By Joe Cermele

In my last blog, I wrote about getting a dumbbell-eye streamer lodged in my cheek. Today, I'm writing about 23-year-old Afi Meleisea of Brisbane, Australia, who nearly got a hook lodged in the roof of her mouth. But she wasn't fishing. She was enjoying what I'm certain was delicious can of Karan's Triple Zero Mackerel. The Gorton's Fisherman I trust...the Karan's Fisherman, not so much. It seems he forgot to dehook one of the mackerel before it went off to processing. Meleisea found his hook while she was eating her lunch.

Per Meleisea's mother from story in the Courier Mail:

"She was eating and thought it was a fish bone at first but it was so hard and when she took it out of her mouth we couldn't believe it."

Mrs. Meleisea said she had bought the canned fish from a store at Woodridge and had been buying Karan's Triple Zero Mackerel for a number of years.

Ok, so how does the fish distributor make up for this horrific oversight?

She said she also could not believe the response she received from NSW-based South Pacific Food Distributors who told her to take the tin back to the store where she bought it and get a replacement.  

"I don't want more fish,'"she said.

Comments (7)

from TopperFanLuke wrote 1 day 22 hours ago

She must have really been chowing down to not notice that big shiny hook resting in her spoon amidst all scrumptious canned mackerel.

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from ejunk wrote 1 day 21 hours ago

more proof that barbless hooks work just as well as barbed, lol

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from MattM37 wrote 1 day 20 hours ago

At least it was just the hook and not the worm.

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from SMC1986 wrote 1 day 20 hours ago

The hook must have been from a previous fisherman. I assume commercial mackerel fishing is not done with hook and line?

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from bsheahan1229 wrote 17 hours 17 min ago

Once I found a hook in my granola bar.

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from jusdane wrote 16 hours 11 min ago

Sorry, not buying this story. Honestly F&S shouldn't even report this story until it's validated as true. Anyone can claim this.

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from Ronald Kangas wrote 1 sec ago

How can anyone, who has not spent the prior time starving, enjoy eating canned Mackerel. I tried canned Mackerel and my cat ate the rest of the can.

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from ejunk wrote 1 day 21 hours ago

more proof that barbless hooks work just as well as barbed, lol

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from TopperFanLuke wrote 1 day 22 hours ago

She must have really been chowing down to not notice that big shiny hook resting in her spoon amidst all scrumptious canned mackerel.

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from MattM37 wrote 1 day 20 hours ago

At least it was just the hook and not the worm.

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from SMC1986 wrote 1 day 20 hours ago

The hook must have been from a previous fisherman. I assume commercial mackerel fishing is not done with hook and line?

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from bsheahan1229 wrote 17 hours 17 min ago

Once I found a hook in my granola bar.

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from jusdane wrote 16 hours 11 min ago

Sorry, not buying this story. Honestly F&S shouldn't even report this story until it's validated as true. Anyone can claim this.

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from Ronald Kangas wrote 1 sec ago

How can anyone, who has not spent the prior time starving, enjoy eating canned Mackerel. I tried canned Mackerel and my cat ate the rest of the can.

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