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14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Illinois traffic
Associated Press ^
| 5-19-08
Posted on 05/19/2008 7:05:37 AM PDT by kingattax
MORRIS, Ill. (AP) — Police say a trailer loaded with 14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos has overturned, spilling the cookies still in their plastic sleeves into the median and roadway.
Illinois State Police Sgt. Brian Mahoney says the truck's driver was traveling from Chicago to Morris on Interstate 80 around 4 a.m. Monday when he fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into the median.
"The boxes came out of the trailer and boxes were ripped open," he said.
The crash about 50 miles southwest of Chicago remains under investigation.
Mahoney says no charges have been filed but both lanes of traffic remain closed while authorities remove the cookies
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: accident; cookies; oreos
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got milk ?
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:10:13 AM PDT
by
kingattax
To: kingattax
A milk truck and an Oreo truck collision. Perfect together.
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:13:57 AM PDT
by
DogBarkTree
(The correct word isn't "immigrant" when what they are doing is "invading".)
To: taraytarah
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:14:33 AM PDT
by
kingattax
(99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
To: kingattax
closed while authorities remove the cookies How selfish.
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:15:36 AM PDT
by
CindyDawg
To: CindyDawg
Great. There goes the price of Oreos!
To: kingattax
The Obama campaign immediately issued a press release claiming the accident was a political stunt and that any use of the word "Oreo" is racist
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:18:14 AM PDT
by
BradyBug
(Holy Rolling Redneck)
To: Arkansas Toothpick
Definately in a recession now. Oreos to be rationed.
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:18:54 AM PDT
by
CindyDawg
To: kingattax
Has Queen Nancy issued a statement yet about how Bush has caused the Oreo prices to go up?
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:22:00 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: kingattax
So the truck tossed it’s cookies?
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:23:54 AM PDT
by
Pylon
(Remember boys, flies spread disease, so keep yours closed.)
To: kingattax; MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside; Rb ver. 2.0; lesser_satan; Taffini; jdm; ...
MR. LIPPMAN: What is this guy again?
ELAINE: They call him a Cleaner. He makes problems go away.
(Newman enters. )
NEWMAN: Hello Elaine. Where are they?
ELAINE: In the back.
NEWMAN: All right, I’m going to need a clean 8 ounce glass.
MR. LIPPMAN: What is going on here?
NEWMAN: If I’m curt, then I appologize. But as I understand it, we have a situation here and time is of the essence.
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:24:00 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(The question is not, “Am I good enough to be a Christian?” rather “Am I good enough not to be?")
To: BradyBug
And double stuffed Oreos was insensitive to overweight people
To: kingattax
got milk ?My first thought too. The jokes write themselves sometimes. :~)
To: kingattax
I am more than willing to do my part in the cleanup.
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:24:39 AM PDT
by
Hacklehead
(Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
To: kingattax
"he fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into the median."No more driivng for this guy, and he should be in jail.
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:26:17 AM PDT
by
spunkets
("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
To: kingattax
This article is obviously a political shot against Obama. Obama will file a formal protest.
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:26:26 AM PDT
by
alecqss
To: kingattax; Froufrou
"...trailer loaded with 14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos..."
So, the trailer was actually only rated for 7 tons of Oreos?
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:27:23 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Friends with umbrellas are outstanding in the rain.)
To: kingattax
Quick, someone call Obama, he said we can’t “Eat all we want” :)
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:27:28 AM PDT
by
eXe
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: BradyBug
any use of the word "Oreo" is racist
Unless Democrats are physically throwing Oreos at black Republican candidates, as they allegedly did to Michael Steele in MD.
To: Izzy Dunne
Has Queen Nancy issued a statement yet about how Bush has caused the Oreo prices to go up? Before or after she demands a Congressional investigation into the monopolistic practices of "Big Cookie"?
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:28:43 AM PDT
by
ssaftler
To: kingattax
Stuff like this never happened to Hydrox.
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posted on
05/19/2008 7:30:28 AM PDT
by
LexBaird
(Behold, thou hast drinken of the Aide of Kool, and are lost unto Men.)
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