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Man sprays supermarket food with urine

metro.co.uk — Two major supermarkets were cordoned off by police today after a man shocked shoppers by spraying urine on the food.

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  • jordankasteler, on 05/19/2008, -18/+104People should be washing their produce thoroughly. You never know what kind of ***** is on that. Wash all can lids and don't drink pop from the can unless you clean it first.
    • dleesgeetar, on 05/19/2008, -1/+36i was totally drinking from a pepsi when i read this )=
      • OwdenBowden, on 05/19/2008, -1/+9Is it me or do these apples taste a bit salty?
        • NeoNevermore, on 05/19/2008, -1/+11This is making me think twice before buying "Golden Delicious Apples"
        • Arcanis, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2Is it me or are this pretzels making me thirsty?
    • blackjack75, on 05/19/2008, -4/+124I never washed a can before drinking from it. And I never got sick from it in the last 30 years.
      • oxdeltaxo, on 05/19/2008, -1/+56Agreed, being that paranoid would make me sick in the first place.
      • Cglass, on 05/19/2008, -5/+13How do you know you didn't get sick from the can...or are you saying you have never been sick in 30 years?
        • rrbest, on 05/19/2008, -0/+19In either case, has it really mattered?
        • itsgotyou, on 05/19/2008, -4/+3I guess it really doesn't matter, until you get that one disease that kills you.
        • 1randomguyO8, on 05/19/2008, -2/+12Actually a bit of dirt/bacteria is GOOD for, as it builds your immune system. I think that is the reason why I very rarely get sick.
        • antonio97b, on 05/19/2008, -3/+1aside from an occasional cold (runny nose and cough) I haven't had the flu in 5+ years.
        • popfrogs, on 05/19/2008, -4/+9OH NOES ANTHRAX CAN!
        • solid12345, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2You are unbreakable!
        • BearinG, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1@1randomguyO8

          Same here, I've never been really careful about that and bacteria everywhere. People who are never exposed to bacteria usually get more easily sick.

          Its everywhere, you wash your hands at the public bathroom.. your hand is dirty as soon as you turn the tap off.. or when you pull the door handle.. or when you press the elevator button..
      • po43292, on 05/19/2008, -0/+13Sodas that come in 12 packs should be ok. The ones from machines or loose six packs I can see wiping the top before you drink it. I used to work in grocery and the stockboys would sit on top of the stacks of loose six pack soda cans all the time.
      • m00nmaster, on 05/19/2008, -8/+2I usually pour it out anyway...but I haven't had a canned drink in a long time.
        • BearinG, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1I think drinking Pepsi from a can is the best way to have pop. It is usually colder and stays cooler longer becaus of the metal (unless you use a thermos or something).

          Its just not as good in a glass.
      • PabloMac, on 05/19/2008, -6/+3- bury
      • SwordofKahless, on 05/19/2008, -1/+2I always wash Soda can lids since all too frequently the supermarkets (not just one) some how always seem to spill kitty litter or powdered detergent all over the tops of them. Thats stuff is bad for you. I try to buy them boxed these days since I can't be bothered always cleaning soda cans.
      • rjam710, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2I give it a wipe with my shirt sometimes... although that probable doesn't help much either.
      • coldfusion1970, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1I always wash my can lids before drinking.
        In most cases i prefer to buy bottle drinks with screw on caps.
    • staffell, on 05/19/2008, -2/+79by not doing what you suggested, i am happily building up my immunities the natural way
      • darkfish, on 05/19/2008, -3/+15How do you build up immunity to pesticides and herbicides, and other (possibly banned) chemicals? This is more of a concern these days with produce coming into the US and EU from all over the world, especially China where contamination issues have been found before.
      • PabloMac, on 05/19/2008, -0/+7You have to keep those white blood cells challenged, or they will get lazy on you and let you down just when you need them the most.
    • mirot, on 05/19/2008, -0/+25hey.. what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
      • Krumm, on 05/19/2008, -1/+29What about having an arm ripped off by a shark?
        • StueyPidass, on 05/19/2008, -0/+42Makes you mentally stronger
        • yetAnotherCroc, on 05/19/2008, -0/+34Builds up you strength and skill in using only one arm to perform tasks.
        • ByteGuerilla, on 05/19/2008, -1/+11Makes you stranger, which is close enough.
        • BoonTobias, on 05/19/2008, -0/+6sharks are armless
        • DaHuuuuuudge, on 05/19/2008, -0/+5That's why they want ours.
        • poleag, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2no, they're 'armless. get it?
        • BearinG, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1Learn how to kill sharks with one hand..
      • juliustan, on 05/19/2008, -1/+34of course, because you would get a mechanical arm that could bitch slap the shark with 5tons of forceful revenge.
      • rrbest, on 05/19/2008, -1/+16except HIV.
      • antonio97b, on 05/19/2008, -0/+6HIV will kill you though...
      • 4rp4n3t, on 05/19/2008, -0/+4What doesn't kill you can still hurt. A lot.
      • jrbrewin, on 05/19/2008, -0/+4so, you're suggesting eating food that's been sprayed with rancid piss is not going to kill me, but it will make me stronger? I think that's one kind of stronger i'll pass on, just like i'd pass on the option to partake in a goldenshower.
        • Arcanis, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2Dude you're missing out.
        • sat0shi, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2No, it won't kill you at all. Piss is like 95% water or something. You could drink piss all day long and you'd be fine... As long as you drink something else as well.
    • Pittance, on 05/19/2008, -0/+17produce yes, because of herbicides and fertilizers. cans? no, thats just being paranoid.
    • jackalsclaw, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3i wash soda can lids just because they are on the bottom shelf of my fridge and i sometimes spill stuff. it's become such a habit i don't like drink from a can i didn't just wash.
    • gl77, on 05/19/2008, -0/+66had an idea once of making a cellophane shrink wrap cover that goes over the top of the soda can. its perforated in one spot so you can take it off with ease when you are ready to drink it. basically the idea was to keep the dirt and dust and other ***** off of the top of the can and from around the little ridge. but then i realized that first of all, dirt and dust never killed anyone, secondly, it would not be worth more plastic pollution in the world just for some paranoid germaphobe to feel safe and contented for a couple of seconds. thirdly, why does the Firefox spell check try to correct germaphobe and try to replace it with Hermaphrodite? if i spell it germophobe, it tries to replace it with xenophobes. i understand its probably not a real word, but enough people know what it means.
      • bulletproofbra, on 05/19/2008, -2/+46Excellent tangent score! +10!
      • mithrasinvictus, on 05/19/2008, -4/+2Because you haven't added it ti the dictionary yet.
      • jmp478, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3Kind of a soda Dental Dam, eh?
      • growler1, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2I bought a beer in Grenada, Spain that had just that sort of contraption. As I threw it away, I thought "this is nice, but fairly useless."
      • gurellia53, on 05/19/2008, -0/+5You know, I had an idea like that once. A long time ago. It was a "Jump to Conclusions" mat. You see, it would be this mat that you would put on the floor, and it would have different conclusions written on it that you could jump to.
    • smartazz, on 05/19/2008, -28/+28Its called SODA. Pop is the sound a balloon makes when it explodes.
      • addysonclark, on 05/19/2008, -9/+8I CONCUR
      • GalacticRerun, on 05/19/2008, -16/+15Oh apologies mighty American. For the internet and its stories and replies are the property of yours and your country alone! (Despite the story, site, and probably poster being from the country that originate the language that you tell everyone how to use properly.)
        • Nougat, on 05/19/2008, -0/+8Nothing to do with being American vs. non-American. In fact, much of the South in the US refers to all soft drinks as "Coke," even though that's a trade name for a specific soft drink, and even if the actual product you are served is Pepsi (or 7-Up or root beer or Grape Nehi).

          http://popvssoda.com:2998/
        • nylrym, on 05/19/2008, -2/+11Hey! Plenty of regions of the US call it pop too! He's being Asinine not American. I know the difference gets harder and harder to tell sometimes, but please don't tar us all with the same brush.
        • prophetpimp, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3In india we don't even call it a soda or even a soft drink. we call it "cold drink"
        • terajoule, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3Carbonated beverage.
        • yohnstoppable, on 05/19/2008, -3/+2Talk about reading too much into the guy's comment. No one really takes the whole soda vs pop thing seriously. If you seriously get pissed about someone correcting something as trivial as what you call a ***** soft drink, then you need to have that rod up your ass, along with the rod in it's ass, removed.
        • Sapulator, on 05/19/2008, -2/+1ova here in Jersey, we call it Hogwash
      • saikyan, on 05/19/2008, -6/+6Pop. It's pop.
      • plup, on 05/19/2008, -1/+1In vague-europe we call it LOL. True story.
      • Arcanis, on 05/19/2008, -1/+2No, soda is carbonated water damn it.
        • DrummerAndrew, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2You're absolutely right. "Soda is what you add to the syrup to make it POP." That's how it goes. You can have soda, but if it has flavors in it, and it's made from a combination of soda and syrup, it's POP.
      • worldchanger, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1The full name would be soda pop, not pop soda. And since adjectives always precede nouns, soda is an adjective, and pop is a noun. Therefore, asking for a "soda" is like asking for a "tall" or a "fuzzy" or a "black."

        So to summarize, pop is the correct term for carbonated beverages, and is used by those whose IQ is greater than a bowl of wet broccoli.
    • daxsymbiont, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1obviously.

      cashiers grab money that they have switched hands thousands of times, they handle the food being handled by dozens of people etc.
      • Crucible1001, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1It is not just that. I was a cashier for a few days once years ago. When meat would come down the belt, it would often leak blood onto it. When it was busy, I had no time to wash it off. People would then put fruit and veggies on there without putting them in bags first. I imagine some people did not wash them off before eating them.
    • david76, on 05/19/2008, -1/+5I'm all about washing off fruit and vegetables, but soda cans? Come on. Maybe if you live in Manhattan where the cans are likely to have soot on them. But elsewhere, it seems like overkill.
      • IglooBurner, on 05/19/2008, -0/+0nah... all u really gotta do is wipe off the top of it with a napkin if your eating in a run down place.
    • mikesbaker, on 05/19/2008, -0/+15Where I live there was a supermarket where a guy was sprinkling feces on the baked goods. The cops had to keep a crowd of people there from killing him when he got arrested. Lucky for me I didn't shop at that supermarket but I think we can all take away a good lesson here. Always wash your baked goods.
      • Crucible1001, on 05/19/2008, -0/+0I doubt many of us have actually tried ***** bread before. It might even taste good.
      • sparrowkc, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3Any reason why he did that?
        • mikesbaker, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2never found out
        • Tucci1, on 05/26/2008, -0/+0Someone told him that life is like a ***** sandwich.

          The more bread you've got, the less ***** you have to eat.
      • DaHuuuuuudge, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3How do you wash a baked good without destroying it?
        • mikesbaker, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2your sarcasm detector is broken - here borrow mine
        • mikesbaker, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1you sarcasm detector seems to be broken - feel free to borrow mine for a little while
        • mikesbaker, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1well at least the double post stuff didn't go away entirely
    • punkcat, on 05/19/2008, -0/+4you'll make a good mom jordan
    • MxM111, on 05/19/2008, -0/+6Hey, it is just urine. It is much safer and more natural than most of the crap that they use to make the veggies grow.
    • dbsmoker, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1Okay Dwight!
    • worldchanger, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Urine is sterile. Water is not.
      By washing off the urine, you're actually doing your immune system a disservice.
  • gbudavid, on 05/19/2008, -8/+1I hope they showed him the other end of it...
  • citydragon, on 05/19/2008, -3/+42"He fled the store and went to Tesco four miles away in Quedgeley, where he again terrified customers and staff by spraying the fluid on produce."

    I'd like to hope it would take more to terrify me than a man pissing on a cucumber.
    • Andrwmorph, on 05/19/2008, -0/+25I dare say that a peasant spraying urine on my produce would fog up my monocle quite severely!
      • roflbrothel, on 05/19/2008, -0/+12Indeed! This is highly irregular!
    • jpop, on 05/19/2008, -0/+4Well, I think the issue is that people didn't know at the time what he was spraying. Could have been salmonella or e-coli (I thnk there was some cult that did that somewhere) or some other bio agent.
    • coldfusion1970, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2It would scare me as i'm not used to anyone spraying their urine on my fruit.
      • citydragon, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1You might like it if you tried it.
  • zspitfire04, on 05/19/2008, -3/+29psh... Piss on these prices!
  • MakiMaki, on 05/19/2008, -2/+34Irrational behavior. I wonder why he was motivated to something as meaningless as this.
    • rrbest, on 05/19/2008, -1/+42He was pissed.
    • Darmichar, on 05/19/2008, -0/+10He's ready to claim his 15 minutes of fame, or he's bat ***** crazy.
      I've got $5 on him being loony.
      • 1randomguyO8, on 05/19/2008, -0/+5How many sane people do you know who spray urine on food?
      • ByteGuerilla, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1I don't think you'll get very profitable odds on him being crazy. It's a certainty. I'd give you one to a gillion in favour and that would be generous.
      • sleepwalkers, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1Wait, you can gain "fame" by pissing on produce?
    • mawh, on 05/19/2008, -4/+1who knows.
    • thehawk23, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1Sounds like Project Mayhem from Fight Club...
      • ahawks, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1I was about to say, sounds like he watched Fight Club one time too many.
  • bossm4n, on 05/19/2008, -1/+139In related news, Tesco is having a clearance sale on certain vegetables, fruits and meats.
  • bamafun, on 05/19/2008, -2/+7Isnt this just like the "always wear matching and clean underwear" when you go out rule thats passed down to each generation? - You should always wash your fruit and vegetables before eating them!
    • dynelol, on 05/19/2008, -1/+9Matching underwear? How many asses do you have?
  • Pittance, on 05/19/2008, -1/+126"It is alleged that a man was spraying a foul-smelling substance, thought to be urine, on the foodstuffs, including the salad bar, fruits and meat.

    "The device he was using is described as a kind of tube."

    ......
    • juzcallmeg0d, on 05/19/2008, -5/+4HAHAHAHAHA
      • matschig, on 05/19/2008, -1/+4A simple 'lol' would have sufficed.
        • sleepwalkers, on 05/19/2008, -0/+4A simple "Oh that was funny, I won't bother leaving a comment." would've sufficed from him, too.
    • MasterThief117, on 05/19/2008, -2/+22He was using the Internet to do this?
    • dhughes, on 05/19/2008, -1/+13 Approximately six inches in length.
      • altf4me, on 05/19/2008, -2/+3Are you saying he was pissing with an erect penis or that he has a big one?
  • Delphium226, on 05/19/2008, -3/+23Obviously another pissed off customer.
  • staffell, on 05/19/2008, -2/+14the title makes it sound like he was spraying piss from a bottle
  • dojonz, on 05/19/2008, -1/+111Dammnit - R Kelly, what is wrong with you!?
    • bonds, on 05/19/2008, -0/+15The only thing that makes my life complete is when I turn your face into a toilet seat.
    • Aeron, on 05/19/2008, -0/+4Close your eyes, show me your face, I'm gonna piss on it.
    • jp12380, on 05/19/2008, -2/+2Made me laugh. Dugg up.
    • ashfish, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3Oh ***** I just about shot soda out of my nose on that one. And no I didn't wash the top.
  • thebloodvayne, on 05/19/2008, -0/+44"Vegetables sprayed with urine are probably best left alone."
    No *****.
  • Theunluckydip, on 05/19/2008, -2/+5A piss poor anti-capitalist protest?
  • taradisiac, on 05/19/2008, -42/+5True /b/tard*

    *Person who surfs 4chan's (http://www.4chan.org ) /b/ board.
  • pgouy, on 05/19/2008, -2/+8I'd buy that for a dollar!
  • Antibland, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3Craziness delays the world's eventual calcification into complete, social flatline.
  • Somedude2137, on 05/19/2008, -1/+19What a dick!
  • poidh, on 05/19/2008, -7/+2Reminds me of when those Muslim guys launched their own "mini jihad" by sprinkling dried poo onto cakes then selling them to filthy unclean infidels - http://www.topix.com/forum/religion/islam/TMM2E703 ...
  • dOOBiEx213, on 05/19/2008, -25/+5(sigh)
    Digg in the nighttime sucks...only lame UK articles.
    • poidh, on 05/19/2008, -3/+39Yay, let's wait for you Americans to wake up then we can be treated to another bajillion articles about how Hillary eats babies and how Hussein is the best one to be elected because it will annoy the evil neocons the most.
    • zadadka, on 05/19/2008, -2/+22"...wait for you Americans to wake up..."
      Of course, we've already been waiting for that for some considerable time. ;)
      • poidh, on 05/19/2008, -9/+5Don't be an ass.
        • rayraym0fucka, on 05/19/2008, -1/+2He's got a point. Most of us need to wake up and change something.

          You see gas prices this morning? How in the ***** did we ever let it get that high?

          This is just gas too. There are a done of other things we should have paid more attention to. More important things ;
        • rayraym0fucka, on 05/19/2008, -1/+1*ton -- don't know where "done" came from.
      • mikesbaker, on 05/19/2008, -2/+4zing
  • galvo, on 05/19/2008, -0/+40He was just trying to attract the other female shoppers. Give him a break.
  • gl77, on 05/19/2008, -26/+21"Normally I don't do this
    But I'm gonna hit ya'll off with a little taste of the remix
    Ya'll ready, here we go

    I pick you up from the club
    take you home to make some love
    Got a surprise close your eyes
    I'm gonna cover you with suds

    I'm gonna give you some poo-poo
    I'm gonna give you some pee-pee
    I'm gonna give you some doo-doo
    Wash it down with some wee-wee

    This is the remix edition of the song about pissing
    I got that peeing, leaking, reeking, and there's juice in the kitchen


    yeah, that's how it goes at a R. Kelly party
    I sip Cris, you drink piss
    I'm wanna piss on you remix, ya heard
    Nah, I'm serious I really do want to piss on you"
    • jp12380, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2LOL as I read it I heard it in song form. Was that another song made up by Dave Chappell?
  • Monkofdoom, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3Mmm sprinkles
  • blackinthmiddle, on 05/19/2008, -0/+27"Officers say they have no clues about the motive."

    What ever happened to being just plain old crazy?
    • dynelol, on 05/19/2008, -1/+3Or what if he's an ***** and he thought it'd be funny? Do people really have this much trouble considering this possibility?
    • nard3456, on 05/19/2008, -1/+8who cares what is motives were just send him to jail
  • karapuz, on 05/19/2008, -1/+5Just imagining this scene made me laugh so hard. :)
    They will say that the guy has conducted a "chem-bio terrorism act" and send him to Gitmo.
    Seriously, wash your vegetables, it has stuff on it thats probably worst than human piss (which is normaly sterile).
  • corryface, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3that guy was a complete *****
  • gritta, on 05/19/2008, -0/+11I used to work in Tesco Express and someone came in once and put some human faeces on one of the shelves. These people must be mentally ill or something.
    • Wartyboskfapped, on 05/19/2008, -0/+4Hmmm, ya think?
    • PaisleyTeal, on 05/19/2008, -2/+1i dated an architecht for tesco's for a brief period. now THERE was a dick-- in both sense of the word.
    • aristotle0dude, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1Maybe they were trying to return some food for a refund.
  • koft, on 05/19/2008, -0/+9looks like urinluck.
  • zadadka, on 05/19/2008, -1/+13"Every Tiddle Helps"?
  • BradBrown, on 05/19/2008, -2/+59"The device he was using is described as a kind of tube." - In my country, we call that a "penis."
  • JasonCox, on 05/19/2008, -1/+7That explains the discoloration on my bananas...
  • R75700, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1well he just figured with all those pesticides on there, one more little thing couldn't really hurt. so why not.
  • Scuzbucket, on 05/19/2008, -0/+10Makes you wonder how many people do things like that and get away with it..........
  • iguanapunk, on 05/19/2008, -2/+2He's taking the piss!
  • 3leggedHorse, on 05/19/2008, -0/+6That is where I live I actually shopped at those places, when I heard I was LMFAO.
    Not far away a bloke was caught ram-raiding a co-op store naked. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/new ...
    There really is sum ***** up people in this country.
  • Po0py, on 05/19/2008, -0/+6To be honest I've often felt like doing the same after shopping at Morrisons. :-|
  • k00k, on 05/19/2008, -0/+5Was it organic?
  • Cody-Nolen, on 05/19/2008, -5/+2is that why my apples tasted like piss?
  • mathwizkid, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3Reminds me of a certain fightclub scene.
  • FasterGun, on 05/19/2008, -7/+2Urine is sterile; people are such pussies.
    • pault107, on 05/19/2008, -0/+8So you'd be fine with some random guy pissing on your fruit before you ate it? Sure, urine is sterile, that doesn't mean to say I want it in my mouth.
    • paradox2222, on 05/19/2008, -3/+9Urine is sterile....for five minutes, after which it fosters bacteria and can be quite harmful.
      • matschig, on 05/19/2008, -2/+1Source?
        • chanop, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3Man Vs Wild. Bear Grylls told me it right before he drank a canteen of his own urine in the desert.
      • dynelol, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3Why do you know that?
        • paradox2222, on 05/19/2008, -1/+0You need to know these things when your king you know.
        • Jeffler, on 05/19/2008, -0/+4You also need to know how to use proper grammar.
        • worldchanger, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1bahaha
  • radiantstorm, on 05/19/2008, -0/+15Come on. He was just making it all HIS.
  • ross., on 05/19/2008, -0/+1That Fit Wash crap Leo Laporte sells on Munchcast is suddenly looking like a worthwhile product.
  • skitle007, on 05/19/2008, -0/+5If its not hazardous, get out the hose, spray it off or throw out the food and get on with your day. Is it just me, or does this story read like he sprinkled anthrax on everything?
    • Ursapater, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1and you know it's NOT a bio-hazard? The article states that they still haven't positively identified the substance.
      Even if it is urine he could have something transmissible that survives in urine. Are you volunteering to eat it?
  • rypic7, on 05/19/2008, -1/+13sometimes i wonder if people do crazy ***** like this just because they know its weird enough to make it to the front page of digg. i found the missing motive!
  • upthedownslide, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3whatever keep me from having to piss on it myself, that's what i always say
  • gobbleplex, on 05/19/2008, -1/+2...Murderface?
  • FearFactory, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1A little floor spice makes everything nice, there you go.
  • straylight08, on 05/19/2008, -1/+1Maybe the person who did it was hired by one of Tesco's competitors to carry out his little mission. Sainsbury's and ASDA could easily be implicated in this
  • forcedfx, on 05/19/2008, -2/+6If you sprinkle when you tinkle, be a sweetie and wipe the meatie.
  • kidtwist, on 05/19/2008, -0/+17He should be required to eat it.
  • To0pak, on 05/19/2008, -0/+13*Stops eating apple*
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