Death by chocolate, for real!

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It's a sad story, but I couldn't help but think of our Susie when I came across that mishap. I kept thinking, Damn, I wonder if she's heard about the tragedy? First chance I get, I'll post it on AW to make sure she doesn't miss the news.

Until now, I never realized "death by chocolate" had any verifiable victims!
 

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Wow! Suddenly I'm hungry for chocolate.
 

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not even funny, people. a man DIED.
 

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And anyway, Kevin, blame Silver King. He started it.
 

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Jeez Louise. The scene I imagined a few months ago in a writing prompts thread is real.
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Similar to an old joke about an Irishman and a vat of whiskey (might have been Guinness) but, yeah, industrial accidents ain't too funny. On the other hand, people often deal with tragedy by engaging in gallows humor. So, whatareyougonnado? :Shrug:
 

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And anyway, Kevin, blame Silver King. He started it.
It's freaking funny though, to me anyway. I mean, you hear about people dying in all manner of ways, every single day, but you hardly ever read about them pulled into a vat of chocolate.

It's a tragedy, I know, but I can't stop laughing. Really hard. There must be something wrong with me, but I can't stop...
 

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Hey, I was hungry for chocolate BEFORE I read about Augustus Gloop Sr.
 

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This thread ain't right.

This man died surrounded by chocolate. Chocolate and death don't go together. Chocolate is a happy medium.

I am sorry for his family, and that this industrial accident is being reported on, and it's because his death is somehow laughable.
 

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jeez. i wish i had this guy's family's phone number. i'd love to hear them laughing right now.

sick.


i really need to take a break from this place, man. i'm giving myself a suspension.
 

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I didn't find it funny either KTC.
 

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On a more serious note .....

I will say that I once worked in an industrial food production plant. Those machines are dangerous as hell. I'm sure he was terrified during his lasts gasps of life, and I'm sure his co-workers were frantic and in tears while trying to free him. Accidents in the work place ultimately aren't funny. And yet I will admit that we sometimes joked about the myriad potential for accidents, especially the ones that directly invovled the food. For instance, we made hotdogs and so we sometimes joked about getting trapped in the smokehouse and how peculiar the coroner's report would be worded when detailing our hypothetical deaths during the hotdog making process.
 

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Gee, I'm sure sorry the man died, but it's the combination of it that can leave one laughing, not the death itself. Thx much, Silver. PS Luv the chocolate, Plot.
 
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Gee, I'm sure sorry the man died, but something about the image of real death by chocolate, well I did chuckle 'cause it is so bizarre. I couldn't help myself. Thx much, Silver,

He will killed instantly by the machinery that was agitating the chocolate.
 

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There's an island in Oceania where the people actually celebrate a death. They say Paradise on the Other Side is the best place anyone could be and it would be selfish to cry and grieve as if you'd want them back.