Posted on 06/04/2010 1:08:48 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
by CYNTHIA VEGA
WFAA
Posted on June 4, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Updated today at 1:06 PM
DALLAS — It was a free-for-all on a Dallas freeway: People flocked to a busy intersection Friday morning to scoop up boxes of graham crackers spilled in an accident Thursday night.
Dallas County Sheriff's Department is trying to determine what caused an 18-wheeler to overturn in the northbound lanes of Interstate 35E at Colorado Boulevard. The wreck snarled traffic for hours overnight. last night.
After the sun came up Friday, rubberneckers turned into cracker collectors.
Deputies had their hands full trying to prevent motorists from rushing in collect hundreds of packages of Honey Maid graham crackers that had been dislodged from the semi-trailer when it turned over.
"I got enough for all my grandkids and my house," said Dora Richards, one of the snack-seekers. Just out of the hospital, she was all smiles after spotting the mountain of graham crackers on her way home.
Like so many others, she instantly pulled over and loaded up.
"This is what I give my kids for snacks, because they have ADHD and bipolar, and I don't give them no real sweet stuff, so it's a blessing for me," Richards said.
By 7:30 a.m., the free-for-all had triggered a traffic jam on I-35 headed into downtown Dallas, the same place where the 18-wheeler had crashed on its side on Thursday evening, spilling its cargo of tasty treats.
The 44-year-old truck driver was taken to a hospital and listed in stable condition Friday, but his load was left behind — a secret until sun-up.
"They were stopping, literally, 10 to 15 at a time, causing not only a traffic hazard, but people were crossing the highway here and could have gotten hit," said sheriff's department spokeswoman Kimberly Leach.
The graham cracker-grab came to an abrupt halt at 10 a.m., when county health officials ruled that the snacks had spent too much time in the sun and were no longer safe for consumption.
Richards appeared to be unconcerned about whether the boxes she grabbed had been tainted. "I'm going to make a graham cracker pie," she said.
An insurance adjuster for the trucking company was also at the scene Friday morning trying to tally the extent of the loss.
I guess it was a miracle!
The Rev. Wright bible would translate “manna from heaven” into “graham sa’h from 7-eleven”.
The Nazis had elections, as well. Ballot selection was somewhat limited, however.
It rhymes!
Disgusting. Just shows you how thin the veneer of civilization really is.
“Oh, how I long for the inevitable coming social upheaval and Civil War that will revert my country to a semblance of decency, with at least a few redeeming qualities. “
It gets closer every day.
Society is nine boxes of graham crackers away from anarchy!
To the lady with the kids with ADHD Graham crackers have loads of cards and the body does not know the difference between sugar carbs and those from Graham crackers.DUH
“The graham cracker-grab came to an abrupt halt at 10 a.m., when county health officials ruled that the snacks had spent too much time in the sun and were no longer safe for consumption.”
Does this a**clown know how lame this sounds? Too much time in the sun for boxed graham crackers? Were they overbaked? Still wouldn’t make then unfit for consumption.
Trade this a**clown for a dog and shoot the dog.
OOPPPSSS cards=carbs
Isn’t diversity grand?
There’s nothing wrong with those kids a good balance diet won’t cure. Eliminate McDonald’s twice a day and it’ll work wonders.
There will be the worst epidemic of diarrhea in Dallas history affecting the kids force fed the free grahm crackers
Actually, the Nazis held very few elections once they gained absolute power. The only ones I'm aware of were referenda on major issues where the only question was: Approve or Disapprove.
It was the commies who were fixated on elections and required people to vote all the time in contests where the result was predetermined.
The commies used these elections to give legitimacy to their control. The Nazis did not use elections as justification for their power, they used other means.
Per your point. I suspect your beef is not that we aren't allowed a free choice of candidates, it's that the people you prefer to win aren't doing so. I suggest your complaint should be made to the majority of your fellow citizens, who have the power to alter this state of affairs any time they so choose.
IOW, at the present time we have the government most of us voted for. We may not like the consequences, but we're (as a group) getting exactly what we asked for.
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