Death By Chocolate

Man dies after falling into vat of chocolate in NJ

CAMDEN, N.J. – Authorities say a man died after falling into a vat of melted chocolate in a New Jersey processing plant.

The Camden County prosecutor’s office identified the victim as 29-year-old Vincent Smith II of Camden. He was a temporary worker at the Cocoa Services Inc. plant.

The accident happened Wednesday morning as Smith was loading chocolate into a vat where it’s melted and mixed before being shipped elsewhere to be made into candy.

Prosecutor’s spokesman Jason Laughlin says a co-worker tried to shut off the machine and two others tried to pull Smith out of the 8-foot-deep vat. He was hit and fatally injured by the agitator that mixes the chocolate.

Cocoa Services hires a second company – Lyons and Sons – to do the mixing.

Carrie Is Lowering The Bar

From Carrie.

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Assault With A Salted Snack Food?

Tenn. couple accused of assault using Cheetos

 

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. – Authorities said a couple got into a fight using Cheetos. The Bedford County Sheriff’s Department said a 40-year-old man and 44-year-old woman became involved in a ‘verbal altercation.’ Somehow, the orange puffy snacks were used in the assault.

Deputies said they were charged with domestic assault. No one was hurt.

According to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, both posted bond of $2,500.

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Information from: Shelbyville Times-Gazette

I’ve Heard That Five Will Get You Ten, But…

15 months for chicken suit attack – HORNCASTLE, England (UPI) — A British man who admitted biting off another man’s ear while dressed in a chicken suit was sentenced to 15months in jail. James Key, 20, admitted in Lincoln Crown Court he attacked Benjamin Miller, 23, after chasing him from a nightclub in Horncastle, England, The Sun reported. Key, who was dressed as a chicken at the time of the attack, pleaded guilty to wounding Miller and assaulting the victim’s girlfriend.

I Like The ‘We Could Help Each Other’ Part

Three sisters in 40s graduate together – RALEIGH, N.C. (UPI) — North Carolinian Valerie Noel says graduating from the University of Phoenix with her two younger sisters was the culmination of a collaborative dream. Noel said she and her sisters obtained human services/management bachelor’s degrees at the Raleigh, N.C., campus of the for-profit educational institution thanks to their ability to lean on one another in their individual times of need, The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported Sunday.”When you didn’t think you could go on, we could call on each other,”she said. “We could help each other.”

Dear Abby

Some funny Dear Abby letters from Snopes.

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DEAR ABBY: I’ve been going steady with this man for six years. We see each
other every night. He says he loves me, and I know I love him, but he
never mentions marriage. Do you think he’s going out with me just for what
he can get?
GERTIE

DEAR GERTIE: I don’t know. What’s he getting?

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend is going to be twenty years old next month. I’d
like to give him something nice for his birthday. What do you think he’d
like?
CAROL

DEAR CAROL: Never mind what he’d like. Give him a tie.

DEAR ABBY: Are birth control pills deductible?
KAY

DEAR KAY: Only if they don’t work.

DEAR ABBY: Our son was married in January. Five months later his wife had
a ten-pound baby girl. They said the baby was premature. Tell me, can a
baby this big be that early?
WONDERING

DEAR WONDERING: The baby was on time, the wedding was late.

DEAR ABBY: Do you think about dying much?
CURIOUS

DEAR CURIOUS: No, it’s the last thing I want to do.

DEAR ABBY: Is it possible for a man to be in love with two women at the
same time?
JAKE

DEAR JAKE: Yes, and also hazardous.

DEAR ABBY: I know boys will be boys, but my ‘boy’ is seventy-three and
he’s still chasing women. Any suggestions?
ANNIE

DEAR ANNIE: Don’t worry. My dog has been chasing cars for years, but if he
ever caught one, he wouldn’t know what to do with it.

DEAR ABBY: I have always wanted to have my family history traced, but I
can’t afford to spend a lot of money to do it. Any suggestions?
SAM IN CAL.

DEAR SAM: Yes. Run for public office.

DEAR ABBY: What inspires you most to write?
TED

DEAR TED: The Bureau of Internal Revenue.

DEAR ABBY: When you are being introduced, is it all right to say, “I’ve
heard a lot about you”?
RITA

DEAR RITA: It depends on what you’ve heard.

DEAR ABBY: I am forty-four years old and I would like to meet a man my age
with no bad habits.
ROSE

DEAR ROSE: So would I.

DEAR ABBY: What’s the difference between a wife and a mistress?
BESS

DEAR BESS: Night and Day.

Let’s Be Careful With Those ‘Bite Me’ Remarks

Police: Conn. woman bitten after ‘bite me’ remark (AP) – MERIDEN, Conn. – An instructor at the Connecticut Police Academy has been charged with disorderly conduct after he allegedly responded literally to a co-worker’s “bite me” remark. Francis Woodruff, a former Waterbury police captain, was arraigned Tuesday and released on a promise to appear in court. He was accused of biting the arm of 42-year-old Rochelle Wyler, a license and applications analyst at the academy, on April 24. According to the arrest report, she was left with teeth marks and bruising on her left triceps. Wyler filed a complaint April 28, alleging the 51-year-old Woodruff was agitating her by calling her a clerk. She said she responded with “bite me”— and he did. Woodruff, who also is a training co-ordinator with the Meriden Police, told authorities he was joking around.

A New Olympic Sport Maybe?

Report: Olympic torch resembles a joint — VANCOUVER, British Columbia (UPI) — The ceremonial torch for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, resembles a hand-rolled marijuana joint, observers say. Unofficially designated British Columbia’s largest cash crop, marijuana is popular in Canada’s westernmost province, and the Toronto Star’s bureau there said there’s a lot of nudging and winking about the torch’s similarity to a “spliff.” “I’m sure the organizers didn’t intend for it to look like a joint, but that’s what a lot of people are seeing,” said Jodie Emery, editor of Cannabis Culture magazine. The 3-foot-long Olympic torch will be carried by 12,000 people in relays across 28,000 miles before the Games. It was designed to resemble the lines left behind by skiers and skaters on snow and ice, and is built out of stainless steel, aluminum and sheet molding, the report said.

DUIBC?

Cops: Driver was under influence of bowl of cereal (AP) NEEDHAM, Mass. – A Massachusetts man may wish he had breakfast in bed instead of in his car. Police said a man who was stopped for erratic driving on Central Avenue last week was eating a bowl of cereal and milk while he drove. He told officers he was hungry. Lt. John Schlittler told The Boston Globe that the 48-year-old man, whose name was not released, was also driving with an expired license. The man has been cited for unlicensed operation, failure to stay in lanes and operating to endanger. Schlittler didn’t know what kind of cereal the driver was eating.

Veggie Tales

Race car made of veggies runs on chocolate – COVENTRY, England (UPI) — A British university team has unveiled a new race car that includes vegetables among its components and runs on chocolate and vegetable oil. The WorldFirst team of Warwick University said their car can reach 145 mph and includes a body made from potatoes, a steering wheel made from carrots and a seat made from soy beans, The Sun reported Tuesday. The team said the car uses only plant-based lubricants and the vehicle’s biodiesel engine runs on vegetable oil and refined oils from chocolate. Team members said they are hoping Formula One racing officials will change regulations to allow the car and its unusual fuel to participate in championship races. “We hope the Formula One teams will see that an environmentally friendly car is not necessarily a slow car,” a team spokesman said. “We expect our new materials to be used by the Formula One cars of the future.”

Comments

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How Do You Spell That?

Mass. lake with 45-letter name has spelling errors (AP) – WEBSTER, Mass. – Officials have agreed to correct spelling errors in road signs pointing to a central Massachusetts lake with a 45-letter name. Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Webster has one of the world’s longest place names. It’s been spelled many different ways over the years. Some locals have given up and simply call it Lake Webster. But after researching historical spelling combinations, the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester said local Chamber of Commerce officials agreed that some signs were wrong. There was an “o” at letter 20 where a “u” should have been, and an “h” at letter 38 where an “n” should go. There are many stories and legends about the origin of the Indian name. One popular myth — later debunked — holds that the name translates roughly to ‘You fish on your side, I fish on my side, and nobody fish in the middle.’

I Always Liked This Guy, But Lately . . .

Woody Harrelson claims he mistook photographer for zombieBy Alan Duke CNN – -UPDATED: 04.10.09 From CNN — Woody Harrelson defended his clash with a photographer at a New York airport Wednesday night as a case of mistaken identity — he says he mistook the cameraman for a zombie.

Happy A!

Lady and I dated for seven years before we got married twenty years ago today. Happy Anniversary Babe!

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“I don’t worry about a thing cause I know nothing’s gonna be alright” — Mose Allison

Ever Have One Of These Days?

Motorist survives three accidents in an hour (Reuters) – BERLIN (Reuters) – A German woman was involved in three car accidents in less than an hour that left a total of seven vehicles damaged but she suffered only slight injuries from the series of mishaps, police said Tuesday. The 69-year-old woman from Berlin first crashed into three cars while trying to pull out of a supermarket car park on the Baltic resort island of Usedom. Then, she accidentally stepped on the accelerator and sped across a lawn before crashing into a nearby house, police said. She was taken to hospital in an ambulance but that vehicle was then hit by a truck. “She was actually fortunate that no one was seriously hurt in any of the accidents,” said Zinnowitz police spokesman Axel Falkenberg. “The accidents were a little bit like dominos toppling.”

Gone Fishing

More Americans go fishing as recession deepens — MEREDITH, New Hampshire (Reuters) – From his wooden fishing shack on Lake Winnipesaukee’s thinning skin of ice, Mike MacDonald doesn’t need to think twice about why more Americans are going “fishin’” in the deepening U.S. recession. “This costs $6 to get a bucket of bait and it will last the whole day,” he said, skinning a fish next to a hole drilled into the frozen New Hampshire lake. “Compare that to skiing — one day of skiing would cost $80 just for the lift ticket.” As Americans forgo expensive vacations, costly dinners and shopping mall splurges, many are opting instead for the quiet simplicity of fishing, according to the sport fishing industry and reports from bait shops and fishermen. From the icy north to fly-fishing streams in Texas, angling is on the rise. For families, it’s an inexpensive outing. Those with a knack for it can trim their grocery bills. And for newly unemployed, it’s something to do.

Now That’s Just Plain Lazy, And A Little Pharr Out

Texas police say man used drive-thru to rob bank (AP) — PHARR, Texas – A bank robber in South Texas held up the place from the comfort of his car. Police said a man used the drive-thru lane Monday morning to rob Lone Star National Bank. Police said the driver slipped a note to a female teller, who provided an undetermined amount of cash, then he drove away. Lt. Guadalupe Salinas said the man was alone in the car and did not appear to display a weapon. Salinas told The Associated Press there’s no indication that the robbery was an inside job. Law officers declined to release the contents of the note. Police are reviewing bank surveillance video. The FBI declined comment.

Yeah, But Was It The Bird Or The Bottle?

Wild turkey sends Maine motorcyclist to hospital (AP) — BUCKFIELD, Maine – Police said a wild turkey is to blame for knocking a 23-year-old man off his motorcycle and breaking his collarbone. Maine State Trooper Corey Huckins said Jeffrey Russell of Hartford was riding with a friend on Route 117 in Buckfield on Sunday afternoon when a wild turkey flew straight into his chest, knocking him backward off his motorcycle. Huckins said the impact was like “hitting a bowling ball at 45 mph.” Police said Russell was knocked unconscious and flown in a medical helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Russell’s riding companion was not injured, but the turkey was killed in the accident.