Hormel chili coats highway in Wyoming

The Star Tribune ^ | April 29, 2002 | Unknown

[geaux]

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. -- The weather can still turn chilly in southwest Wyoming in late April, but that's not why a snowplow was needed on Interstate 80.

The westbound lanes about 20 miles west of town were closed for about an hour Thursday after a semi truck with a trailer full of Hormel chili rear-ended another semi.

[BlueLancer]

"The cans broke open and soon the pavement was slick with beans and meat, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol."

Beans? Beans? We don't need no stinkin' beans!
Everyone knows that real chili doesn't include beans!

[Willie Green]

A snowplow had to be called out to clear the mess.

Goodness, gracious!!!
They oughta know better than that!!!
This is an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented proportions!!!
What are FEMA and the hazmat teams gonna do about this???
That stuff will burn a hole straight down through to the earth's core!!!

[Mike Fieschko]

Anyone remember this one from the Firesign Theatre:

'And there's hamburger all over the highway, in Mystic, Connecticut'?

[order_of_reason]

That stuff will burn a hole straight down through to the earth's core
I wouldn't worry. Hormel is based in Austin, MN. We are about the blandest states in the Union. That chili has at most Lowry's Seasoning for it's 'spicyness'.