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Quickchocolate?

2006 Reader Submission
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This barely qualifies as an honorable mention but I thought I'd submit it anyway since it sounded really humorous.

An unnamed 21-year-old man is recovering from minor work related injuries after getting stuck waist-deep in a vat of chocolate. Our hero was attempting to unclog a piece of candy making machinery but couldn't quite manage to get the job done from the relative safety of machines exterior. So in a moment of questionable inspiration he climbed inside, only to quickly find himself waist-deep in thick chocolate. Coworkers, police, and firefighters were all unable to extricate the worker from his sweet prison for close to two hours, describing the confection as "virtually like quicksand". Rescue crews had to thin out the chocolate before they were able to eventually pull him to safety.

http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/08/18/ap2958723.html

Submitted on 08/18/2006

Submitted by: Bruce Pennypacker
Reference: Forbes - 8/18/2006

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James said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
Gadzooks, Bruce, where DO you find these??! :-) You're right, it barely qualifies for an HM, but I'm keeping it because a) such incidents are rare, and b) this one's rather unique and cartoony! (the fat kid falling into the chocolate river in "Willy Wonka" comes to mind)! It is never wise to enter a vat full of ANYTHING, so stupidity is definitely present. Tell you what, I'll let this one squeak by because it is out of the ordinary! (Betcha he never eats chocolate again! :-)


Fitzroy said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
There is so much to like about this one. Frankly, it was news to me as well -- I wouldn't expect it would be impossible to simply climb back out of a mess like that. I suppose its for the best I do not work with industrial confectionaries. I realize no lasting injury was sustained and the entrapped man was probably never out of shouting distance from coworkers. Still, this is just such an interesting tale I wouldn't want others to miss it.


Sheryl said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
Okay, I'll go along with this - simply because it's so unusual. We've had people getting into vats of all sorts of things but chocolate? Not to my knowledge. I'll let it squeak by.


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