What weird news stories make you either laugh out loud, or just say "huh?'

[Rowan MacD]

  Let the wise cracks commence....

Bull semen spill causes scare, closes highway

ReutersBy Tim Ghianni | Reuters – Wed, Aug 24, 2011

   
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - A spill of frozen bull semen bound for a breeder in the state of Texas triggered a scare on Tuesday that temporarily shut down a U.S. interstate highway during the morning rush hour.

The incident began when the driver of a Greyhound bus carrying the freight alerted the fire department he had lost a part of his load while negotiating the ramp on a highway near Nashville.

"We didn't know what it was, but we were told (the canisters) were non-toxic," said Maggie Lawrence, a fire department spokeswoman.

When firefighters arrived on the ramp, they saw "four small propane-sized canisters (that) began to emit a light vapor," Lawrence said.

In addition to the vapor, the canisters also let off an unpleasant odor and the ramp was closed while emergency personnel tried to determine what was in the containers.

The bus driver turned around to retrieve the canisters. Once emergency personnel learned the smoking canisters were nothing hazardous and that they simply contained frozen bull semen that had been stored on dry ice, Tennessee Department of Transportation and fire department workers cleared the ramp.

"It was no different to us than if a mattress fell off a truck," said transportation spokeswoman B.J. Doughty.

[Merlin the Elder]

Shall I start?  Better bull semen than bull "shift"

[Lady Christina de Pond]

i just find that a little humorous i mean why did they put it on the bus? why not fed ex

[arbcoind]

I didn't know you could ship anything on a Greyhound Bus.  Must be cheap!

Gina

[DonaCatalina]

Barbershop shut down due to animal sacrifices.

[Baron Frederick]

They ship via Greyhound Bus because it is the very fastest way to get there.

[Dragonlord]

 Let the wise cracks commence....

Bull semen spill causes scare, closes highway

ReutersBy Tim Ghianni | Reuters – Wed, Aug 24, 2011

 
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - A spill of frozen bull semen bound for a breeder in the state of Texas triggered a scare on Tuesday that temporarily shut down a U.S. interstate highway during the morning rush hour.

The incident began when the driver of a Greyhound bus carrying the freight alerted the fire department he had lost a part of his load while negotiating the ramp on a highway near Nashville.

"We didn't know what it was, but we were told (the canisters) were non-toxic," said Maggie Lawrence, a fire department spokeswoman.

When firefighters arrived on the ramp, they saw "four small propane-sized canisters (that) began to emit a light vapor," Lawrence said.

In addition to the vapor, the canisters also let off an unpleasant odor and the ramp was closed while emergency personnel tried to determine what was in the containers.

The bus driver turned around to retrieve the canisters. Once emergency personnel learned the smoking canisters were nothing hazardous and that they simply contained frozen bull semen that had been stored on dry ice, Tennessee Department of Transportation and fire department workers cleared the ramp.

"It was no different to us than if a mattress fell off a truck," said transportation spokeswoman B.J. Doughty.

Article about bull semen spill.  Driver says he lost a part of his load.  Transportation spokeswoman's name is B.J. Doughty.  Too funny. lol

[Merlin the Elder]

They ship via Greyhound Bus because it is the very fastest way to get there.

Only if it makes it at all... 

Article about bull semen spill.  Driver says he lost a part of his load.  Transportation spokeswoman's name is B.J. Doughty.  Too funny. lol

Careful where you go with that... 

[Lady Christina de Pond]

guess they will think twice before they ship via greyhound bus again

[Rowan MacD]

They ship via Greyhound Bus because it is the very fastest way to get there.

Only if it makes it at all...  

Article about bull semen spill.  Driver says he lost a part of his load.  Transportation spokeswoman's name is B.J. Doughty.  Too funny. lol

Careful where you go with that...  

Some poor farm worker with an AV is mourning a good collection day here..... 

[Merlin the Elder]

guess they will think twice before they ship via greyhound bus again

I never would have considered putting a bull and a greyhound together to start with...

[BubbleWright]

Yesterday drove home from PARF in the rain. Later in the evening Irene hit Delaware with a vengence. Today I watched TV coverage (Philly station). Best laugh of the day... an emergency response worker was explaining the dangers of walking in flooded streets, noting that many man hole covers were lifted up by the flood waters, leaving the man holes uncovered. The blonde (really) TV reporter said "So the man hole covers are floating around loose causing a hazard...". HUH!??? Yeah, gotta watch that those covers don't bang into you as they float along!!!!!

[Archer]

Yesterday drove home from PARF in the rain. Later in the evening Irene hit Delaware with a vengence. Today I watched TV coverage (Philly station). Best laugh of the day... an emergency response worker was explaining the dangers of walking in flooded streets, noting that many man hole covers were lifted up by the flood waters, leaving the man holes uncovered. The blonde (really) TV reporter said "So the man hole covers are floating around loose causing a hazard...". HUH!??? Yeah, gotta watch that those covers don't bang into you as they float along!!!!!

Hilarious.   

[Merlin the Elder]

There is a rare and little known oddity of physics that may explain this phenomenon of floating manhole covers. I believe it's known as Incidence of BS. It typically occurs when a reporter (or politician) opens their mouth.

[Archer]

Certainly seems that way.  

Insanity runs rampant . . . parents punish child to death,  imposing 5 days with no water . . . for bed wetting.  

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/28/jonathan-james-dead-deydration_n_939728.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%7C90306

If found guilty, off with their heads.