# Man crushed to death after falling into tortilla mixing machine

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 24, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807 "2011-01-24T17:30:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/1 "2011-01-24T17:30:16Z")

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[Link](http://ondareal.com/2011/01/24/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine-in-brooklyn/)

I’ve added it to my list of “Ways I do not want to die.”

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/2 "2011-01-24T17:31:14Z")

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Way taco!

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**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:** [January 24, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/3 "2011-01-24T17:53:41Z")

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“Police don’t suspect foul play”? Do people randomly go around pushing their co-workers into tortilla machines? Or does someone do this for hire because he “kneads” the dough?

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**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/4 "2011-01-24T17:59:06Z")

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He always said he wanted more dough.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/5 "2011-01-24T18:04:11Z")

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Chicken, beef or Arturo?

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**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/6 "2011-01-24T18:04:51Z")

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> [@jjimm](#):
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> Way taco!

Reported…

> [@cochrane](#):
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> “Police don’t suspect foul play”? Do people randomly go around pushing their co-workers into tortilla machines? Or does someone do this for hire because he “kneads” the dough?

…Reported…

> [@AClockworkMelon](#):
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> He always said he wanted more dough.

…aaaaaaand Reported.

ETA:

> [@lieu](#):
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> Chicken, beef or Arturo?

Oh, you better believe that’s a Reported.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/7 "2011-01-24T18:05:42Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> “Police don’t suspect foul play”? Do people randomly go around pushing their co-workers into tortilla machines?

I suspect the well-known Mexican gangster Jimmy Changa.

ETA: reported?

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**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/8 "2011-01-24T18:08:06Z")

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God damn it I made the same joke as **coch**.

Edit: God damn it he even used “kneads”.

I am shamed.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/9 "2011-01-24T18:09:06Z")

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Could this case perhaps be something to do with drugs?

A case o’ dealers.

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**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/10 "2011-01-24T18:09:16Z")

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> [@jjimm](#):
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> I suspect the well-known Mexican gangster Jimmy Changa.
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> ETA: reported?

You bet your ass!

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/11 "2011-01-24T18:10:21Z")

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> [@MOIDALIZE](#):
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> Reported…
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> …Reported…
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> …aaaaaaand Reported.
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> ETA:
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> Oh, you better believe that’s a Reported.

**MOIDALIZE** Do not click [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=579786). Your head will explode.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/12 "2011-01-24T18:10:37Z")

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> [@MOIDALIZE](#):
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> You bet your ass!

I bet my burrito.

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**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/13 "2011-01-24T18:14:24Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> **MOIDALIZE** Do not click [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=579786). Your head will explode.

I just emailed that thread to the police.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/14 "2011-01-24T18:41:11Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> **MOIDALIZE** Do not click [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=579786). Your head will explode.

Quite an appropriate segue.

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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/15 "2011-01-24T18:45:14Z")

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Even chili they’ll get their comeuppance, but we don’t don the jackboots for horrible puns.

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**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:** [January 24, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/16 "2011-01-24T18:45:24Z")

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OK, everyone, that’s a wrap.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/17 "2011-01-24T18:46:52Z")

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Are the police calling it an open and shut queso?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/18 "2011-01-24T18:57:40Z")

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nm. Stupid even for me.

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**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/19 "2011-01-24T19:02:45Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> nm. Stupid even for me.

Reported!

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**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/20 "2011-01-24T19:03:11Z")

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He was one of those people that dive into their work head first.

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