Must be short on news in the North Shore today

**bert_is_evil** · 12th February 2007, 12:42

Are they taking the piss??

Article from North Shore Times, Monday, 12 February 2007:

SURPRISE: North Shore woman Tess Musson did a double take when she found spaghetti in her baked bean can.

There was not a bean in sight despite what the label said.

North Shore Times receptionist Tess Musson found spaghetti when she opened her baked beans can in her lunch break.

Kiwis are understood to eat the most canned spaghetti per capita in the world, but Mrs Musson is a firm baked bean fan.

So finding spaghetti inside the can didn't exactly make her day - even though it was in a "special full-flavoured tomato sauce".

"I was looking foward to a high protein lunch and I got a can of carbohydrates. I know it's really popular but I'm a baked beans girl," she says.

Mrs Musson definitely sees the funny side of her surprise beans - particularly because they were on special at the supermarket - and it's not enough to put her off opening another can.

Wattie's, the makers of Oak Baked Beans, says it must have been a stray label.

Spokesman Paul Hemsley says it is a rare occurrence for the company that cans 350 million products a year.

Mr Hemsley says the company apologised to Mrs Musson. It also couriered half a dozen cans of baked beans to her.

**Beemer** · 12th February 2007, 12:50

Must still be the silly season - the Manawatu Standard has an article about a woman who was mistaken for a shoplifter in New World... they only realised they had the wrong woman when she pointed out the woman on the video surveillance was wearing black trousers and she was wearing jeans - oh, and the shoplifter was "three times bigger" than she was!

**Squeak the Rat** · 12th February 2007, 13:41

Your just different, most readers would have been using their remaining synapse to partake in some moronic chuckling or tut-tutting.

Overheard at supermarket last night:

woman: oh hi barry what are you doing here?
man: oh, just some sunday night grocery shopping
woman: yeah I know what you mean, me too....

:slap:

**ManDownUnder** · 12th February 2007, 13:42

WHAT - Wrong label????

THE BASTARDS! CALL IN THE ARMY!

**wybmadiity** · 12th February 2007, 14:24

Ahahaha

**Hitcher** · 12th February 2007, 18:28

If they were truly hard-up they'd print the "Dear Abby" letter...

**Indiana_Jones** · 13th February 2007, 09:27

that shitty bean story ended up on www.stuff.co.nz :P lol

-Indy

**GR81** · 13th February 2007, 09:50

makes a change from the other crap they put on there...
ie: iraq etc lol

**placidfemme** · 13th February 2007, 10:25

Its amazing what they class as "news" these days... its like the WestPac Charity Run... got like 1 minute on the 6 o'clock news, and they did about 3 minutes on the worlds largest group kiss or some shit...

**scumdog** · 13th February 2007, 10:29

Originally Posted by Squeak the Rat

Your just different, most readers would have been using their remaining synapse to partake in some moronic chuckling or tut-tutting.

Overheard at supermarket last night:

woman: oh hi barry what are you doing here?
man: oh, just some sunday night grocery shopping
woman: yeah I know what you mean, me too....

:slap:

Rivetting stuff!
Did ya follow it up?
How did the rest of the conversation go?
Did it get even MORE exciting?
I can hardly wait to hear the rest.....

**Jimmy B** · 13th February 2007, 10:34

Originally Posted by placidfemme

Its amazing what they class as "news" these days... its like the WestPac Charity Run... got like 1 minute on the 6 o'clock news, and they did about 3 minutes on the worlds largest group kiss or some shit...

Yeah I was a bit dissapointed in that as well; you'd think if they had gone to the expense of hiring a helicopter that they would at least devote a few more minutes and more action, what ever happened to the ground shots from the guys on the southern?

**James Deuce** · 13th February 2007, 10:42

When they ban the Westpac run because of the HUGE traffic disruption, don;t worry, it will get a quite a few news minutes about how those scruffy bikers keep on behaving like they own the road. Ooo the scandal.

**avgas** · 13th February 2007, 10:52

Originally Posted by Jim2

When they ban the Westpac run because of the HUGE traffic disruption, don;t worry, it will get a quite a few news minutes about how those scruffy bikers keep on behaving like they own the road. Ooo the scandal.

I do own the road, at $400+/yr in road charges, i call that substantial mortgage repayments

**Jimmy B** · 13th February 2007, 11:39

Originally Posted by Jim2

When they ban the Westpac run because of the HUGE traffic disruption, don;t worry, it will get a quite a few news minutes about how those scruffy bikers keep on behaving like they own the road. Ooo the scandal.

Yeah maybe they were gathering footage in anticipation for next years segment