Down in Los Angeles:
Neighbors Thought Dead Man’s Body Was Part of Halloween Display
The body of Mostafa Mahmoud Zayed, 75, an apparent suicide, sat decomposing on his Marina del Rey balcony for days because neighbors thought the lifeless figure was a dummy and didn’t call police.
And, continuing Friday’s gross-out, another recall of more beef tongues with tonsils still attached, a whole state away. You’ll recollect that:
Tonsils are considered a specified risk material (SRM) and must be removed from cattle of all ages in accordance with FSIS regulations. SRMs are tissues that are known to contain the infective agent in cattle infected with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) [MAD MOTHERFUCKING COW DISEASE, PEOPLE!].
So often these days, the ghastly and the gastronomic intersect.
@1 So very true, Rob (btw, thanks for the kind words regarding the loss of Tuk).
Based on this and the Stephanie Smith incident reported in the NY Times two weeks ago, I do not believe that Cargill can self-regulate its slaughter/processing procedures. Cautious and under-insured consumers should probably switch to safer, local meat sources or just go vegetarian.
@2 You’re welcome. You’ll always walk together, even though your paths diverge. Hope life is beginning to seem a bit brighter around the edges.
“If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you’ll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy.” – Jack Handy