# I Fell in a Vat of Chocolate **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974 "2022-06-10T13:23:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/1 "2022-06-10T13:23:08Z")
Life Imitates the Smothers Brothers > [@](#): > > # Two people rescued after falling in tank full of chocolate in Pennsylvania > > By Amy Simonson, CNN > > Two people were rescued after falling into a tank full of chocolate at the Mars M&M factory in Pennsylvania Thursday, officials said. > > Both patients were transported to the hospital, Assistant Supervisor Nick Schoenberger of Lancaster County 911 Dispatch told CNN. > > “One patient was transported by ground and one person was transported by helicopter,” Schoenberger said. > > The extent of their injuries is unknown. > > “Fire crews have eliminated pulling them straight out of a tank,” Brad Wolfe, communications supervisor for Lancaster County 911 dispatch, told CNN earlier on Thursday. “They have to cut a hole in the side of the tank to get them out,” he said. > > Wolfe said that it’s unclear how the people fell into the chocolate tank. [https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/us/chocolate-tank-rescue-pennsylvania/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/us/chocolate-tank-rescue-pennsylvania/index.html) All I could think of, of course, was this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tSmqYSVVpTM/maxresdefault.jpg "Chocolate - The Smothers Brothers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSmqYSVVpTM) Also, if you’re going to fall in a vat of chocolate i Pennsylvania, it at least ought to be in Hershey. According to the story, no injuries had been reported, and I hope it stays that way. Although I’d really like to know how this happened. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/2 "2022-06-10T13:26:14Z")
Several first responders were injured when the victims fought removal. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/3 "2022-06-10T13:28:02Z")
Were they covered in a thin candy shell for transport? ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/4 "2022-06-10T13:34:17Z")
How is there no Augustus Gloop reference yet? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/5 "2022-06-10T13:34:42Z")
[![](https://i.redd.it/gnpfmp2mt5a61.png) ](https://i.redd.it/gnpfmp2mt5a61.png) ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/6 "2022-06-10T13:35:13Z")
But was the chocolate ok? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/7 "2022-06-10T13:40:59Z")
The article didn’t say - I have to assume they were tourists and not employees? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/8 "2022-06-10T13:49:30Z")
At leas they were rescued before being converted into chocolate products, unlike the unfortunates in “The Jungle” who fell into processing tanks and went out into the world as Durham’s Pure Leaf Lard. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/9 "2022-06-10T14:09:53Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Fire crews May I assume that they did, indeed, yell “Fire!” when they fell into the chocolate? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/10 "2022-06-10T14:13:18Z")
Well, I’m glad they’re still breathing. I’d hate to hear all those ‘Death by Chocolate’ jokes. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/11 "2022-06-10T14:16:14Z")
Had they died, I’m sure the mourners would have said, “The funeral was delicious!” ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/12 "2022-06-10T14:54:54Z")
They started to worry when one of them didn’t emerge from the vat after getting out to pee for the third time… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/13 "2022-06-10T14:58:52Z")
# [I Fell in a Vat of Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974) Sweet! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/14 "2022-06-10T15:00:46Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > May I assume that they did, indeed, yell “Fire!” when they fell into the chocolate? Isn’t that one of the exceptions to the First Amendment? Wouldn’t want panicked people jumping into a vat of chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/15 "2022-06-10T15:15:26Z")
They were probably trying to fill a cup with chocolate. Leaned over too far. Mommy there is a shoelace in my candy.😋 ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/16 "2022-06-10T15:41:39Z")
A chocolate covered eyeball! Is it Halloween? ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/17 "2022-06-10T15:45:44Z")
Chocolate covered nuts now has another meaning. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/18 "2022-06-10T16:46:40Z")
So does Peter Paul’s Mounds. Especially if you consider Rubens. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/19 "2022-06-10T19:00:25Z")
One Payday, Mr. Goodbar wanted a Bit-O-Honey So he took his Miss Hershey behind the Powerhouse On the corner of 5th Avenue and Clark Where he there began to feel her Mounds And that was an Almond Joy Which definitely made his Tootsie Roll He let out a Snicker As he slipped his Butterfinger up her Kit Kat Which of course caused a Milky Way She screamed “Oh Henry” As she squeezed his Peter Paul and Zagnuts and said “You’re better than the Three Musketeers” ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974/20 "2022-06-10T19:02:18Z")
Better than [Steven Dierkes](https://nypost.com/2022/06/07/worker-steven-dierkes-melted-in-half-after-falling-into-vat-of-molten-iron/), who fell into a vat of molten iron at a Caterpiller plant; they recovered half of him. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fell-in-a-vat-of-chocolate/965974.md?page=2)