Wendy's Chili Con Carne Humano

You have probably already heard this about the Human Finger Found in Fast Food Chili

A woman who ordered chili at a San Jose Wendy's Restaurant found a cooked human finger in her bowl.

The Wendy's on Monterey Highway was still open Thursday while the Santa Clara County Health Department investigated. But officials there said it was definitely a human finger -- complete with a long manicured fingernail -- and it probably did not come from a Bay Area Wendy's employee.

Well that's a relief, for Wendy's employees. You gotta' hand it them that no one got nailed.

We have no evidence of any accident within the employees at the facility itself," said Ben Gale of the Santa Clara County Health Department. "We've asked everybody to show us they have ten fingers and everything is OK there."

The incident came to light about 7:20pm Wednesday, when the woman called 911.

"Initially she did put this object in her mouth and did bite down on it," said Dr. Marty Fensterscheib of the Santa Clara County Health Department. "Initially, she was a bit grossed out ... and vomited a number of times.

Well, of course she vomited. After all, she just stuck a finger down her throat.

The fingerprint is mutilated, but officials believe there might be enough there to run the print through a national computer to try to find the owner. The finger has jagged edges, which means it was likely lacerated by a machine -- possibly a meat grinder.

I hope they use a digital computer and consult experts in the digital sector. They may also want to check with the meat grinding packing companies that supply Wendy's. However, matching the finger print could be difficult if the person is not a criminal or not an immigrant who got their finger scanned recently at the airport. It's just a thought, but, maybe they should be searching for a missing person.

I hope this woman's lawsuit makes it to court before Tort Reform is passed because, otherwise, Wendy's could just give her the finger...