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Woman Shell Shocked After Finding Turtle In Coffee
WDSU ^ | 11/11/2005

Posted on 11/11/2005 4:17:57 PM PST by LA Woman3

AINSWORTH, Iowa -- Marjorie Morris just wanted to pour coffee into a canister. But what the Ainsworth, Iowa woman found in the package left her shell-shocked. She said she got a jolt even before she made her Folgers coffee.

Marjorie Morris, 77, said when she went to pour the 2-pound package of freeze-dried coffee into a canister last Sunday, she found a dead baby turtle.

Morris said she'd been making coffee from the same package for a month before making the discovery. She doesn't plan to sue Folgers, which is made by Procter and Gamble. She said she hopes the company checks its containers more closely.

Morris said when she called a customer service line, she was told the turtle might have found its wound up in the coffee because of Hurricane Katrina. There's a major Folgers plant in New Orleans.

A P&G spokeswoman said it's too early to say where the turtle came from.

Morris says she is keeping the turtle and will continue drinking coffee.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: hatewhenthathappens

1 posted on 11/11/2005 4:17:59 PM PST by LA Woman3
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To: LA Woman3
Morris says she is keeping the turtle and will continue drinking coffee.

Neither rain nor sleet nor dead turtles would keep me from my appointed cup-o-joe in the morning!

2 posted on 11/11/2005 4:28:03 PM PST by MarineBrat (When it rains, New Orleans makes its own gravy.)
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To: LA Woman3

Hey! This may explain my bag of dead turtles being mysteriously filled with coffee!


3 posted on 11/11/2005 4:42:20 PM PST by PoorMuttly ("The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice." -G.K.C.)
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To: MarineBrat
Neither rain nor sleet nor dead turtles would keep me from my appointed cup-o-joe in the morning!

I see a new advertising campaign!!!
4 posted on 11/11/2005 4:42:43 PM PST by LA Woman3 (This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.)
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To: LA Woman3

The best part of waking up is a turtle in your cup.


5 posted on 11/11/2005 4:46:09 PM PST by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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To: Ellesu
The best part of waking up is a turtle in your cup.

LOL!!!
6 posted on 11/11/2005 5:02:38 PM PST by LA Woman3 (This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.)
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To: LA Woman3

Isn't freeze dried coffee the same as instant coffee? It must be a jumbo container. I've never seen a 2 lb. instant coffee jar.

But this is a funny story. I just picture turtles flying everywhere and getting into everything.


7 posted on 11/11/2005 5:09:33 PM PST by A knight without armor
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To: A knight without armor

Guess she was shopping at Sam's Club!!


8 posted on 11/11/2005 5:16:15 PM PST by LA Woman3 (This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.)
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To: LA Woman3

"We have replaced this woman's folger's crystals with dead turtles. Let's watch!"


9 posted on 11/11/2005 5:18:32 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not all problems can be solved with a sledge hammer. Sometimes nitroglycerin is required. Or a Nuke)
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To: A knight without armor

Freeze dried coffee is a different process from instant coffee.


10 posted on 11/11/2005 5:20:20 PM PST by swmobuffalo (the only good terrorist is a dead one)
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To: LA Woman3

"Guess she was shopping at Sam's Club!!"

That's what I thought, too! LOL!


11 posted on 11/11/2005 5:22:14 PM PST by A knight without armor
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To: swmobuffalo
"Freeze dried coffee is a different process from instant coffee."

I didn't know that. I'll pay attention to the labels next time I'm at Kroger buying turtle-free joe.
12 posted on 11/11/2005 5:24:43 PM PST by A knight without armor
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To: LA Woman3

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1519902/posts


13 posted on 11/11/2005 6:03:21 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Graybeard58

Sorry for the double post!


14 posted on 11/11/2005 7:37:54 PM PST by LA Woman3 (This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.)
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To: Darksheare; null and void; Borax Queen; nicmarlo; EsmeraldaA

Okay, Darks. This time you've gone too far in your self-indulgent pursuit of a turbo charge coffee...not to mention the somewhat twisted plaeasure you derive from psyching people out!


15 posted on 11/11/2005 7:50:17 PM PST by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile.)
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To: sweetliberty

Sorry!

I just wanted to see what would happen to the turtle..


16 posted on 11/11/2005 7:52:03 PM PST by Darksheare (I'm not suspicious & I hope it's nutritious but I think this sandwich is made of mime.)
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To: sweetliberty
I was here....

LOL!
17 posted on 11/11/2005 7:54:50 PM PST by EsmeraldaA
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