Airline Serves Passenger Salad With Live Frog In It

[matcom]

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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - An airline passenger was given a nasty fright when a frog with a taste for adventure stowed away in her in-flight salad, New Zealand authorities said Tuesday.

The passenger discovered the airborne amphibian perched on a slice of cucumber while on a Qantas flight from Melbourne to Wellington in February.

"Naturally there was a bit of consternation by the passenger who called back the attendant," Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry quarantine general manager Fergus Small said.

The flight attendant removed the salad and the 4 cm (1.6 inch) whistling tree frog, which was killed by quarantine staff when the aircraft landed.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=1&u=/nm/20040504/od_nm/life_newzealand_frog_dc

[mac56]

1. Reminds me of a great line from Ellen Degeneres

"Got a frog in my throat....I guess I should have rinsed the lettuce better."

[southpaw]

3. I love Ellen...

Nemo woulda sucked without her!

[Blue-Jay]

2. I need more coffee.

I started reading the headline and thought to myself: What in the heck is a "passenger salad"?

[Don_G]

4. Either It Was 100% Organic

Or PETA has gone too damm far.

[Renew Deal]

5. I can only imagine.

I always wondered where the salads came from.

[GOPisEvil]

6. If we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy!