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1. AlanC:

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. It is not unknown for a customer to adulterate their own food and then sue the restaurant.

Wendy’s seems a likely victim for that type of fraud given their size and vulnerability to adverse publicity in their hyper-competitive industry.

Mar 24, 2005 - 9:03 am 2. Fausta:

Maybe it was left there by the terrorist that killed the Air Force 1 pilot in the last episode of 24 (the 8PM-9PM episode).

Mar 24, 2005 - 9:26 am 3. Otter:

Wendy’s seems a likely victim for that type of fraud given their size and vulnerability to adverse publicity in their hyper-competitive industry.

Plus they’re open late!

Nonetheless, it seems like kind of an extreme length to go to — usually people just drop a roach in their salad. But it’s as plausible an explanation as any, I guess.

My favorite bit, by the way, was “Then they had some kind of emotional reaction and vomited.” Imagine that! “Some kind of emotional reaction” to discovering a severed finger in your mouth!

Mar 24, 2005 - 9:39 am 4. MikeH:

I wonder what snopes.com will have about this one in a few days. Sounds a lot like the “finger in the menudo” of a few years back; …but, CNN does mention a medical examiner here, so who knows.

Note to G. Gordon: Better check that hand of yours for a missing digit. (”OK, so who ordered the rat-burger?”)

Mar 24, 2005 - 10:23 am 5. alcibiades:

Fingerfood indeed.

Otherwise known as Life Imitates Buffy.

Someone stole this scenario straight from Doublemeat Palace, down to the severed finger and the shriek for everyone else to stop eating.

So anyone know what the special ingredient Wendy’s uses is, by any chance?

People? Or vegetable process?

Mar 24, 2005 - 10:32 am 6. Juliette:

Not to “finger” Wendy’s again, but the other day I ate at the new one in my area. The next day, let’s just say that things didn’t work in the same optimum manner that they normally do. Coincidence? Maybe. Maybe not. I’m not inclined to re-test the theory, however, especially after reading that story. (A certain other fast food joint has the same effect, severed fingers or no.)

Mar 24, 2005 - 10:49 am 7. Fausta:

Alcibiades,

That reminds me of Angela Lansbury . . .

Mar 24, 2005 - 10:53 am 8. PeterUK:

The wonders of modern technology ,digitally enhanced food.

Mar 24, 2005 - 11:52 am 9. Stacy's Mom:

I hope he gets his money back.

Mar 24, 2005 - 12:02 pm 10. Wallace:

Something strange is afoot..or afinger.

Just two days ago my lead post concerned, Buddy’s, a West Texas institution famous for the “Steak Fingers“. Last month their co-owner went missing and was the subject of an FBI manhunt. She was found a week later dazed and confused in San Franciso with no clue as to how she arrived there.

And today my lead post, “Cops Finger Bad Chili” recounts the Wendy’s digit dilemma in none other than San Francisco. My first and most logicical thought on this strange coincidence is of course…..Alien Abduction. I’ve seen stories before in the National Enquirer about what aliens put in their chili.

Mar 24, 2005 - 12:33 pm 11. Percy Dovetonsils:

OK, I can’t resist:

Obviously, Wendy’s is now hiring DePaul alums.

Mainly because the UofI guys can’t fill out the application.

Hii-oooo!

Mar 24, 2005 - 12:40 pm 12. Half Canadian:

At least it wasn’t in the french fries . . .

From what I’ve heard, they may have traced this back to the meat processing plant. Which:

1) Makes me wonder about their liability, not to mention their quality control.

2) Could mean that Wendy’s isn’t the liable partner (note, I am not a lawyer).

Mar 24, 2005 - 1:07 pm 13. Silicon valley Jim:

I’m sure that there’s a joke to be made about Marie Callender having a finger in every pie, but I can’t figure out how to make it, perhaps because I’m a dumb DePaul graduate.

Mar 24, 2005 - 2:22 pm 14. Knucklehead:

“This individual apparently did take a spoonful, did have a finger in their mouth and then, you know, spit it out and recognized it,” said Ben Gale, director of the department of environmental health for Santa Clara County. “Then they had some kind of emotional reaction and vomited.”

I take it Wendy’s chili isn’t finger-lickin’ good.

And with that, I nominate PeterUK’s digitally enhanced food for the Most Creative Groaner award. Well done, Peter, whether boiled, broiled, grilled, fried, or fricasseed.

Mar 24, 2005 - 2:33 pm 15. Cybrludite:

Mmmmmn! Soylent Chili! (And boy am I glad that I didn’t hit the nearby Wendy’s for food today. I’d be having an “emotional reaction” myself right about now…)

Mar 24, 2005 - 7:57 pm 16. Homer:

Well thanks alot Roger. I just had a classic double with cheese and fries. Heading to the bathroom now, me and my weak gut.

Mar 24, 2005 - 8:18 pm 17. pdq332:

My question is: where’s the rest of the body?

Mar 25, 2005 - 8:36 am 18. Knucklehead:

My question is: where’s the rest of the body?

Why, are you still hungry?

Mar 25, 2005 - 10:45 am

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