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Spokesman Kyle Evans says there's been a proliferation of "video Web sites describing the prank," which entails adding baking soda to a half-emptied bottle of ketchup.
"This could be a class C felony," Evans adds, citing a statute that forbids tampering with food.
According to the police report, the victim's wife called 911 after ketchup ended up "all in his face and hands, even his clothing."
"We were having breakfast, and my husband opened up a ketchup bottle and it exploded everywhere," Bonnie Brewer told the dispatcher. "(The staff) said, 'Don't tell me the ketchup bottle exploded.' It was almost like it had happened before."
"Are you thinking this is actually an explosion?," the dispatcher asked.
"The ketchup doesn't look right," Brewer said. "It looks like something's been added to the bottle that caused that to happen."
While exploding ketchup typically poses a threat only to clothing and a diner's pride – Brewer's husband refused an ambulance -- there was evident irritation in Brewer's voice when she reported the incident. Victims who've chronicled their explosion experiences online invariably describe them as "messy."
Still, whoever was responsible for the ketchup caper in Murfreesboro is unlikely to face any consequences: The department declined to assign the case to detectives, citing a lack of evidence.
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1-01-2010 @9:36AM Doug said... "(The staff) said, 'Don't tell me the ketchup bottle exploded.' It was almost like it had happened before."
What an idiot.
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