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Customer Fined $500 for Swallowing Human Toe in Canadian Bar. (Gawker)
more, including toe shot and info on "backup toe," at the linkAn American man was fined $500 Saturday night after he swallowed a beloved human toe belonging to a Canadian bar.
The Downtown Hotel in Dawson City, Canada apparently has a famous Dawson City tradition which involves drinking a shot of Yukon Gold whiskey with a withered old toe inside. In order to properly enjoy the Sourtoe Cocktail, the customer must touch their lips to the toe, which has been dehydrated and preserved in salt. To prevent theft or swallowing, the bar established a $500 fine.
According to Terry Lee, the bar's toe captain on duty that night, an American decided a simple lip touch wasn't enough, so he gulped down the entire toe. Lee told the CBC that the American, who reportedly had just collected his rent deposit, then placed the $500 fine in cash on his table and left.
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