Woman Eating Wendy's Chili Bites into Human Finger

[Stop_the_War]

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A woman's meal at a Wendy's restaurant brought a whole new meaning to the term ``finger food.'' The woman bit into a portion of a human finger while eating a bowl of chili Tuesday night at the San Jose restaurant, Santa Clara County health officials said Wednesday.

The woman, who asked officials not to identify her, immediately spit out the finger and warned other diners to stop eating, witnesses said.

``Initially she did put this object in her mouth and did bite down on it and wasn't sure exactly what it was,'' Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Martin Fenstersheib said at a news conference. ``She's doing OK. Initially she was a bit grossed out it was described to me, and vomited a number of times.''

Fenstersheib said the finger had been cooked at a high enough temperature to kill any viruses.

Officials said the fingertip was approximately 1 3-8-inches long and a half-inch piece of fingernail was also found. They believe it belongs to a woman because of the long, manicured nail.

[still_one]

1. yummmmmmmmmmmy

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Where is the rest of the finger's owner??

[nytemare]

3. That is what I was thinking, I reckon I would notice if it was gone!

It was an icky looking finger nail too!

[madeline_con]

4. no doubt...

I wonder if some poor unfortunate lost it at a meat packing plant, a tomato field, or what. I mean, at what point did it enter the chili making process? EW!

[nytemare]

8. I know! A lady at work ate chili yesterday!

She was grossing out today.

It would suck to lose a finger.

To almost eat one would suck, too!

[democracyindanger]

5. I'm thinking that it was an industrial accident

and the meat packing plant hid it, because disclosing it meant trashing a lot of beef.

[demgrrrll]

6. Motel Hell!! Didn't know they were selling to Wendy's. eom

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[Blue-Jay]

7. With 10% MORE finger-y goodness!

Mmmmmmm.....Lady fingers....