> JOCKSTRIP > The World As We Know It. > (WARNING: keep away from heat and flame.) > --- > HOT...EXTRA HOT...AND CALL 9-1-1 > When ol' Colonel Johnson labeled his barbecue sauce "Thermo-N > Nuclear"...he wasn't kidding! > Health department officials in suburban Chicago are investigating > after two bottles of the stuff EXPLODED in two kitchens. > No one was hurt...but the spicy, pepper-laced hot sauce caused > hundreds of dollars in damage to curtains, carpeting and furnishings. > Both bottles had been purchased earlier this month at the Naperville > Ribfest...where the Chesapeake, Virginia-based Johnson's BBQ won first > prize for best ribs. In selling the sauce, the company jokingly asked > consumers to sign a release before buying it. > Health officials say the product may be contaminated by bacteria and > are trying to get some to test. However, both families say they cleaned > up and washed out or threw away the bottles right after the explosions. > Copyright 1999 United Press International > All rights reserved.