Finding the Crooked Finger

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
–Anais Nin

When the news of the Wendy's chili finger hit the news, I waded in like everyone else — not going for the easy laugh, though. I went for the exploited labor angle as an explanation for the floating digit.

One commenter was more judicious, saying, "This screams 'set-up for a million-dollar lawsuit' to me."

Now, the woman who found the finger has been arrested. It appears she was a serial hoaxter. Still, human flesh in fast food keeps turning up.

Talk show hosts see fingers in chili as a source of laffs. Bleeding hearts see them as evidence of exploited workers. Skeptics see them as scams, and torts attorneys see them as a chance to recover damages. Cops may see it one way, too, but they reserve judgment and plug away after the facts.

Cops 1, Blogger 0.