After bingo the cafeteria will be serving tonight’s special, Your Dying Broth and tapioca
Officials say a California woman who served poisonous mushrooms to residents of an elder-care home has been barred from working in such facilities.
The Department of Social Services said Thursday that Lilia Tirdea of Citrus Heights can no longer work in licensed care facilities. She has 15 days to appeal the decision.
The department says the owner of the Golden Age Villa had told Tirdea to serve only store-bought food.
Tirdea told investigators she didn’t know the mushrooms she found growing in the backyard of the Loomis facility were poisonous. Four people died, and Tirdea and another resident fell ill after eating soup she made from the fungi.
Free-range fungi is now the rage!
I like your play on words, Floydee: “Your dying broth …” Ha Ha Ha. Your so Psilocybin sometimes!
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Um shouldn’t she be indicted for something?
I think the fact she nearly killed herself probably lead prosecutors to do this in exchange for not indicting her. It’s not criminal to be stupid. Now a lawsuit? Let the filing begin.
I thought this might be about the guy whose beard had the wild beer yeast in it.
You mean Kriskey?
Yeah, guess, she didn’t know most of the mushrooms that sprout in your backyard are poisonous. BRILLIANT!
I think this is indicative of a thought process that is rather rampant among certain people – that all of nature is good and therefore, good for you. Stupid indeed…
Yep. And marijuana is an herb … “it’s natural, man …” Bonk!
If it grows in the ground, it’s okay, right?
Dude! Hydroponics is the way to go, man. Bonk!