Dead pigs fly from truck, almost hit minivan

Arizona Republic/Canadian Press ^ | 7.24.02

[mhking]

WINNIPEG, Canada - A minivan driver was able to avoid two decomposing pig carcasses that came flying at him after falling from a recycling truck, but he wasn't able to duck a shower of liquefied animal manure.

Ernie Zacharias was driving along a Winnipeg boulevard with his family Tuesday when the pigs came at him. They had fallen off a Rothsay Recycling truck that braked quickly at a red light.

[Grampa Dave]

How could dead flying pigs in Canada make GW unlucky? That has to be the biggest stretch on FR to blame GW!

Here is the most unlucky guy in the World!

[ravingnutter]

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"

Domesticated turkeys (farm raised) cannot fly. Wild turkeys can fly for short distances at up to 55 miles per hour. Wild turkeys are also fast on the ground, running at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour.

Fun Facts about Turkeys

[goodieD]

I remember reading a news story some years ago about a man who was killed while driving behind a truck carrying a large amount of frozen bull testicals... apparently the latch failed on the truck and a boatload of these things crashed through the guy's car window and killed him.
It is times like these when I renew my prayer: "Dear Lord, please don't let me die in a way that will make "Strange News" section of the paper."

[strela]

How about turkeys dropped out of helicopters?

[Drew68]

Wild turkeys can fly for short distances at up to 55 miles per hour.

Not in Cincinatti.

[dirtboy]

How about turkeys dropped out of helicopters?

Oh, the humanity!

Actually, when I saw the headline that pigs flew, I figured that one of the Clintons had told the truth during a deposition, because I always figured that pigs would fly before that happened...

[Redcloak]

They should be thankful that it wasn't a flying, dead møøse!

[Samwise]

This and the chocolate thread on the same day....

[Pagey]

but he wasn't able to duck a shower of liquefied animal manure..."My kids were just screaming. The stench is so hard to describe...It was unbearable."

Oh,I bet they were screaming.That was just on the car.I remember when #42 was President and a worker fell into a Monster size Vat(of whatever it was, some kind of animal waste I suppose) at the Tyson Food Plant in Arkansas,and died of asphyxiation.They immediately put a guy in a cage,lowered him down to get the body out and he motioned for them to pull up cause he couldn't stand the stench,I imagine it was pretty bad.There was no follow up on how they eventually got the body out.

[RightOnline]

"She visited Rothsay Recycling about an hour after the accident to complain but no managers were available. A company representative came to her home later in the day to apologize and gave the family a $25 gift certificate to a pizza restaurant."

ROFLMAO......................well, let's just say that I'd accept the gift certificate and then say to the moron,

"OK, slick. Now.............let's talk about the cost of cleaning my car, the cost of my time to take it for such cleaning, and a bit of a settlement. Then, you can tell me how your company observes the laws of the state and how you'd win if I actually sued ya, k?"

[Billthedrill]

The stench is so hard to describe.

Liquid pig manure and the aroma of its decomposing progenitors. I bet this poor sod was popular at the car wash...

[no-s]

I once saw the result of a collision between a fuel tanker loaded with kerosene and a stake-bed truck loaded with watermelons.

It sent flaming, stinking, spewing watermelons flying up to a quarter mile, starting fires everywhere, including someone's house, landing on parked cars, etc.

Danger is a strange thang, mon.

[Pharmboy]

C'mon...you saw that in a movie.

Flaming watermelons??

[Jonathon Spectre]

She visited Rothsay Recycling about an hour after the accident to complain but no managers were available. A company representative came to her home later in the day to apologize and gave the family a $25 gift certificate to a pizza restaurant.

"Sorry we almost killed you all, then sprayed you with liquified animal sh*t. Here's a coupon for some pizza."

Just seems odd.

[JAWs]

But I think they meant under their own power.

[Howie]

Once worked with a guy that told of a buzzard feasting in the middle of the road, the thing flew up, crashed through the windshield and landed in his wife's lap, won't describe any more but he said it was unbelievably gross!

[JessicaDragonet]

Imagine running out of gas on your way to work one morning, and, as you are walking down the road, you get hit by a flying dog!! (a car hit a huge dog and sent it flying across the road, hitting my friend) Also imagine trying to sell this to the boss as an explanation for being late! LOL

[Jimmy Valentine]

Thanks for that! That was one of the best episodes from WKRP

[ChadGore]

Hubby: "C'mon honey.."
Wifey: "Honey, I said nooo"
Hubby: "There's noone on the road but that truck . . .[ziiiip]"
Wifey: "When pigs fly!"

Wifey and Hubby: AAaahahhhhh !!!!