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| 2004-05-06 | |
| Hat tip to Drudge... Woman Reportedly Bites Into Live Bullet In Hot Dog X-Rays Show What Appears To Be Bullet In Woman’s Stomach POSTED: 3:23 a.m. EDT May 6, 2004 UPDATED: 2:05 p.m. EDT May 6, 2004 IRVINE, Calif. -- A woman eating a hot dog from a Costco food court in Irvine reportedly bit into a live 9mm round and later found what appears to be a bullet lodged in her stomach, according to a Local 6 News report. Glad I don’t shop there anymore... Olivia Chanes, 31, told police she was eating the hot dog Sunday afternoon at the store in Irvine, about 40 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, when she bit into something hard and found what officers determined was a live round. X-rays later found what appears to be another bullet in her stomach. Color me skeptical, but unless you’re in one of those eating contests, I’m pretty sure you’d notice this sort of thing. Police interviewed workers and opened all of the approximately 25 remaining hot dog packages after Chanes reported biting into the bullet, CEO Jim Sinegal said. Um, did you find any more? "We checked everything thoroughly," Sinegal said by phone from Costco’s corporate office near Seattle. "Obviously, it’s regrettable. ... The question is when could something like this happen." The company CEO said he was not aware of any legal claim filed by Chanes. Just wait a few days... Police and the Orange County Health Department are investigating the incident. Costco officials say they serve Hebrew National hot dogs, which are carefully prepared and pass through a metal detector at the factory. "This is such an extraordinary thing," Singal said. "It’s difficult to understand how this could have happened." Question for Steve White - what’s the best way to resolve this situation, surgery or, um, natural egress?
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| Posted by:Raj |
| #8 GK, I have to agree with you. I don't know about the rest of you carnivores, but when I'm eating food, especially meat, and I bite anything that not proper consistency, I immediately stop and try to pull it out. And I'm talking about something just a little tougher, like gristle or fat. That this woman "found" a bullet means that it would have to have been dropped in under the relish, or put there when the dog was actually being manufactured. Since these were kosher hotdogs, they get a lot more inspection than an average dog. As for that bullet in her stomach, my theory is that she wants to sue someone, but is too grossed out to deep fry a rat and stick in her big mac when no one is looking. So she tested out the safety of using a dangerous, but non-organic object, like a bullet, and accidentally swallowed it during one of her practice runs. |
| Posted by: Dripping Sarcasm 2004-05-06 7:16:02 PM |
| #7 Or if the 'addition' was done at the costco store instead of at the factory.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-05-06 7:04:11 PM |
| #6 I wonder if there's any way of proving or disproving whether or not she brought her own ammo. Color me skeptical. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-05-06 6:34:51 PM |
| #5 You'd have to be really wolfing down that hot dog to swallow a bullet. |
| Posted by: Sam 2004-05-06 6:29:10 PM |
| #4 That is sad, because their Dinner Franks are very good. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-06 6:23:55 PM |
| #3 BigEd---I would not be surprised if someone targeted the food company. Years ago the PLO and friends targeted Jaffa oranges in Israel for export. I won't tell what they did, but it was an evil deed. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-05-06 6:21:39 PM |
| #2 Hebrew National makes good quality dogs. (psst - even us Protestants eat them. They make great base for Chili-Cheese Dogs, which aren't very Kosher) Their ads have a line, "No artificial colors or fillers. . ." Whoops Am I paranoid or would it be too far a stretch, owing to past threats, that a al-Qada type would like to target a Kosher food Company? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-06 6:05:54 PM |
| #1 At least Olivia did not chew her food 27 times! A 9mm cartridge isn't the smallest thing in the world, though. Planting the 9mm cartridge in the hot dog sounds like an inside job, pardon the pun. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-05-06 5:54:25 PM |