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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 06:43 PM Jan 2022

Huge 'meat spill' blocks traffic after animal 'entrails' shower busy roadway

MELBOURNE, Australia (TND) — An awful offal overflow obstructed Australians.

Or, shedding alliteration, a truck spilled a bunch of meat on the M80 highway near an exit ramp in Melbourne, Australia on Thursday, which blocked traffic and led to lane closures.

Reportedly, a truck carrying the meat made an unexpected sudden stop, spilling its guts and turning a section of an expressway into what looked like a slaughterhouse floor.

Andrew Crook, a spokesperson for the Victorian Department of Transport, told the publication Broadsheet the sudden stop caused the entrails, which were sitting in an open-top trailer behind a semi-truck, to “pass over the cabin in a meaty wave”.

https://krcgtv.com/news/offbeat/huge-meat-spill-blocks-traffic-as-animal-entrails-cover-busy-roadway-offal-guts-melbourne-austalia-andrew-cook-meaty-wave

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Huge 'meat spill' blocks traffic after animal 'entrails' shower busy roadway (Original Post) Sherman A1 Jan 2022 OP
LMAO at this article: ..."pass over the cabin in a meaty wave". CottonBear Jan 2022 #1
For a moment I thought MuseRider Jan 2022 #2
That's just offal. Arkansas Granny Jan 2022 #3
Gross... BigmanPigman Jan 2022 #4

CottonBear

(21,615 posts)
1. LMAO at this article: ..."pass over the cabin in a meaty wave".
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 06:49 PM
Jan 2022

The journalist clearly got to the meat of the story. 🥩 🍖

BigmanPigman

(55,524 posts)
4. Gross...
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 08:50 PM
Jan 2022

"Crook said at the time the high heat temperatures would make the meat "ripe", according to Broadsheet, adding there's a strange trend of meat spills happening too often on warm days."

“Whenever there’s an offal spill, it always seems to be warm — I wouldn’t want to be out there cleaning it up," Crook reportedly said."

"A skid-steer loader, often called a "bobcat", was seen scooping the meat off the pavement. The road later reopened after much of the spill was removed from the highway."

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