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Man Says He Found Condom in Sandwich
Topic Started: Dec 10 2007, 10:28 PM (288 Views)
Aimee Wilbury
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Vt. Man Says He Found Condom in Sandwich

By JOHN CURRAN
Associated Press Writer
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A man who says he bit into a Burger King sandwich and found an unwrapped condom inside has sued the owner of the restaurant.

Van Miguel Hartless, 24, of Fair Haven, said Friday he bought the Southwestern Whopper at a Burger King in Rutland on June 18 and made the discovery when he got home and started eating it.

"My third bite into the burger, it was just a foreign taste," he said. "It was a very sour, bitter sort of taste. It almost had a numbing sensation.

"As I went to bite down a little harder, I felt a rubber grind in between my teeth. I saw it half in my mouth, half hanging out. It was an immediate sick-to-my-stomach type of thing."

Hartless said he waited three weeks before contacting an attorney. His lawsuit, filed Nov. 16, names store owner Carrols Corp., of Syracuse, N.Y., and seeks damages for pain and suffering, emotional duress and medical expenses.

Messages left with Carrols Corp. were not returned Friday. A spokeswoman for Burger King said it has referred the matter to Carrols Corp.

Similar claims have turned out to be fraudulent in other cases. A California couple was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2006 for planting a severed finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili in a scheme to extort money from the fast-food chain.

Hartless, a student at Green Mountain College, defended his claim.

A search of court filings in Rutland Superior Court - where Hartless' suit was filed - and the Civil Court in El Paso, Texas, where he lived before showed no prior or existing lawsuits, according to the Rutland Herald, which first reported the lawsuit Friday.

Hartless' lawyer, Devin McLaughlin, said he had Hartless undergo a lie detector test before the suit was filed, and that he passed "with flying colors."

Hartless said he has suffered from vomiting, nightmares and emotional distress. He said he also has incurred medical expenses, because he's worried about whether the condom had been used.

He said stored the sandwich and its original wrapper in a plastic bag in a freezer in his garage.
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Better than finding a sandwich in your condom.
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Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :blink: Hope it wasn't used :wacko: :sick:
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This can be summed up in one word - organised crime
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Kit_Kat
Dec 10 2007, 11:18 PM
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :blink: Hope it wasn't used :wacko: :sick:

only if he asked if he wanted extra cream on it :pinch:


Ill get my coat :P
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Jayne my virgin ears LA LA LA :giggle:
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If an Englishman had found a condom in his sandwich, he'd have just kept a stiff upper lip.
...and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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JeffLynnesBeard
Dec 11 2007, 12:45 AM
If an Englishman had found a condom in his sandwich, he'd have just kept a stiff upper lip.

or thought his luck was in with one of the people in the shop lol :P
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Dec 10 2007, 10:38 PM
Better than finding a sandwich in your condom.

LOL...are you happy to see me or is that a hoagie in your...oh, never mind!
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Posted Image Burger King now serves Fur Burgers?..... :sweet:

...they usually cume with condoments already on them.

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Bah bum tssss
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This is taking the phrase "fast-food" a little too far, no? :lol:

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They just wanted to add a little extra spice to his food.
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I wonder if the cashier said..."Thanks, cum again!"
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Dec 11 2007, 04:45 PM
I wonder if the cashier said..."Thanks, cum again!"

Why, think they call it fast foods. It's under a minute. B) ;)
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Dec 10 2007, 11:18 PM
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :blink: Hope it wasn't used :wacko: :sick:

Really? I think it sounds rubbery.
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