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Old 05-04-05, 10:14 AM   #1
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Corn Snakes in your Corn Flakes?

Funny story.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/eu...eut/index.html

Boy finds snake in cereal box
Wednesday, May 4, 2005 Posted: 1138 GMT (1938 HKT)


LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A British boy tucking into his breakfast had a nasty surprise when he discovered a 2-foot-long snake inside his packet of cereal.

Jordan Willett, 5, thought he had found a toy when the serpent -- a harmless corn snake -- slithered out of the packet of "Golden Puffs" his parents had bought from discount store Netto in Telford, central England.

"It was quite long and popped its head up. I've seen snakes on TV before but never in a box of cereal," he told the Daily Mail newspaper.

Netto said on Wednesday it was talking to its suppliers to review procedures and check on its stock.

"This does seem to be a bizarre incident but we are treating it seriously," said Netto trading director Clive Cooper.

Corn snakes, which feed on mice and birds, are commonly kept as pets around the world.
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Old 05-04-05, 11:17 AM   #2
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lol....wish I would'a found a corn snake in my cereal box of apple jacks when I was a kid. !!!
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Old 05-04-05, 11:56 AM   #3
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I am just happy they didnt make the snake out to be a monster child eater as they usually do in the news.
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lol i saw that whilst reading the paper i would love to find a snake in my cereal also!
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Amen, mcfreshdeli... the fact that they actually used the word "HARMLESS" made me feel pretty good about the article.
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Old 05-04-05, 02:52 PM   #6
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Man Cereral prizes have come a long way since I was a Kid LOL. I don't even buy any nowadays unless it comes with a free DVD or something. Kids nowadays don't realize how good they got it, we were happy to even get a kind that had a prize. Mark
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look at how different these 2 news stories sound.. in this one they make it seem so much worse

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4502422
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