15 Illegal Immigrants Found in Tanker Truck of Cocoa Powder
The Daily Mail: "One Mars worker said: 'The driver got on top to open the hatches on the roof. When the driver looked down he saw lots of men in brown-coloured clothes—all saturated with the powder.'"
The truck was heading to the Mars Bar factory in Slough, England, where its cargo would have gone into Mars Bars, Twix, Snickers, and M&Ms. It's a fantastical and bewildering story, but it could have had a deadly ending. The cocoa powder in the truck is very fine, and the stowaways ran the risk of suffocating in the chocolate-rich air. [via @alisoncook]
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"The cocoa powder in the truck is very fine, and the stowaways ran the risk of suffocating..." Hey, we all gotta die, there are certainly far worse ways than suffocating in chocolate. :)
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vinovamp at 3:05PM on 02/04/09
I'm waiting for the oompa loompas to sing us a song with the moral to this story....
cjingram at 3:32PM on 02/04/09
Hey, there's an illegal immigrant in my Snickers!
juliebugsmama at 3:34PM on 02/04/09
Gives a new meaning to "Death by Chocolate".
vox8ight at 4:05PM on 02/04/09
before the word suffocation registered in my brain, i was thinking that i wouldn't mind having my lungs filled with chocolate.
_greenbean at 4:15PM on 02/04/09
While it is fantastical -- in that it sounds like something out of a dream or zany skit, it is sad. They put themselves in serious danger and must have had no other options if they'd resort to going inside the tanker.
Adam Kuban at 4:15PM on 02/04/09
@_greenbean: I think I would much rather have my stomach filled with chocolate
annabanannas at 4:52PM on 02/04/09
I wonder what they did with all the cocoa powder?? Hmmmm
WSLunch at 7:02PM on 02/04/09
see, this is why i prefer fair trade chocolate: it *never* has illegal immigrants in it.
callmenaomi at 8:01PM on 02/04/09
Adam makes a very good point. Who were they? Why did they do it? This brief article touches on the fertile topic of illegal immigrants but fails to delve into the topic at all. I would like to see a longer article, to give this important subject the space it deserves.
Sir Cooksalot at 8:21PM on 02/04/09