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by IRTradRU? Wed May 04, 2005 12:46 pm
A two-foot snake found its way into a packet of breakfast cereal, it emerged today.
Five-year-old Jordan Willett, from Dawley, Shropshire, discovered the live reptile inside his box of Golden Puffs on Bank Holiday Monday.
His mother Theresa, who was having breakfast with her son at the time, said she initially thought it was a free gift for children.
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by The Weekenders Wed May 04, 2005 12:57 pm
It's that lady from Vegas. Arrest her!
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by Nanohedron Wed May 04, 2005 1:00 pm
All snakes being predators, what you have there is a cereal killer.
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by The Weekenders Wed May 04, 2005 1:03 pm
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by missy Wed May 04, 2005 1:08 pm
WOW - my kids would have LOVED a prize like that instead of some crappy plastic thing!!
(what are "Golden Puffs"?)
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by IRTradRU? Wed May 04, 2005 1:09 pm
Nanohedron wrote: All snakes being predators, what you have there is a cereal killer.
"If the phone doesn't ring, it's ME!"
I'm starting to wonder about this... a 2-foot snake in a packet of cereal that cost 89p ? How small
is that box of cereal?
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by avanutria Wed May 04, 2005 1:09 pm
Hm, I read that in today's newspaper. I thought it said it was 6 inches, but I'm rubbish with numbers, a good trait in any engineer. (I must have been tripped up by the centimetre notation.) It was a corn snake, which is non-venomous.
Interestingly, the article in the paper did not mention the particular brand of cereal. I've never bought Golden Puffs, all I know is they've got a weird mutant Fry Kid (tm) on the front. And free snakes.
Edit... Nope, it was 2 feet. Here's an article, with a "sample picture" of an anonymous corn snake.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shro ... 512995.stm
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by Nanohedron Wed May 04, 2005 1:16 pm
missy wrote: (what are "Golden Puffs"?)
Some sort of food analog. The very name bespeaks of the hand of heavy industry.
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by IRTradRU? Wed May 04, 2005 1:23 pm
missy wrote: WOW - my kids would have LOVED a prize like that instead of some crappy plastic thing!!
(what are "Golden Puffs"?)
Missy
Golden Puffs:
Appearance: a close resemblance to styrofoam pellets.
Taste: a close resemblance to styrofoam pellets.
(They're actually like "Puffed Wheat" or "Puffed Rice" cereals in the USA).
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by avanutria Wed May 04, 2005 1:28 pm
I think it's a different cereal in the UK. I'll take a look at the food shop tomorrow.
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by Scott McCallister Wed May 04, 2005 1:29 pm
A Snake might be a welcom change... we keep finding bits of human fingers in our food over here....
There's and old Irish saying that says pretty much anything you want it to.
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by Nanohedron Wed May 04, 2005 1:39 pm
Oh, so THAT'S what finger food is.
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by IRTradRU? Wed May 04, 2005 1:44 pm
avanutria wrote: I think it's a different cereal in the UK. I'll take a look at the food shop tomorrow.
Look, but don't buy.
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by Nanohedron Wed May 04, 2005 1:49 pm
jsluder wrote: So, what was a corn snake doing in a wheat cereal?
A
maize ing, isn't it?
