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I loved this delicious story:
A 21-year-old US man ended up in hospital after spending two hours trapped in a vat of chocolate, police in Wisconsin said on Friday.The man said he had climbed into the tank before becoming trapped waist-deep in chocolate, police chief Randy Berner told AP news agency.
However, other reports suggest he was stirring the chocolate when he fell in.
Rescue workers and staff at the Debelis Corporation used cocoa-butter to thin out the chocolate and pull him free.
"It was pretty thick. It was virtually like quicksand," Captain Berner said.
"It's the first time I've ever heard of anything like this," he added.
The worker said his ankles were sore after the incident, and he was taken to a local hospital where he is recovering.
The accident involved dark chocolate.
Nowhere does it answer the one question I want answered: why? The man said he had climbed into the tank before becoming trapped waist-deep in chocolate... OK. But why did he climb in? And did no one watching think it, ahem, odd?
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Tail between the legs, I must retract the above statement. That will teach me not to be so cocksure next time and to first check the archives. Would you believe I lost the post on chocolate along with three others in the change over last weekend? No? Sigh.
Reminds me of the Duke of Clarence, who was allegedly drowned in a butt of Malmsey. Not true: my sources tell me he fought off his rescuers bravely for three hours, and got out twice to have a leak.