# I've got a bone to pick with Cheerios. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 27, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536 "2019-10-27T02:36:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/1 "2019-10-27T02:36:03Z")
So I had a box of Cheerios and scooped out a handful and found something weird, possibly a twig with a bud on the end. Experimenting, I snapped the “twig” in two, then took a closer look at it. Nope, not a twig, but [a glazed and cooked shard of bone](https://imgur.com/a/rD9aEmw). So, General Mills, be thankful that it wasn’t swallowed by someone and I’m too lazy to bother trying for a lawsuit–you dodged a bullet. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/2 "2019-10-27T02:39:15Z")
Someone probably lost a finger in the processing line. Good thing all the flesh rotted away. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/3 "2019-10-27T02:40:20Z")
I always thought that story about the Cheerios Kid retiring to a farm out in the country was a little suspicious. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/4 "2019-10-27T02:51:35Z")
A clue from rough footage of the documentary “Searching for Sizzle”: > [@](#): > > Few people realize that there was a fourth brother, who hasn’t been seen since June of 2014, when he was spotted boarding a private plane for Minneapolis, claiming he was going to “sow his wild oats.” Not welcome news to the other Rice brothers… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/5 "2019-10-27T02:59:52Z")
I bet it was a rat bone. OP, shoot them an email. You might get a bunch of free coupons. Of, course that is disgusting and I’ll never eat Cheerios again. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/6 "2019-10-27T04:09:11Z")
**Beck** why you’d go and say that? Now I don’t wanna eat anymore Cheerios either. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/7 "2019-10-27T04:13:51Z")
I don’t know what y’all are bitchin’ about-it’s right there in the Nutrition Facts on the side of the box: Calcium………10% ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/8 "2019-10-27T04:14:37Z")
Ewwwww! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/9 "2019-10-27T04:22:11Z")
He came _this_ close to actually eating it. What a marrow escape. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/10 "2019-10-27T04:25:02Z")
Bone chillingly close. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/11 "2019-10-27T04:35:24Z")
A few months back we bought some [Bubble-O Bill’s](https://www.streetsicecream.com.au/brands/bubble-o-bill.html) for the kids, and one was missing his bubble-gum NOSE. So my daughter contacted the company and they sent her a cheque, for $5. Now as the OPs issue was of something of greater import, Ima gonna go out on a limb and suggest he do the same. You never know what compensation you might receive, golly, a phone call won’t cost you an arm and a leg now will it? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/12 "2019-10-27T04:50:41Z")
Now I want an ice cream treat. The bullet hole in the hat seems appropiate to my mood. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/13 "2019-10-27T05:20:10Z")
If they took the bones out it wouldn’t be crunchy would it? CMC fnord! ---
**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:** [October 27, 2019, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/14 "2019-10-27T05:31:58Z")
But was there a [jagged metal O](https://youtu.be/zrZGDFAq-i8?t=13)? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/15 "2019-10-27T20:56:26Z")
I just got back from complaining to McConnell’s about one of their limited edition flavors I just ordered. It was Earl Grey Tea and Cookies. The ice cream was really delicious, but the shortbread-like cookie pieces were _really_ salty. Pulled the flavor profile out of whack. I’ll wait to see what kind of reply I get back. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/16 "2019-10-28T13:58:47Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I’m too lazy to bother trying for a lawsuit–you dodged a bullet. While anyone can file a lawsuit, you need to have damages to be awarded anything. Are you out more than the $3-4 for a box of cereal? I don’t think the bullet they dodged is particularly large nor scary. (That being said, the piece of bone is gross). ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/17 "2019-10-28T14:30:37Z")
So you are going to go with store brand o shaped cereal from now on? Technically independent probabilities and all, and the store brand probably came from the same factory as the name brand… ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/18 "2019-10-28T15:59:04Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > So I had a box of Cheerios and scooped out a handful and found something weird, possibly a twig with a bud on the end. Experimenting, I snapped the “twig” in two, then took a closer look at it. Nope, not a twig, but [a glazed and cooked shard of bone](https://imgur.com/a/rD9aEmw). So, General Mills, be thankful that it wasn’t swallowed by someone and I’m too lazy to bother trying for a lawsuit–you dodged a bullet. Rats? Soylent green? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/19 "2019-10-28T16:14:37Z")
Soylent Green is made of people! ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536/20 "2019-10-28T16:17:36Z")
Its nice to know that cereal boxes have gone back to leaving prizes inside for the kiddies. I miss those. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-cheerios/842536.md?page=2)