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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
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posted on
11/11/2005 4:17:59 PM PST
by
LA Woman3
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!
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posted on
11/11/2005 4:28:03 PM PST
by
MarineBrat
(When it rains, New Orleans makes its own gravy.)
To: LA Woman3
Hey! This may explain my bag of dead turtles being mysteriously filled with coffee!
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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.)
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!!!
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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.)
To: LA Woman3
The best part of waking up is a turtle in your cup.
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posted on
11/11/2005 4:46:09 PM PST
by
Ellesu
(www.thedeadpelican.com)
To: Ellesu
The best part of waking up is a turtle in your cup.
LOL!!!
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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.)
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.
To: A knight without armor
Guess she was shopping at Sam's Club!!
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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.)
To: LA Woman3
"We have replaced this woman's folger's crystals with dead turtles. Let's watch!"
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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)
To: A knight without armor
Freeze dried coffee is a different process from instant coffee.
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posted on
11/11/2005 5:20:20 PM PST
by
swmobuffalo
(the only good terrorist is a dead one)
To: LA Woman3
"Guess she was shopping at Sam's Club!!"
That's what I thought, too! LOL!
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.
To: LA Woman3
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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)
To: Graybeard58
Sorry for the double post!
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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.)
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!
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posted on
11/11/2005 7:50:17 PM PST
by
sweetliberty
(Stupidity should make you sterile.)
To: sweetliberty
Sorry!
I just wanted to see what would happen to the turtle..
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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.)
To: sweetliberty
I was here....
LOL!
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