Deep Fried mouse found in Frito Lay bag

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by Dion

Okay, I think I got it right this time.......

Helena, Montana, Aug. 7 - Snack maker Frito-Lay said Tuesday that a mouse found in a Montana man's bag of potato chips likely entered the bag in the man's house, and was definitely not deep fried at the factory.

An independent veterinary pathologist found that the mouse entered the bag alive after it left the factory, Frito-Lay said Tuesday. The Montana Department of Health said it agreed.

The bag of chips had been left open for two weeks in the man's house before the mouse was found, Frito-Lay spokeswoman Aurora Gonzalez said. The pathologist also found evidence of mouse droppings in the bag, she said.

Hines, 66, said he is looking for a lawyer to help him pursue the matter.

http://www.flexnews.com/pages/10261/..._house_dj.html

Cue in Mark Messier.....

Chip anyone?

haha he's still trying to find a lawyer after that comes out? good luck there buddy.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Careful there bub!

I hope the Montana part of your description didn't do anything to help it make sense for you.

I thought you lived in Kansas...

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Azure

I thought you lived in Kansas...

I do.

I'm not from here though. That's why I am Displaced.

[Clever_Iggy]

Originally Posted by Locke

I think you grossly over-estimate the integrity of American Lawyers.

Watch it Locke - overgeneralizations like that are dangerous.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

I do.

I'm not from here though. That's why I am Displaced.

Oh.

I thought you were displaced from Calgary.

How'd you come to cheer for the Flames anyways?

[Ford Prefect]

There's a different side to this story that's getting missed. In two cases, the midwest kid and the Havre guy, a mouse crawls into a Frito Lay bag and dies after likely eating a bunch of chips. So, it follows that Frito Lay chips kill mice ... not exactly a great marketing image. Let's see, the jingle would go something like "Got rodent problems? Kill 'em dead with a bag of Frito Lays."

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy

Watch it Locke - overgeneralizations like that are dangerous.

Very true, thats why theres an emoticon there, I was joking. That story just struck me like a Lionel Hutz skit from the Simpsons....

[lambeburger]

Might be bogus just like this was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ayala#The_finger

[REDVAN]

Originally Posted by Dion

Are we talking convenience stores or supermarket chains?

Need to know which stores to avoid

Particularily I would not go to mom and pop type convience stores- ie/ if they have only one location and it looks sketchy then it is...

The one I am talking about is in Deer Run and it is a hole. We had to threaten them to remove our product before they called an exterminator.

[Metro Gnome]

Originally Posted by HOOT

Scam!

How do you almost get it up to your mouth and not notice you are picking up a mouse instead of a THIN chip...was this guy shovling them in his mouth?

When will people just stop this stuff!

When frivolous lawsuits stop winning millions of dollars for the paintiffs.

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by Metro Gnome

When frivolous lawsuits stop winning millions of dollars for the paintiffs.

True.

But it gets tricky when there is a valid point being made, but the media gets a hold of a frivolous aspect and makes that the headline.

The McDonalds coffee is an example. Yes it is stupid that McDonalds got sue for somebody dumb enough to put hot coffee between their legs and then spill it, burning themselves.

But if anyone actually read the case, they would know that McDonalds was superheating their coffee.

During discovery, McDonalds produced documents showing more than 700 claims by people burned by its coffee between 1982 and 1992. Some claims involved third-degree burns substantially similar to Liebecks. This history documented McDonalds' knowledge about the extent and nature of this hazard.

McDonalds also said during discovery that, based on a consultants advice, it held its coffee at between 180 and 190 degrees fahrenheit to maintain optimum taste. He admitted that he had not evaluated the safety ramifications at this temperature. Other establishments sell coffee at substantially lower temperatures, and coffee served at home is generally 135 to 140 degrees.

Further, McDonalds' quality assurance manager testified that the company actively enforces a requirement that coffee be held in the pot at 185 degrees, plus or minus five degrees. He also testified that a burn hazard exists with any food substance served at 140 degrees or above, and that McDonalds coffee, at the temperature at which it was poured into styrofoam cups, was not fit for consumption because it would burn the mouth and throat. The quality assurance manager admitted that burns would occur, but testified that McDonalds had no intention of reducing the "holding temperature" of its coffee.

So a lawsuit, on the surface, was pretty stupid; but put into context it made sense. However the sensational headlines wanted by media, and the laziness of most people to actually read anything beyond the first paragraph, results in people continually referring to the "stupid" McDonalds coffee lawsuit.

But in this case the guy is just looking for a cash grab.