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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsCorn dog mayhem on Louisiana highway
Paging Michelle Bachman
http://www.jrn.com/newschannel5/now-trending/Corn-dog-mayhem-on-La-highway-252663031.html
"An 18-wheeler flipped over in Shreveport, La,. and hit a guard rail at 3:40 a.m. on March 25, spewing an estimated 76,800 corn dogs onto I-220. The truck's destination was California."...
[Fortunately, nobody was injured]
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Corn dog mayhem on Louisiana highway (Original Post)
Tanuki
Mar 2014
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eppur_se_muova
(36,261 posts)1. "estimated 76,800" ... not 76,000. not 77,000. 76.800.
but that's an "estimate".
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)2. We'll it's Shreveport
and the manifest probably had 77,000 on it so they had to discount the 200 that were likely eaten by passers by before the wrecker showed up.
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)3. Thanks California!
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)4. There is something in that headline
that would make a great band name, or at least pass for some Jim Morrison lyrics.
Purrfessor
(1,188 posts)6. Horn Dog Mayhem............eom
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)5. It could be worse