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15. Live update 20 years ago on US 101; a truck transporting chickens crashed into a S.F Zoo truck ...

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Sun Dec 8, 2024, 07:04 AM

Dec 8

that was transporting a Bengal tiger. All animals escaped: the tiger and 100 chickens.

Wait, make that 99 chickens. No, 98, 96. 90 ...

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Didn't actually happen. It was for a radio ad I wrote to promote live freeway updates, on the radio, way back before smartphone apps and even smartphones. But HAD IT HAPPENED, you would have heard it first on XXX AM.

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WOWOWOWOWOW!!! elleng Dec 7 #1

Where is Ivar Haglund when we need him? FuzzyRabbit Dec 8 #2

Hadn't heard of that. usonian Dec 8 #3

How awful! FuzzyRabbit Dec 8 #4

A number of years ago a truck lost its load of polystyrene cups on 880 dickthegrouch Dec 8 #11

What a character KT2000 Dec 8 #8

30,000 pounds of chocolate bananas fargone Dec 8 #5

Yay Wah_Guy Dec 8 #13

Smothers Brothers fargone Dec 8 #6

I would have. usonian Dec 8 #7

If only they had graham crackers and marshmallows. Dem2theMax Dec 8 #9

It must have smelled wonderful. murielm99 Dec 8 #10

I couldn't resist posting this one. usonian Dec 8 #12

I laughed, guffawed, smiled, chortled, chuckled, giggled, cackled, tittered, roared, sniggered, snickered Wonder Why Dec 8 #16

Hopefully Old Crank Dec 8 #14

Live update 20 years ago on US 101; a truck transporting chickens crashed into a S.F Zoo truck ... Auggie Dec 8 #15

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