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[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

They're using... high pressure water to clear the road

Wull there's your problem right there. Water + instant mashed potatoes = mashed potatoes.

[glatt]

I'm surprised they were being transported in bulk. I would think they would be boxed up in consumer sized boxes at the same facility that mashes and dries them.

[infinite monkey]

Originally Posted by glatt

I'm surprised they were being transported in bulk. I would think they would be boxed up in consumer sized boxes at the same facility that mashes and dries them.

Yes, that's pertubering!

[Carruthers]

When I submitted my initial post, I had a vague recollection of something similar happening a few days ago in Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.

Exercising the powers vested in me by Google, I found this:

HENLEY town centre was brought to a standstill on Wednesday morning after what was feared to be a chemical spillage.

The incident happened outside the Angel on the Bridge pub at about 9.10am and resulted in the closure of Henley Bridge and many roads in the town centre being sealed off. However, it turned out the creamy white material in the road was potato waste which had fallen off a lorry as it turned the corner.

About 20 firefighters were called to the scene together with police cars and an ambulance. No traffic was allowed into the town centre for almost three hours and police redirected drivers.

There's also a video with the article, but the excitement might prove too much for the more sensitive viewer:

Henley Standard

Further mention in the second half of this item:

Daily Mail

Twice this month? There's enough material there for a conspiracy theory.

[xoxoxoBruce]

...it turned out the creamy white material in the road was potato waste which had fallen off a lorry as it turned the corner.

Potato waste, from making the instant mashed.

[lumberjim]

Potato wave http://www.zazzle.com/potatowavepast...37004292286996

[Undertoad]

Make me fries!

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by glatt

I'm surprised they were being transported in bulk. I would think they would be boxed up in consumer sized boxes at the same facility that mashes and dries them.

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Yes, that's pertubering!

I spuds up the process

[lumberjim]

Aug.... That was a rotten pun.



Aug-rotten..... Um.. Au grotten....

I'll show my self out.

[infinite monkey]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

Aug.... That was a rotten pun.



Aug-rotten..... Um.. Au grotten....

I'll show my self out.

[Sundae]

Psssst.
Wanna buy some prawns?

A TRAILER used to steal £60,000 of North-east shellfish has been found – 369 miles away in Bolton

[Gravdigr]

I never buy used shrimp.

Is that shellfish of me?

[footfootfoot]

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/06...-kills-sister/

A Kentucky woman gave her 5-year-old son a .22 caliber Crickett brand rifle for his birthday. This resulted in the 5-year-old killing his 2-year-old sister, Caroline Sparks.

Sparks left her son unattended with the rifle when he fatally shot his baby sister. Believing that a “child safety” was all that was necessary to keep the child safe from accidentally firing the weapon, the rifle was kept unlocked in a “safe place.” WTF is a child safety?

The clearly stupid and unacquainted with gun safes or trigger locks uncle of the victim said, “It’s just tragic. It’s something that you can’t prepare for.”

The grandmother of the children, Linda Riddle, unversed in simple concepts like "cause and effect" told WLEX, “It was God’s will. It was her time to go, I guess. I just know she’s in heaven right now and I know she’s in good hands with the Lord.”

Kentucky police trooper said that, “It’s just one of those nightmares,” he said, “a quick thing that happens when you turn your back. In this part of the country, it’s not uncommon for a 5-year-old to have a gun or for a parent to pass one down to their kid.”

The rifle that was used was a “My First Rifle” Cricket rifle, designed and marketed as a toy for children.

Rifle ≠ Toy

Darwin is doing a victory dance...

[Gravdigr]

I am familiar with the Crickett rifle.

They are not marketed as toys.

They are genuine firearms, and are marketed as such. They are subject to the same rules and regulations.

What we have here is a family of fucking stupid people.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

It's not often, but, occasionally it's fun to be surrounded by Kentuckians.

Most of the time it's people like those in Foot's post...