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[–] [email protected] 49 points 11 months ago (3 children)

He died after being trapped under debrie

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cheessus Christ. A man died, have some respect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Emmentaler than you simply had bad luck.

Gruyere just couldn't catch a break.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Extra sharp bunch we have here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Oh queso, where do we go from here?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I’m sure his family cheddar tear for his loss

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's the leaning tower of cheeza!

On a serious note, that was probably not a great way to go and I feel bad for the family.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


An Italian man has been crushed to death under thousands of vast wheels of a parmesan-style hard cheese, which weigh about 40kg each, firefighters have said.

Giacomo Chiapparini, 74, was buried under the cheeses when a shelf broke in his warehouse in the northern Lombardy region on Sunday, creating a domino effect which brought down thousands of wheels, the firefighter Antonio Dusi told AFP on Monday.

Rescuers “had to move the cheeses and the shelves by hand”, Dusi said, adding that it “took about 12 hours” to finally find Chiapparini.

The warehouse, located in the small town of Romano di Lombardia near Bergamo, contained 25,000 wheels of grana padano, a hard cheese that resembles parmesan and is very popular in Italy.

Chiapparini had been checking on the ripening wheels, which were stored on metal shelves, the highest of which stood at 10 metres (33ft).


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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is a hero's death in Italy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Also in Wisconsin.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

what was that console command again

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I think that's the most Italian way to die I've ever heard of.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Giacomo Chiapparini, 74, was buried under the cheeses when a shelf broke in his warehouse in the northern Lombardy region on Sunday, creating a domino effect which brought down thousands of wheels, the firefighter Antonio Dusi told AFP on Monday.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Mama mia! :(

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


An Italian man has been crushed to death under thousands of vast wheels of a parmesan-style hard cheese, which weigh about 40kg each, firefighters have said.

Giacomo Chiapparini, 74, was buried under the cheeses when a shelf broke in his warehouse in the northern Lombardy region on Sunday, creating a domino effect which brought down thousands of wheels, the firefighter Antonio Dusi told AFP on Monday.

Rescuers “had to move the cheeses and the shelves by hand”, Dusi said, adding that it “took about 12 hours” to finally find Chiapparini.

The warehouse, located in the small town of Romano di Lombardia near Bergamo, contained 25,000 wheels of grana padano, a hard cheese that resembles parmesan and is very popular in Italy.

Chiapparini had been checking on the ripening wheels, which were stored on metal shelves, the highest of which stood at 10 metres (33ft).


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