When you crack into a delectable bowl of mixed nuts, the only surprise you normally get is yummy, nutty goodness. OK, maybe you get one nut that is over-roasted and not so yummy.

But cracking open a nut...and finding a condom? That's what happened when a Colorado couple bought some nuts at a local Wal-Mart.

Rifle police this week investigated a condom-containing filbert nut that turned up in the New Year's snack of a Silt-area man, and determined that it was a prank but not a crime.

Condom nuts are not that uncommon as a novelty item and are available online, said Rifle Police Chief Daryl Meisner, after investigating the nut case through some web browsing.

"This looks exactly like what I found on the Internet," Meisner said. "The condom was new and unused so it probably wasn't anything malicious. I can't find where any law has been broken."

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Meisner said he puzzled over the nut for a while before determining the novelty nut was probably tossed into a bin as a joke.

He said the nut had been drilled open and the hole closed with wood putty after the condom was inserted.

Dian Geist bought the bag of nuts and her husband Brian, cracking one open, found the condom inside the shell. They were amused at the very thought of something like this happening. She had this to say:

"I really don't want [the nut], but my husband wants it back for some reason," she said.

Wal-Mart spokesman Karen Burk said of the incident:

"Whether someone thought it was a joke, we take it very seriously. This is a food-tampering issue."

They at Wal-Mart, too, want the nut.

anzelone

Moncton, NB

October 2005

JAN 06, 2006 07:09 AM

"Condom nuts are not that uncommon as a novelty item"

they're pretty fucking uncommon to me

[Edited on Jan 06, 2006 by anzelone]

MisterSatan

Vancouver, WA

August 2002

JAN 06, 2006 07:10 AM

anzelone said:
"Condom nuts are not that uncommon as a novelty item"

they're pretty fukcing uncommon to me

Yeah, I've never heard of this either. Still, it's good that they didn't find an unwrapped condom, or worse- half of one.

anzelone

Moncton, NB

October 2005

JAN 06, 2006 07:13 AM

I've heard of condom-bubble gum....brings a whole meaning to blowing a bubble....

giablo69

Minneapolis, MN

November 2005

JAN 06, 2006 07:13 AM

what kind of crazy mixed up world do these people live i that condom nuts arent uncommon?

theseeman

Asheville, NC

December 2002

JAN 06, 2006 07:17 AM

" turned up in the New Year's snack of a Silt-area man,"

This town was begging for it.

JoshXXX

Northborough, MA

March 2004

JAN 06, 2006 12:22 PM

I like how he internet searched for "condom nut" and managed to find something not gross.

UnnecessaryZ

Astoria, NY

July 2003

JAN 06, 2006 12:30 PM

It would have made a great commercial if the couple cracked open the nut and looked at each other in silence for several seconds before cutting to a bouncing bed with two pairs of feet sticking out from under the covers. It would only be funny, however, if it was the hushand sharing the snack with an unlikely character, like his mother in-law or dog.

[Edited on Jan 06, 2006 by UnnecessaryZ]

MisterSatan

Vancouver, WA

August 2002

JAN 06, 2006 12:31 PM

UnnecessaryZ said:
It would have made a great commercial if the couple cracked open the nut, looked at each other in silence for several seconds before cuttin to a bouncing bed with two pairs of feet sticking out from under the covers. It would only be funny, however, if it was the hushand sharing the snack with an unlikely character, like his mother in-law or dog.

I will buy TEN of whatever you are selling, sir.