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What a way to go -> Pilloring (does NOT involve fluffy pillows)
Did we learn nothing from Augustus Gloop?
I bet when they pulled his lifeless body out of the vat of chocolate he was still smiling.
St. Peter meets him at the pearly gates and asks "Any regrets?""I kind of wish there would have been some caramel and nougat in that vat too..."
Heh."If only I could have opened my mouth wider..."
Kemper wrote: "Did we learn nothing from Augustus Gloop?"Obviously not Kemper. Or someone thought it was too sweet not to surrender. Mmm.
Sarah Pi: When I read that article in the paper today, I had the SAME thought to share. *giggles*
OMG, that's a Smother's Brothers song brought to life! I ALMOST put "I Fell in a Vat of Chocolate" on the Sugar & Spice Extravaganza, but thought it was the sort of song you really don't need to hear over and over. But of course you can if you WANT to...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDonSw...
Since I can't watch youtube at work, I'm writing my own version of "I Fell in an Vat of Chocolate" in my head, to the tune of Ring of Fire.The taste of chocolate is sweet
i tested it first with my feet
I fell in there like a child
Too bad the sides were slickly tiled
I fell in
to a vat of liquid chocolate
I went down down down
but the chocolate just got higher
and it tastes so good
that vat of chocolate
that vat of chocolate
So, are you gonna work that one into the lineup your next performance, Sarah?:)
Why is this in the "unbearable" thread?
Couldn't find a better category?Mindy -- not on yer life.
It could've fit under "Delightful"? Maybe? I mean your title says it all - "What a way to go" - that's the only reason I suggested it. :) It sucks that he's dead, but CHOCOLATE, man!!!
Maybe it's unbearable that he probably spoiled that whole vat of chocolate? It's not an unlimited commodity, you know.
You know, I was giving this a bit of personal attention last night as I was taking my dog for a walk. And several thoughts popped into mind, serious ones - * ALL that chocolate will have to be thrown out (an EIGHT foot vat of chocolate's a lot of chocolate to waste), plus anything that would've gone through the machine to the next processing stages. And the machine will have to be sanitized and anything else that might've been contaminated.
* What if it was white chocolate and he hated white chocolate? Or, god forbid, it was dark chocolate and he hates dark chocolate... but loves white chocolate.
* That thought could be a weirdly posed euphemistic observation on racism.
* What if he's allergic to any of the ingredients in the chocolate mix? Maybe he experienced anaphylactic shock and died before his head hit the dohicky that fatally injured him...
* That chocolate was melty... which means it had to have been REALLY hot to maintain that liquid state... so he was likely burned all over in addition to drowning and being fatally wounded... and that would really, REALLY suck.
* Sh*t. That all really sucks.
* Did the chocolate mold around him for life size chocolate workers?
No, wait, I take back my laugh. That's not a mold! That's a chocolate covered worker! Like a chocolate covered grasshopper, or a (shudder) cherry cordial. Grossness in disguise.
That makes me think of that creepy Fantasy Island episode that had people disappearing off the island as wax sculptures of them were popping up in the wax museum, only to learn later on that they looked so real because they were real - the people were dipped in wax and put on display. OH, that freaked me out! And one of the wax displays melted and then I lost it... couldn't sleep in my own bed for a week. I was probably 10 when I saw that episode.
Wtf? I watched FI religiously as a kid, but I don't remember that at all. Maybe it scared me so badly I blocked it out.
That sounds like the plot of the film House of Wax.
I'll have to dig around to find it when I have a bit more time, Mindy. It was the "The Tallowed Image/Room & Bard episode" .I remember it especially because it affected my experience in going to a wax museum in the French Quarter while on a field trip with my class - I was too scared to go in through the front doors after watching Fantasy Island just a few weeks prior to the field trip. I waited outside the museum instead.
I definitely don't remember that! I also don't remember FI ever having actual murders and death and stuff...I find wax museums just generally creepy.
Yeah! I can't for the life of me figure out why they are so popular.
was there any irony to the fact that"He was a temporary worker at the Cocoa Services Inc. plant"
My headline for this one is:
Freak Fondue Farewell For Fallen Fellow
Awesome, Kevin. You should work for Variety!
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"Fines for the two workers total $39,000" - That's IT?!! That's all that guy's life was worth?!! $39,000... AND it's split between two people?That's just whacked.
Sally wrote: "How did I miss out on this thread the first time around?"You were neck deep in paper writing, Sally. :) It's okay. We didn't delete it so you could discover it later on... like a hidden Christmas present.
A city judge had already levied a fine for operating a business without a license.So these were rogue chocolatiers I assume?
tadpole wrote: "A city judge had already levied a fine for operating a business without a license.So these were rogue chocolatiers I assume?"
I'd love to have that title.
"What do you do?"
"I'm a rogue chocolatier. And yourself?"
:D
I was thinking the same thing, Heidi. All of the intrigue and excitement of being a moonshiner, but only classier.
tadpole wrote: "I was thinking the same thing, Heidi. All of the intrigue and excitement of being a moonshiner, but only classier."Tastes better, too.
Heidi wrote: ""Fines for the two workers total $39,000" - That's IT?!! That's all that guy's life was worth?!! $39,000... AND it's split between two people?That's just whacked."
Apparently he was too. Whacked with a paddle, rightinto the chocolate.
if i remember correctly, the fines for the Sago Mine disaster in 2006 were unbelievably low
I don't want to be pilloried for this, but the fines aren't paid to the family of the injured/dead employee - I'd rather see them pay through the nose on their workers compensation pay out than send money to the local OSHA equivalent - the real issue is whether they go out of business or fix the safety issue, right? Fines don't really help fix the safety issue, though they might help put someone out of business.
Exactly what was "pilloried"? And do we have the resources to pillory someone here? Who takes care of that?looks at Heidi and Sally
Ok, I found a picture.http://www.cynthiarothrock.org/fulls/...
I don't know. She looks kind of happy, YC.
I have a picture of me being pilloried at DisneyWorld... somewhere.
RandomAnthony wrote: "Exactly what was "pilloried"? And do we have the resources to pillory someone here? Who takes care of that?looks at Heidi and Sally"
::points to the ficus::
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RandomAnthony wrote: "Ok, I found a picture.http://www.cynthiarothrock.org/fulls/...
I don't know. She looks kind of happy, YC."
She's drunk
Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your views) I am not.
Sally wrote: "It sounds like spanking with a pillow, to me. Should we do that to her? (I'm too lazy to click on links right now. I'm in the midst of a cookie catastrophe/experiment)."Sally, I'm only posting RA's picture link for you since you're preggo and all... and I love preggo bellies!
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Youndyc wrote: "Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your views) I am not."
Well get to work on it, come on slacker. :-)
I'm not either, but I plan to keep it that way.
Well get to work on it, come on slacker. :-)
I'm not either, but I plan to keep it that way.
CAMDEN, N.J. - Authorities say a man died after falling into a vat of melted chocolate in a New Jersey processing plant.