More Proof that Bacon will clog major Arteries

Invader ZIm · Post by **Invader ZIm** » 2003-09-20 09:42am

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/custom ... ews-fringe

OKLAHOMA CITY - Interstate 40, the main east-west highway in Oklahoma, was closed for several hours Thursday when about 800 baby pigs spilled on to the road after the truck transporting them overturned, police said Friday.

Several pigs were killed when their vented livestock truck overturned just east of Oklahoma City. And the pigs, all of which were under a year old, had little idea what to do with their first taste of freedom.

The freeway was closed in both directions as state troopers, firemen and ambulance workers doubled as farm hands in a bid to prevent the pigs from running amok in the Oklahoma City suburbs and return them to a pig farm, police said.

Some of the pigs plunged to their deaths when they jumped off a highway bridge near the wreckage as law enforcement officials were closing in for their capture.

James Watson, an Oklahoma state trooper, said the situation would have been much worse if the pigs had been adults.

``If these had been full-grown hogs, they would have gone ballistic,'' Watson said. ``We would of had to shoot them.''

Several motorists who stopped at the scene asked if they could take home a pig or two in their pickup trucks, Watson said. He added he thinks all of the surviving pigs were captured and being held at a livestock pen in Oklahoma City.

Reminds me of the Turkey espisode on WKRP.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-09-20 10:22am

This little piggy went to the market.
This little piggy went to the park.
This little piggy became street pizza.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-09-20 11:06am

Jumped off a highway?....They're pretty damn good jumpers. I want a piggy too.

~Jason

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-09-20 12:33pm

Meh, you haven't been in a traffic jam, until you have been on the major artery through a rural Tennessee county (huge 2 lane paved highway!) and had a traffic jam because someone ran over a cow/deer/hog or a tractor is going from one field to the other down the road going 10mph.

In other words, where I am from, livestock in the road isn't an uncommon occurance, lol.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-09-20 12:40pm

Ah, nobody got to keep a pig.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-09-20 08:08pm

Nathan F wrote: In other words, where I am from, livestock in the road isn't an uncommon occurance, lol.

That's why all American locomotives had cowcatchers for so many decades, while the feature was virtually unknown outside of the country. Course they aren't too practical for cars and tractors.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-09-20 08:11pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:
Nathan F wrote: In other words, where I am from, livestock in the road isn't an uncommon occurance, lol.
That's why all American locomotives had cowcatchers for so many decades, while the feature was virtually unknown outside of the country. Course they aren't too practical for cars and tractors.

That's what they make sturdy brush guards for, heheh.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-09-20 08:27pm

You've never been in a traffic jam until you've had to drive on the World's Biggest Parking Lot, aka the Schykull Expressway.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-09-20 08:46pm

HemlockGrey wrote:You've never been in a traffic jam until you've had to drive on the World's Biggest Parking Lot, aka the Schykull Expressway.

I believe you mean the Surekill Crawlway.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-09-21 12:16am

Try driving through Manhattan sometime. During rush hour.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-09-21 12:31am

Sea Skimmer wrote:
HemlockGrey wrote:You've never been in a traffic jam until you've had to drive on the World's Biggest Parking Lot, aka the Schykull Expressway.
I believe you mean the Surekill Crawlway.

*shudder* I hate the Surekill. I may bitch about I-4, but the Schuykill is definitely worse than I-4. Maybe the Interstate wouldn't be so bad if they hadn't built it over a cemetary

(I know, superstition, but I'm having fun looking up ghost stories right now).

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2003-09-21 05:39am

Dalton wrote:Try driving through Manhattan sometime. During rush hour.

I was under then impression you parked your cars and caught up on your sleep

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-09-21 12:24pm

I've had to wait for a small heard of Buffalo to get off the road in South Dakota.

Everywhere else I lived they generally did a pretty good job of keeping livestock off of the roads. Tractors and Amish buggies are a different thing but most of the time they stay to the far side of the road so you can get by them.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-09-21 08:14pm

HemlockGrey wrote:You've never been in a traffic jam until you've had to drive on the World's Biggest Parking Lot, aka the Schykull Expressway.

Bad as the Surekill is, the traffic jams aren't the biggest problem (like Dalton implied, it can't hold a candle to Manhattan at around 5 PM). The problem with the expressway is that it's a death defying stunt to get on or off or pass somebody.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-09-21 09:19pm

Although, I've always been amazed what the South Philadelphians could get away with. Is there any other city in the world where people can park in the middle of the street?

Xisiqomelir · Post by **Xisiqomelir** » 2003-09-21 10:07pm

HemlockGrey wrote:Although, I've always been amazed what the South Philadelphians could get away with. Is there any other city in the world where people can park in the middle of the street?

Bangkok

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-09-22 12:25am

HemlockGrey wrote:Although, I've always been amazed what the South Philadelphians could get away with. Is there any other city in the world where people can park in the middle of the street?

Considering most of those streets had active railways running down them for decades, mere cars parked aren't that bad.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-09-22 10:32am

BAH! I have 2 words for you: BIG DIG. The central artery in Boston is fucking god-awful on a good day. 5:30pm on a Friday when the Celtics have a home game is the 7th circle of hell. Lumbering dump trucks , arrogant road hogging yuppies on cell phones in BMW's shit-for-brains chowdaheads from Southie' in rusty old hyundai's taking up 2 lanes. 4 million fuckwads with piss poor people skills and limited driving ability all trying to squeeze through the same crumbling, half-torn up highway. uhhhhhhhhh........