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SD Town Finally Rid Of 44 Tons Of Rotten Meat
ap/theindychannel.com ^ | 10/4/09 | CARSON WALKER

Posted on 10/04/2009 4:46:17 PM PDT by Abathar

BRIDGEWATER, S.D. -- Behind the freezer doors at a meat plant mysteriously abandoned by its owner, the 44 tons of bison meat managed to hold its own for months, masked by the brutal chill of two South Dakota winters.

Once the power was cut and spring thaw arrived, nature took over. And enough rotting meat to fill a high school gym did exactly what you'd expect: It stank.

It stank at the bank. It smelled at the law office. It reeked at the cafe. Even the jewelry store wasn't immune. Everyone in this tiny town could smell it, everywhere they went. A putrid odor so downright nasty the cleaners sent to mop up the gooey mess of liquefied meat -- topped by a blanket of swarming white maggots and buzzed by a legion of flies -- gave up after two days.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Local News
KEYWORDS: bison
I bet the kids at the local school are wondering about the next bowl of chili they get served...
1 posted on 10/04/2009 4:46:18 PM PDT by Abathar
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To: Abathar

Detroits’ Morgue is having this problem too.


2 posted on 10/04/2009 4:49:07 PM PDT by GeronL (meow)
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To: Abathar

What a freakin’ waste of food that was. Not to mention all the Bison.


3 posted on 10/04/2009 4:58:41 PM PDT by historyrepeatz
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To: Abathar

I wonder how many tons of rotten meat we have in Washington?


4 posted on 10/04/2009 5:10:23 PM PDT by IbJensen (If Catholic voters were true to their faith there would be no abortion and no President Obama.)
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To: GeronL

Yeah, I was the one who posted that story too.

Seems I must have a subliminal thing for rotting flesh...


5 posted on 10/04/2009 5:37:06 PM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Abathar

Surströmming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surströmming


6 posted on 10/04/2009 5:47:11 PM PDT by seton89
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To: historyrepeatz
Behind the freezer doors at a meat plant mysteriously abandoned by its owner,

Who is John Galt?

When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed. Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand

7 posted on 10/04/2009 6:07:47 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy Saints surrounded)
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I'm wondering how they cleaned it up so inexpensively

SNIPPET . . . .When the town about 40 miles away from Sioux Falls, S.D., began to warm in the spring, the smell began to creep out. Some said the scent was like road kill. The mayor said he spent two tours of duty in Vietnam and could not recall smelling anything as bad.

Attsah pretty bad!

8 posted on 10/04/2009 10:54:28 PM PDT by skeptoid (AA, AE, MBS{with clusters})
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To: Repeat Offender

Ayn Rand BUMP!


9 posted on 10/05/2009 7:18:20 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., hot enough down there today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: Abathar

What a waste of food.


10 posted on 10/05/2009 7:21:35 AM PDT by mysterio
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To: mysterio

I like Buffalo, the guy could have sold it for 1/2 price when it was still frozen and good and avoided this whole thing.

88 thousand pounds of good meat, what a waste.


11 posted on 10/05/2009 7:23:57 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Abathar; dighton; martin_fierro; Constitution Day; Tijeras_Slim; Larry Lucido; ...
SD Town Finally Rid Of 44 Tons Of Rotten Meat
Rosie O'Donnell kicked out of small town in South Dakota

12 posted on 10/05/2009 7:24:53 AM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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Rosie O'Donnell "topped by a blanket of swarming white maggots and buzzed by a legion of flies"

EWWWWWWWWWWWW!

13 posted on 10/05/2009 7:33:35 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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