# 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:** 14\
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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/41 "2011-01-25T09:14:05Z")

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This isn’t so unusual in certain parts of towns. I bet the cops see a case a diá where something like this happens.

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**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/42 "2011-01-25T11:27:37Z")

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Who remembers [Eating Raoul](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083869/)?

Okay, not the same thing but I hadn’t thought about that movie in years.

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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/43 "2011-01-25T12:41:58Z")

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This story squicks me out. Brrrr! ito

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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 25, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/44 "2011-01-25T13:37:06Z")

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> [@Hampshire](#):
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> Looks like he survived although he’s [a bit disfigured](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4m143Pemx1qzcvgco1_400.jpg).

Jose, can you si?

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/45 "2011-01-25T14:44:09Z")

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Think this needs to be merged with the [Taco Bell’s Ground Beef Is Less Than 35% Actual Meat](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=594447) thread.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/46 "2011-01-25T15:20:09Z")

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> [@Hampshire](#):
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> Looks like he survived although he’s [a bit disfigured](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4m143Pemx1qzcvgco1_400.jpg).

Well, he looks chipper…but I have no idea if he’s healthier fried, baked, or cremated.  
(…at least he’s stopped complaining about the Habaneros.)

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**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/47 "2011-01-25T16:06:05Z")

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> [@Silver\_Fire](#):
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> I made an off-color joke here once following an incident in which the subject of my bit of humor didn’t even DIE.

There are varying shades of grey. For example, I would think that making a joke about a victim of violence would be in poor taste because people feel uncomfortable. Accidents that we can related to or that we think could feasibly happen to someone we know - jokes are also wince-inducing. But a highly unusual and bizarre, incongruous, or slapstick-esque accident induces the perverse “horror-humor”.

Examples:

Man murdered by neighbor on riding lawn mower = not funny  
Man bleeds to death as a result of lawn mower accident = not funny  
Man decapitated while trying to stick head into lawn mower = funny

Man killed falling into deep fryer = not funny  
Man killed falling into Twinkie frosting machine = funny

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/48 "2011-01-25T16:12:22Z")

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> [@Count\_Blucher](#):
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> Well, he looks chipper…but I have no idea if he’s healthier fried, baked, or cremated.

I could make a comment, but I won’t baja.

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/49 "2011-01-25T16:23:08Z")

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> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#):
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> Man killed falling into deep fryer = not funny  
> Man killed falling into Twinkie frosting machine = funny

Any jokes involving death and the production of food are in bad taste IMO.

It makes me sick I tells you. It eats me up sometimes. I can’t believe you guys can stomach this sort of thing.

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**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/50 "2011-01-25T16:25:54Z")

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> [@billfish678](#):
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> Any jokes involving death and the production of food are in bad taste IMO.

Meh, maybe my analysis was half-baked.

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**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/51 "2011-01-25T17:35:14Z")

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> [@Silver\_Fire](#):
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> I made an off-color joke here once following an incident in which the subject of my bit of humor didn’t even DIE.
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> I got called a cunt.
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> I \<3 this thread. But you’re all bad people who deserve to be called many horrible names. Just so you know.

Sometimes, death is better than life. Especially if the living person is still suffering, and telling jokes about someone’s pain is never funny. For example:

I overheard that Zsa Zsa Gabor was planning a lawsuit against her doctors…but as of this month, she has no leg to stand on.

Heh.

Heh heh.

Heh heh heh…

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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 25, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/52 "2011-01-25T17:39:59Z")

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> [@billfish678](#):
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> Any jokes involving death and the production of food are in bad taste IMO.
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> It makes me sick I tells you. It eats me up sometimes. I can’t believe you guys can stomach this sort of thing.

Hey, just because it’s nacho kind of humor doesn’t mean that we don’t find it funny.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/53 "2011-01-25T20:45:15Z")

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Taco, meet Paco.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-crushed-to-death-after-falling-into-tortilla-mixing-machine/568807/54 "2011-01-26T14:12:11Z")

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Other chip makers are already mounting campaigns today to steal market share, touting that _none_ of their ingredients are from New York City…

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