It's pretty likely that the finger in the chili is a set-up, in retrospect. We should get a determination of that from the follow-up investigation. And I'm sure that Wendy's would be more than happy to fund a parallel investigation.

There certainly is a gallows humor element in this story. It has the same irresistible appeal to me as the songs of Sweeny Todd and Dundebeck. I'm not even sure why I find them so amusing, but I do.

Some day I will have to compose the tragic ballad of Marion Dufresne, one of the French explorers who "discovered" New Zealand in the 18 century. He was told several times that it was tabbo to fish from a certain beach, as the funerals for their ancestors took place there. He refused to heed their warnings so they killed him and served him up as a stew. One of my band member comes from the Dufresne family, and it would be very, very wicked to compose this song.

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Cheerily,
Charley Noble