A woman eating chili at a Wendy’s restaurant in San Jose two days ago bit into a human finger, spit it out, told an employee, then threw up. The finger was not identified; presumably, a finger count was taken in the kitchen. Then the thing was wrapped in a damp cloth and dispatched to the San Jose medical examiner’s office, Wendy’s was shut, the chili was impounded, and a fresh batch made with newly purchased ingredients before the restaurant was reopened. Sounds like a lot of work when the brilliant solution would have been for an employee to yell, “We have a winner!” when first informed of the customer’s discovery. At least, that’s what Emo Philips shouted when a guest at his mother’s house found a mouse in the coleslaw. (SFGate.com)

(Finger posed by professional model)