Posted on 11/18/2005 4:45:41 PM PST by shooter223
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Maybe they knew what was coming. Two dozen live turkeys bound for Thanksgiving tables fell off a truck Friday on the New Jersey Turnpike, briefly snarling traffic near Newark Liberty International Airport.
"I think we should be investigating this as an escape attempt," said Joseph Orlando, a spokesman for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
The two crates fell as a truck was leaving the highway, and a toll booth supervisor who spotted them contacted authorities. The birds, which survived the fall, will presumably be returned to the trucker - if the driver notices they're missing, Orlando said.
The spill was only the latest bizarre animal incident on the highway in recent years. Last November, a tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of frozen chickens struck a truck carrying sheep in East Windsor, killing 22 of the animals.
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Turkeys run for your lives!!!!
I think they should all be ticketed for not wearing seatbelts.
At least they weren't thrown out of a helicopter!
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could drive."
Still funny
After all these years
Knowing that part of the turnpike like I do, the Turkeys will probably die from being exposed to the fumes from the refineries.
You beat me to it. LOL
Were they "dressed" for Thanksgiving?
MMMMM - I like turkey! :)
" Last November, a tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of frozen chickens struck a truck carrying sheep in East Windsor, killing 22 of the animals."
A fire ensued and we had mixed grill for the township!! It was just a bit of a turn-off---the smell of burning wool!!
Greetings from Exit 8.
THE PINEDALE SHOPPING MALL HAS JUST BEEN BOMBED WITH LIVE TURKEYS
"Fell off a truck," eh? Yeah, likely story.
"Fell off a truck" in JERSEY?
Oh yeah, sure.
LOL! "...thought turkeys could drive!" LOL!
Paging LES NESMAN.
The Thanksgiving Song
by Adam Sandler
Love to eat turkey
Love to eat turkey
Love to eat turkey
Cause it's good
Love to eat turkey
Like a good boy should
Cause it's turkey to eat
So good
Turkey for me
Turkey for you
Let's eat the turkey
In my big brown shoe
Love to eat the turkey
At the table
I once saw a movie
With Betty Grable
Eat that turkey
All night long
Fifty million Elvis fans
Can't be wrong
Turkey turkey doo and
Turkey turkey dap
I eat that turkey
Then I take a nap
Thanksgiving is a special night
Jimmy Walker used to say Dynomite!
That's right
Turkey with gravy and cranberry
Can't believe they traded Darryl Strawberry.
Turkey for you and
Turkey for me
Can't believe Tyson
Gave that girl V.D.
White meat, dark meat
You just can't lose
I fell off my moped
And I got a bruise
Turkey in the oven
And the buns in the toaster
I'll never take down
My Cheryl Tiegs poster
Wrap that turkey up
In aluminum foil
My brother likes to masturbate
With baby oil
Turkey and sweet potato pie
Sammy Davis Jr.
Only had one eye
Turkey for the girls and
Turkey for the boys
My favorite kind of pant
Are corduroys
Gobble gobble goo and
Gobble gobble gickel
I wish turkey
Only cost a nickel
Oh I love turkey on Thanksgiving
This is kind of a funny story, if you continue reading to the end. I can't help but notice it's Michigan making sport of New Jersey, though.
Ey! You like electricity? Then shudda you mouth.
What are you thinking? They were really in the trunk of somebody's car?
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