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Couple find dead bat in breakfast cereal (This explains why Europeans distrust US corporations)
www.thelocal.se ^ | 05/19/2007 | The Local

Posted on 05/20/2007 10:33:37 AM PDT by WesternCulture

A couple in the west Sweden town of Tanum got a most unwelcome free gift in their breakfast cereal on Friday.

As Kerstin Nilsson and Ingemar Hansson poured out a healthy bowl of Kelloggs All Bran out plopped a bat. A 4 centimetre long, shrivelled-up English bat.

"We couldn't believe our eyes," the couple told local paper Bohusläningen.

"But there it was, a stone-dead, dried-up bat. It was really disgusting. We lost our apetites immediately. You've got to wonder how it got there."

Kelloggs is wondering the same thing, and promised to take the matter seriously. The company sent a representative up to Tanum to take charge of the packaging, the cereal and the bat.

"The packet will be sent back to the factory in England where it was produced. We obviously want to know how the bat ended up in the cereal." said a spokesman for Kelloggs.

Fearing that the bat could have been carrying some kind of disease, the couple also contacted their local environmental health department.

An official took away a sample for testing.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: food; kellogs; scandinavia; sweden
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To: BipolarBob

“I went to an Exxon station for gasoline once and they put a tiger in my tank.”

- It is estimated that one out of 6 000 003 contributions posted in Internet fora (”fora” is the plural form of “forum”) are witty and amusing. The one you posted above is such a contribution.


41 posted on 05/20/2007 11:46:14 AM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: WesternCulture

There is no fricking way Pelosi fit into some cereal box...


42 posted on 05/20/2007 12:02:57 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Gun exchange programs would work great if they gave you a gun when you handed in a criminal.)
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To: WesternCulture

I assume this was a box of Count Chocula? :)


43 posted on 05/20/2007 12:12:59 PM PDT by KingSnorky
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To: Cap Huff

“Now we see them regularly, even some classics from the 50’s and 60’s”

- In Sweden, you’ll find thousands upon thousands of restored American cars of the 1930’s, 1940’s, 1950’ and 1970’s.

Some samples of veteran American car clubs in Sweden (there are hundreds of others).

(Click “galleri” or bildgalleri” to view the cars the members of these clubs nurse, restore and take care of)

http://www.cadillacclub.se/english.html

http://www.buicksinsweden.se/

http://www.raggarbilar.se/

http://www.wpcsweden.cjb.net/

http://www.wpcsweden.cjb.net/


44 posted on 05/20/2007 12:21:46 PM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: Max in Utah
Good Ol’ Ozzy sure has English teeth.

Lived in the UK for one year as a child. A lot of my classmates had chocolate bars and candy for lunch. Personally, I preferred food.

One of the good things about living in the UK around 1979-80 was the experience of witnessing bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Motorhead making a name for themselves.

45 posted on 05/20/2007 12:36:10 PM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: WesternCulture
Sweden has mentally unbalanced nuts too.
My money is on neurotic nut jobs here, who crave attention.
I hope we hear more, when the variety and origin of the bat is determined...
46 posted on 05/20/2007 12:39:49 PM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: WesternCulture

Correction:

I somehow forgot the 1960’s. There were a lot of nice cars made in this century as well...


47 posted on 05/20/2007 12:39:59 PM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: Publius6961

“Sweden has mentally unbalanced nuts too.”

- True, but we voted them out September last year.

There is a long road ahead of us, but one of the most succesful countries in terms of export industry today has a Conservative government. It will make us even richer.

The Swedish Social Democrats gave up on Socialism about 20 years ago. This should also be remembered.

However, I’m convinced friends of Capitalism are better at Capitalist friendly policies than former Socialists will ever be.


48 posted on 05/20/2007 12:49:09 PM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: WesternCulture

Has it ever struck you that we Europeans like to make fun of Americans just because we actually love you?


Well; you better watch your step mister! The only reason we haven’t banned your people from the U.S. is because of your Bikini team!

;-)


49 posted on 05/20/2007 1:20:17 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Publius6961

I hope we hear more, when the variety and origin of the bat is determined...


Did they check for a collar to see if it was somebody’s pet bat?


50 posted on 05/20/2007 1:22:05 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: WesternCulture

Well that must have added to the fiber content somewhat.


51 posted on 05/20/2007 1:44:31 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 74 days away from outliving Curt Hennig (whoever he is))
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To: Grizzled Bear

“Well; you better watch your step mister! The only reason we haven’t banned your people from the U.S. is because of your Bikini team!”

- In fact, the original Swedish Bikini Team didn’t consist of Swedish women.

From Wikipedia:

“The Swedish Bikini Team was played by American actresses wearing platinum blonde wigs.

Uma Thorensen — Avalon Anders
Karin Kristensen — Suzanna Keller
Hilgar Oblief — Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst
Eva Jacobsen — Jane Frances
Ulla Swensen — Peggy Trentini”

However, there is actually a genuine SBT inspired by the original Old Milwaukee beer commercial.

http://www.swedishbikiniteam.com/


52 posted on 05/20/2007 1:53:07 PM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: WesternCulture

Sigh! Does this world have nothing pure left that you can still believe in?


53 posted on 05/20/2007 2:17:08 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Grizzled Bear

“Sigh! Does this world have nothing pure left that you can still believe in?”

Being a good patriot, my answer would be:

http://absolut.com/


54 posted on 05/20/2007 2:49:57 PM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: Slings and Arrows

mmmmmmmm good!


55 posted on 05/20/2007 2:51:17 PM PDT by KoRn (Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
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To: KoRn; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...

The Swedes are just P.O.’ed because they didn’t collect VAT on the bat.


56 posted on 05/20/2007 4:27:10 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!!!" --http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0439.html)
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To: hershey; Bacon Man

Eeeeeew!

A few weeks back, I took a vacation day. I went out to lunch and came back to find the Dread Boston Salty and Dennis (the boy cat) racketing around in the fireplace.

I went in the study to tell ‘em to knock it off, and Salty comes over to me with what I thought was a rope bone in his mouth. He dropped it about two inches from my feet, and it was a dead squirrel.

I shooed Salty into the living room, barricaded us in with a baby gate, and called my husband, who said he wasn’t coming home from San Antonio a day early and I’d have to pick it up.

So I did what any good Texas girl would do . . . I called my dad, but he was taking my mother to the hospital for an antibiotic treatment and wouldn’t be able to get over here for six hours or so.

In desperation, and fully aware that it would result in merciless mocking, I called Bacon Man. He left work and drove about 45 minutes to get to my place, and he not only picked up the squirrel, he even buried it in the back yard. How’s THAT for cool best friendness?

But dead squirrel . . . yuck.


57 posted on 05/20/2007 4:34:45 PM PDT by Xenalyte (You have to defile a mummy completely, or they come back to life. You know that.)
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To: WesternCulture

Buy the bat, and get a bell FREE!

(rimshot!)


58 posted on 05/20/2007 6:51:15 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: WesternCulture
"But there it was, a stone-dead, dried-up bat.

'Ees not dead, 'ees pinin' for the fjords.

59 posted on 05/20/2007 6:53:08 PM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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