
"All of our chili suppliers report no accidents," he said.
Health officials said the fingertip was approximately 1 1/2 inches long. They believe it belongs to a woman because of the long, manicured nail.
Investigators seized the remaining chili and closed the restaurant for a few hours.
Alexiou said the woman, who asked officials not to identify her, is at minimal risk of contracting illnesses from the finger because the chili was cooked.
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Now, this got me thinking that if you went to a fried chicken place and found a mouse instead of chicken (it's allegedly happened) would you rather have Kentucky Fried Mouse or get a chili finger from Wendy's?
What gets me is that someone is checking a fingerprint database. I mean, all fingers at Wendy's are accounted for. But, what if someone had six fingers? Been known to happen.
I think I'll write to Tom DeLay, Dennis Hasturd, Bob Frist, and the two Bushes, DC and Fla. to see if they can construct some idiotic legislation about the need to have OSHA make sure that all body parts are logged and inventoried and give customers the right to petition the federal courts to get an order to find out who gave them the finger. It's the least we can do for the digital age.
Cheerz....Bwana
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washingtonpost.com
Fingertip Found in Wendy's Chili at Calif. Franchise
By Brian Skoloff
Associated Press
Thursday, March 24, 2005; 10:39 PM
A woman said she bit into a partial finger served in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant, leading authorities to a fingerprint database Thursday to determine who lost the digit.
The incident Tuesday night at a San Jose, Calif., Wendy's restaurant left the unidentified customer ill and distraught, said Joy Alexiou, a spokeswoman for the Santa Clara County Health Department.
Employees at the Wendy's were checked and the fingertip didn't come from any of them, officials said, adding that the well-cooked finger may have come from a food processing plant that supplies the company.
Denny Lynch, a spokesman for Wendy's International Inc., based in Dublin, Ohio, said there have been no reports to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of injuries at any supplier of chili ingredients to Wendy's.
"All of our chili suppliers report no accidents," he said.
Health officials said the fingertip was approximately 1 1/2 inches long. They believe it belongs to a woman because of the long, manicured nail.
Investigators seized the remaining chili and closed the restaurant for a few hours.
Alexiou said the woman, who asked officials not to identify her, is at minimal risk of contracting illnesses from the finger because the chili was cooked.
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Now, this got me thinking that if you went to a fried chicken place and found a mouse instead of chicken (it's allegedly happened) would you rather have Kentucky Fried Mouse or get a chili finger from Wendy's?
What gets me is that someone is checking a fingerprint database. I mean, all fingers at Wendy's are accounted for. But, what if someone had six fingers? Been known to happen.
I think I'll write to Tom DeLay, Dennis Hasturd, Bob Frist, and the two Bushes, DC and Fla. to see if they can construct some idiotic legislation about the need to have OSHA make sure that all body parts are logged and inventoried and give customers the right to petition the federal courts to get an order to find out who gave them the finger. It's the least we can do for the digital age.
Cheerz....Bwana
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