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UK: 13 tonnes of raw fish burst from the back of a lorry as it drove uphill. (Alas, no photos)
BBC On-Line ^
| Tuesday, 29 March, 2005
| staff writer
Posted on 03/29/2005 10:28:40 AM PST by yankeedame
Last Updated: Tuesday, 29 March, 2005, 10:28 GMT 11:28 UK
Thirteen tonnes of fish on road
Thirteen tonnes of raw fish spilled on to a road after they burst from the back of a lorry as it drove uphill. The £80,000 of fish boxed in ice crates slipped off the articulated container on Spread Eagle Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset, early on Tuesday morning.
A police spokesman said: "Apparently, fish were all over the road."
Nobody was injured in the incident. Dorset County Council's attempts to clear the road using a digger and lorry are being hampered by poor weather.
A spokesman for Dorset Police said: "It appears as the lorry started its ascent up the hill the load in the rear of the articulated container slipped backwards, probably on the wet floor, and the weight of the fish on the rear doors forced the doors open."
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A police spokesman said: "Apparently, fish were all over the road."
"Apparently"?Apparently??
To: yankeedame
Sub headline:
"Sushi prices plummet in Dorsett"
To: yankeedame
Seems to be something fishy about this story!
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posted on
03/29/2005 10:36:40 AM PST
by
rocksblues
(First there was Terri, whose next? You, me, your child, your wife?)
To: yankeedame
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posted on
03/29/2005 10:37:23 AM PST
by
The_Victor
(Calvin: "Do tigers wear pajamas?", Hobbes: "Truth is we never take them off.")
To: Semper Paratus
Sub headline:
"Sushi prices plummet in Dorsett"
LOL!!!!
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posted on
03/29/2005 10:38:50 AM PST
by
yankeedame
("Born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.")
To: yankeedame
It appears as the lorry started its ascent up the hill the load in the rear of the articulated container slipped backwardsProbably just a red herring
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posted on
03/29/2005 10:39:33 AM PST
by
peyton randolph
(Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
To: yankeedame
Something's fishy about this story.
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posted on
03/29/2005 10:39:55 AM PST
by
azhenfud
("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
To: yankeedame
fish were all over the road... Well, of course - they never were in driving schools...
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posted on
03/29/2005 10:41:15 AM PST
by
talleyman
(E=mc2 (before taxes))
To: talleyman
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posted on
03/29/2005 10:42:49 AM PST
by
expatguy
(http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
To: peyton randolph
"
..slipped backwards.."
Note; fish slime is apparently as slippery as an eel in a bucket of snot.
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posted on
03/29/2005 10:43:03 AM PST
by
azhenfud
("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
To: yankeedame
13 tonnes of raw fish on the road, 13 tonnes of fish! You take one down and pass it around, 12 tonnes of fish on the road!
What a stinking mess that must have been.
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posted on
03/29/2005 10:45:41 AM PST
by
Hi Heels
(Now Andy, I ain't got time for them trivial trivialities...Barney Fife)
To: yankeedame
that will happen with those lorrys....they should have used a truck.
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posted on
03/29/2005 10:48:22 AM PST
by
Vaquero
("There is nothing lower than the human race - except the french." (Mark Twain))
To: yankeedame
Fortunately, they were near Madonna's house, so no one noticed the difference.
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posted on
03/29/2005 10:48:42 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(We miss ya, Indie! Law Enforcement Against Prohibition - http://www.leap.cc)
To: yankeedame
Where?
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posted on
03/29/2005 10:51:30 AM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: yankeedame
FALSTAFF I grant ye, upon instinct. Well, he is there too, and one Mordake, and a thousand blue-caps more: Worcester is stolen away to-night; thy father's beard is turned white with the news: you may buy land now as cheap as stinking mackerel.
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posted on
03/29/2005 10:54:25 AM PST
by
Vaquero
("There is nothing lower than the human race - except the french." (Mark Twain))
To: yankeedame
A fish spill on Spread Eagle Hill.
Nah, too easy.
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posted on
03/29/2005 10:59:47 AM PST
by
michigander
(The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: Larry Lucido
"Fortunately, they were near Madonna's house, so no one noticed the difference."
LOL!!! I would think the smell would have gotten a bit more pleasant.....
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posted on
03/29/2005 11:05:10 AM PST
by
highnoon
(It isn't 'to protect and serve', now it's 'to select and observe')
To: michigander
"A fish spill on Spread Eagle Hill."
In Shafts-bury, yet. Don't know how I missed that.
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posted on
03/29/2005 11:11:48 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(We miss ya, Indie! Law Enforcement Against Prohibition - http://www.leap.cc)
To: yankeedame
It's pretty gross..I was on my way to work one morning and the route was the same one taken by a delivery truck that delivered fish entrails etc to a recycling plant where it was mixed with soil and bark mulch then "stewed" for a while...the truck headed up over a little hill and sloshed it's contents onto the hill...people were spinning their wheels in the stuff as they went up the hill, so was I...the Fire Dept came by later and hosed it all into the ditch...
To: Larry Lucido
"on Spread Eagle Hill in Shaftesbury"
hmmm , I wonder what goes on around there?
The Brits have such a way with place names ,
it's no wonder the Colony's chose succession
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posted on
03/29/2005 11:17:51 AM PST
by
injin
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