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Christmas Cracker Contains Dead Mouse

mamacita — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:50:48 EST

Yeah. OK, well, uh, we found, uh, this mouse in one of your crackers, eh. Like, we was at a party and, uh, a friend of ours - a COP - opened one, and HE PUKED. And he said, uh, come here and get free crackers or, uh, he'll press charges.

mamacita

Christmas Cracker Contains Dead Mouse

Martha_Jones — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:59:59 EST

@HeyHermano: These are a very very old tradtion. I wouldn't let this one incident halfway across the globe turn you off! Check out Pier One or World Market and buy them cheap now that Christmas is over and just save them until next year :)

Martha_Jones

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Youthier — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:04:19 EST

@Martha_Jones: I'm shocked that this many people have never read Harry Potter. That's the only reason I know what they are.

And since reading HP, I've always wanted to get some. This sort of turns me off.

Youthier

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Martha_Jones — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:27:42 EST

Why do Americans not know what Christmas crackers are?? They are easy to find in the United States. My family has Christmas crackers every year and then we take silly pictures wearing the hats.

Martha_Jones

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Randal Milholland — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:34:52 EST

What is with you consumers! First you complain when they shortchange you crackers for the same price. Now you complain when they try to give you something extra.

Some people are just never pleased.

Randal Milholland

Christmas Cracker Contains Dead Mouse

MonkeySeeMonkeyDo — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:09:38 EST

You can buy crackers that have really cool non-plastic toys in them. They cost a bit more, but they are a lot more fun.

MonkeySeeMonkeyDo

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Propaniac — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:06:08 EST

The second half of this blog entry illustrates the kind of toys that are normally found in Christmas crackers. Honestly, I think a lot of kids would have more fun with the decomposed mouse.

Propaniac

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emona — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:49:39 EST

This article reminds me of the old Mr. Bean episode where he builds his own cracker with dozens of the little explosion bars. At the end - BOOM! - the whole house lights up.

emona

Christmas Cracker Contains Dead Mouse

MonkeySeeMonkeyDo — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:41:08 EST

My husband is English, and we always pull crackers every year at Thanksgiving and Christmas. No dead mice, though--usually just crappy plastic toys, bad jokes, and a paper crown. It is good fun.

MonkeySeeMonkeyDo

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forgottenpassword — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:40:46 EST

Ohhhhhhh...... [en.wikipedia.org]

Completely different than what I had in mind.

I woulda called it a "christmas Popper". Those wacky brits/aussies/kiwis! :P

forgottenpassword

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forgottenpassword — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:31:15 EST

Yeah, what exactly is a "christmas cracker" in kiwiland?

We all know that biscuits are not considered the same in england as they are in the US.... so it makes me wonder just exactly kiwis consider "christmas crackers".

forgottenpassword

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synergy — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:03:02 EST

I'm trying to figure out what exactly is this Christmas cracker which also can hold a toy. I was hoping there would be a helpful picture at Reuters, but no such luck.

synergy

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MercuryPDX — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:26:57 EST

There is a mouse + Cheese + crackers joke in there somewhere....

MercuryPDX

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Grrrrrrrrr — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:23:18 EST

Merry Xmouse?

Grrrrrrrrr

Christmas Cracker Contains Dead Mouse

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:37:00 EST

So the mouse wanted the colored hat?

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

Christmas Cracker Contains Dead Mouse

hollerhither — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:40:28 EST

Actually, they sell these in the US and I've sent them a couple of times in Xmas packages to family members, as a novelty. But, uh, no rodents just yet. Yikes.

hollerhither