Paula Poundstone

Early Souders is awfully glad dogs love Nestle Purina Dog Chow.

Just after beginning his day shift at 6 a.m.

at the Eden, North Carolina Nestle Purina Dog Chow Manufacturing Plant, Early Souders was inspecting the silo that feeds into the machine that bags dog food when hundreds of pounds of chow tumbled down towards him.

While Souders almost met his maker, some local dogs experienced heaven on earth.

Dog food factories attract dogs.

On any given day, workers at this plant have to wade through as many as 30 dogs of all kinds that smell the food and come on by hoping for samples.

So Sauter's co-worker, Bud Schweppe, had a vision.

Let those dogs in.

Fortunately, for early souders, Bud Schweppe let the dogs in, and fortunately for Nestle Purina, the security cameras caught the image of 20 dogs hurtling towards a cascade of Nestle Purina dog chow and literally eating it mid-air before most of it could even touch early souders.

You know, I don't think you're doing that well, and I would like to adopt you.

I didn't know that existed.

Did he have a trademark on that or a patent?

I didn't even know.

I don't know.

Is it from another animal, I assume?

Yes, from a... Oh, you can get celebrity butt fat?

LAUGHTER

No, I would not love that.

The whole Brazilian buttlet thing.

Oh, God.