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Apr 06 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A man from Georgia literally bit off more than he could chew when he bit into the “Wicked” sandwich from “Which Wich” sandwich shop. The restaurant chain has 105 locations in 18 states. The Wicked sandwich has 5 different meats and three cheeses, but this man was so hungry that he ordered double meat and cheese. His mouth got stuck as he opened it for the first bite, and he could not get it shut!

Chad Ettmueller, who is a structured settlement broker in Cumming Ga had his law locked open for over 14 hours after trying to bite into the sandwich. But what is truly amazing about this story is that he has absolutely NO intention of suing. “It wasn’t the sandwich’s fault, it was my genetics,” he said, and added that the franchise owner’s acted nervous until his wife suggested that they just give him a free sandwich and call it even. They did and he said that he cut it into 100 pieces. The founder and president of Which Wich himself to see if Chad was okay. He issued this statement, “In our six years of operating Which Wich we have never heard anything quite like this. We are happy to report that Chad is in good spirits and his jaw is healing. In the meantime, we are just supplying him with as many milkshakes as he wants.”

To add insult to injury, his family thought he was kidding when it first happened, and sat in the restaurant laughing at him as he went outside and punched himself in the jaw to try to re-locate it. Eventually, Chad had to go to the Urgent Care Clinic, where the staff there tried to help without giggling. When they failed to help, he was transported by ambulance to Emory University and was diagnosed with “double dislocation of the mandible,” or, in layman’s terms, he had dislocated his jaw. It was finally surgically manipulated back into place after 14 hours. Even worse than his family laughing is that fact that his best friend, Paul Addison, went downstairs during his surgery, and ate the sandwich which was being stored in the mini van. “It had to die,” he said. “But it was a mercy killing.”

The Which Wich company sent a crew down to Cummings, Ga and filmed a reenactment of the events for a new marketing campaign. Chad’s wife thinks that is a great idea. “One thing that consistently happens is people ask, ‘How did this happen?’ and ‘Where can we get this sandwich?’” she said. Since Chad is not going to sue, he did make one request, that they rename the sandwich something which commemorates his experience. So Which Wich has taken suggestions on their websites, and is considering three new names: “Lock-Jaw,” “Double Dislocator,” or “Jaw Wrecker” and is putting them up to a fan vote at their company Web site and Facebook fan page. Chad says that although he likes “Double Dislocator” best, he does realize that fans may choose “Lockjaw” since he heard a 12 year old boy ask for a “Lockjaw” at a store recently. “I laughed so hard that all 23 flavors of Dr. Pepper came through my nose,” he said.