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Camden worker dies after falling into 8-foot-deep vat of chocolate
nj.com ^ | July 08, 2009 | Gloucester County Times

Posted on 07/08/2009 2:00:41 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

CAMDEN -- A city man died today after falling into an eight-foot deep vat of chocolate at a factory in Camden.

Vincent Smith II, 29, was standing on a nine foot high platform at Cocoa Services loading solid chocolate into a melting vat when he fell into the vat about 10:30 a.m., according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.

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If this happens to me I might have jumped.
1 posted on 07/08/2009 2:00:41 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Paging Mr. Wonka.


2 posted on 07/08/2009 2:01:38 PM PDT by Notwithstanding
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To: Berlin_Freeper

OMG!! DEATH BY CHOCOLATE.


3 posted on 07/08/2009 2:01:38 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“We tried to rescue him, but he fought us off bravely.”


4 posted on 07/08/2009 2:01:56 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Whoever coined the term "foolproof" underestimated the ingenuity and determination of fools.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Not the worst way to go.


5 posted on 07/08/2009 2:02:22 PM PDT by exist
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How many Oompa Loompas did it take to pull him out?


6 posted on 07/08/2009 2:02:29 PM PDT by Constitution Day (Eschew exclamatory abuse.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

wonder if they bothered to poor out the chocolate afterwards...


7 posted on 07/08/2009 2:03:19 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Camden... now I know what happened to Earl.


8 posted on 07/08/2009 2:03:22 PM PDT by autumnraine (You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Duplicate thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2288154/posts


9 posted on 07/08/2009 2:04:10 PM PDT by Ben Mugged (Unions are the storm troopers of socialism.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Maybe the factory owner could sell the chocolates to Planned Parenthood and human embryo research proponent Michael J. Fox, who could give them away to big donors.


10 posted on 07/08/2009 2:04:18 PM PDT by Notwithstanding
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To: Constitution Day

Picture taken moments before fall.

11 posted on 07/08/2009 2:04:31 PM PDT by DogBarkTree (Support The American Tea Party)
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To: Notwithstanding

12 posted on 07/08/2009 2:04:49 PM PDT by Kozak (USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I should not be laughing. I should not be laughing. Oh well.


13 posted on 07/08/2009 2:05:08 PM PDT by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find!)
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To: autumnraine

My condolences to Mr. Smith’s family.

If you think Norleans is a Chocolate City than you haven’t been to Camden.


14 posted on 07/08/2009 2:05:29 PM PDT by Batman11 (Chicago, Land of Lincoln who freed the slaves and Land of Obama who enslaved the free.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Not a bad way to go!


15 posted on 07/08/2009 2:06:06 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Too sick for words!)
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There is an old Smothers Brothers bit I believe that covers the dangers of this situation.

The answer is to yell FIRE! Because no one would care if you yelled chocolate.

16 posted on 07/08/2009 2:07:20 PM PDT by 11Bush
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To: Batman11

17 posted on 07/08/2009 2:07:34 PM PDT by DogBarkTree (Support The American Tea Party)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“Would you like some nuts with your chocolate?”


18 posted on 07/08/2009 2:07:39 PM PDT by Balata
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Earl?


19 posted on 07/08/2009 2:07:58 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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To: autumnraine

LOL. Not to quote the Dixie Chicks but....”Earl Had to Die”......GOODBYE EARL!

What a way to go though...Delicious....MMMM ALmost as good as drowing in the Guiness Brewery......Or at the Jim Beam Distillery........Wait enough of my weird dreams...


20 posted on 07/08/2009 2:08:11 PM PDT by jakerobins ( NO)
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