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Pa. Man Dies in Vat of Chocolate
Yahoo! ^ | 07.24.02 | AP

Posted on 07/24/2002 7:04:37 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican

HATFIELD, Pa. (AP) - A candy factory worker died after being submerged in a 1,200-gallon vat of liquefied chocolate, police said.

Yoni Cordon, 19, of Philadelphia, was discovered in the vat by co-workers at the Kargher Corporation on Tuesday, authorities said.

Police said they believe Cordon had been working on a platform near the opening of the vat, which is used for mixing and melting chocolate.

Nobody saw Cordon fall and it was unknown how long he was submerged before he was found, Hatfield Township police detective Patrick M. Hanrahan said.

Hanrahan said foul play was not suspected and the death was being investigated as an accident.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: candyman; chocolate; dummy; kissofdeath; williewonkaaccused
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Nutty Buddy
1 posted on 07/24/2002 7:04:37 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: rintense; Tennessee_Bob
What a way to go.
2 posted on 07/24/2002 7:05:03 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
Throw a couple supermodels in there with me, and it ain't a bad way to go.
3 posted on 07/24/2002 7:06:25 AM PDT by Petronski
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To: Admin Moderator
I still don't get this new format; how to move things to "chit chat"? it isn't a topic "choice" when posting a thread. Thanks.
4 posted on 07/24/2002 7:06:36 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: Petronski
Well I think we can ping one or two to this thread for you...
5 posted on 07/24/2002 7:07:01 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
What a way to go! I would have chosen peanut butter.
6 posted on 07/24/2002 7:08:05 AM PDT by Silly
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
Something out of Willy Wonka....
7 posted on 07/24/2002 7:08:37 AM PDT by paltz
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
Yoni Cordon, 19, of Philadelphia, was discovered in the vat by co-workers at the Kargher Corporation on Tuesday, authorities said.

Umm. Well. It's unfortunate about the accident, but what were the parent's thinking when they named him that!

It MEANS something in Hindi or Sanskrit, and it does not seem like a nice name for someone...

8 posted on 07/24/2002 7:09:07 AM PDT by Gorzaloon
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
He probably has one hellva a sweet tooth now.
9 posted on 07/24/2002 7:09:16 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
"I fell into a vat of chocolate."

"What did you do when you fell into the vat of chocolate?"

"I yelled 'FIRE!' when I fell into the vat of chocolate."

"Why did you yell fire when you fell into the vat of chocolate?"

"Because no one would have come if I yelled 'Chocolate!'"

(as heard on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour years ago)

10 posted on 07/24/2002 7:09:45 AM PDT by Alouette
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
oompa loompa doopa-dee-doo!
11 posted on 07/24/2002 7:09:50 AM PDT by paltz
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
Hahahaha. Reminds me of an old song by the Smothers Brothers, "I Fell into a Vat of Chocolate", no lie!!
12 posted on 07/24/2002 7:09:55 AM PDT by madfly
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
Anybody remember the old Smothers Brothers song about the guy who fell in the vat of chocolate and yelled fire?
13 posted on 07/24/2002 7:10:13 AM PDT by Richard Kimball
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To: paltz
I bet the Oompa-Loompas pushed him.


14 posted on 07/24/2002 7:10:36 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: madfly; Alouette
You two should form a duo!
15 posted on 07/24/2002 7:11:02 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
"I fell into a vat of chocolate."

"What did you do when you fell into the vat of chocolate?"

"I yelled 'FIRE!' when I fell into the vat of chocolate."

"Why did you yell fire when you fell into the vat of chocolate?"

"Because no one would have come if I yelled 'Chocolate!'"

(as heard on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour - many many years ago)

16 posted on 07/24/2002 7:11:08 AM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
Nobody saw Cordon fall and it was unknown how long he was submerged before he was found, Hatfield Township police detective Patrick M. Hanrahan said.

The body was found after it floated up?..and how much choc was processed into candy or syrup...oh great... Back to butterscotch... (and my apparent complete lack of compassion for a man probably murdered..)

17 posted on 07/24/2002 7:11:20 AM PDT by joesnuffy
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To: madfly
Wish you hadn't done that. My post went just after yours, and now I look really stupid, like I hadn't read any of the other posts. Apparently, great minds think alike.
18 posted on 07/24/2002 7:11:23 AM PDT by Richard Kimball
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
Hanrahan said foul play was not suspected and the death was being investigated as an accident.

Clearly a case of Death by Chocolate.

19 posted on 07/24/2002 7:12:19 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: MotleyGirl70
Yoni's been framed!


20 posted on 07/24/2002 7:12:22 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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