Posted on 12/01/2006 9:53:26 AM PST by Cagey
Hatteras Island is famous for its shipwrecks. But Thursday locals experienced their first ever "chip-wreck".
A cargo container loaded with thousands of bags of Doritos Tortilla Chips washed ashore on the beach near Frisco and broke open.
The container apparently fell off a ship. The chips scattered for about a half a mile, and some even floated as far north as the Bonner bridge.
Arley Spake photographed the broken container. Spake works for Frito-Lay, the company that makes Doritos. His wife Janice joined him at water's edge.
"It was really weird," said Spake. (Arley) was taking pictures for Frito-Lay, we still don't know what happened. Lots of Doritos, lots of people putting them in garbage bags."
Many of the chips were sealed and still edible. Dozens of people were seen gathering the chips and taking them off the beach. Jessica Maxfield, who is doing an internship with the National Park Service, grabbed a couple of bags.
"I was doing a bird survey. The gulls love the Doritos."
The National Park Service does not like the Doritos, however; the beach is protected. The container is now at the National Park Service maintenance area.
As for the accident, it's still unclear which ship lost the cargo or to which port it was being shipped.
They were probably ordered for Saddams last meal before he swings. Maybe he could just order pork rinds!
The locals might want to pick up an extra bottle of Windex. The "coat of many colors" indeed!
When I was down beside the sea
A Frito-Lay came up to me
Upon the sandy shore.
Remember my vending machine stories at work a few years back when I was trying to get a bag of Doritos? It could've been a Seinfeld episode.
[golfclap]
Holy Guacamole!
I recall reading that 10,000 containers are lost overboard each year. Good thing this one washed ashore and isn't a navigation hazard to small vessels.
Lol!
LOL Yes, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the story and why I pinged you.
MICHAEL: So Kramer, where'd you get all these Doritos, at Fleesher's Market?
KRAMER: No, I got 'em in the ocean.
MICHAEL: The ocean? What'd you mean?
KRAMER: Well, I found this rope and I kept tugging on it, and all these Doritios came up.
MICHAEL: Those are commercial dorito traps. You can't take those doritos from there. That's against the law.
KRAMER: Take it easy. There's plenty of doritos in the ocean for everyone.
MICHAEL: My father was a Doritoman. He got up every morning at four and came home every night stinking of corn mush and had orange fingers! He sent me through law school with the doritos he caught!
I've heard of fish and chips.....but this is ridiculous! :0 )
ROTFL! Very clever. You crack me up, Cagey; I'm dying over here.
Gulls would love bite-size bits of cat poop if you presented them properly.
It was a Beavis and Butthead, Sour Cream and Salsa Pork Rinds episode
ROFLMAO!
I must have skipped over that. Bad enough I don't always read the whole story when someone else posts it.
Heh!
Seagulls will eat just about anything, though.
Two pieces of bacon rind with about 20 feet of monofiliment line between them is good for an afternoon of fun.
I live very close to the ocean and we have way too many gulls. I think of them as flying rats and can't stand them. And when I see people feeding them I come fairly close to blowing a gasket.
My wife purchased a new car about five years ago and it was two months old when gulls did their dive bomber impression and that left two permanent stains on the hood. I swear, in addition to that cat poop you mention they must eat car batteries too.
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