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Offline Tess Anderson

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14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« on: May 19, 2008, 09:51:06 PM »
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MORRIS, Ill. (AP) -- Police say a trailer loaded with 14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos has overturned, spilling the cookies still in their plastic sleeves into the median and roadway.

Illinois State Police Sgt. Brian Mahoney says the truck's driver was traveling from Chicago to Morris on Interstate 80 around 4 a.m. Monday when he fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into the median.

"The boxes came out of the trailer and boxes were ripped open," he said.

The crash about 50 miles southwest of Chicago remains under investigation.

Mahoney says no charges have been filed but both lanes of traffic remain closed while authorities remove the cookies
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Some have said this is a symbolism of what's to come soon to Obama. I mourn the loss of the cookies. :(
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Re: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2008, 10:24:42 PM »
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Re: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2008, 08:43:38 AM »
Quick, bring out the milk trucks!


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Re: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2008, 09:10:31 AM »
Oh well....that's the way the cookie crumbles.
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Re: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2008, 09:29:28 AM »
Actually, the traffic jam was caused by hoards of people stopping and stuffing their faces.   :-)
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Re: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2008, 10:36:16 AM »
Sweet lard almighty.  I figured this thread would turn into some waffer-thin puns.
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Re: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2008, 11:14:48 AM »
Wouldn't it have been far more poetic if it had collided with a tanker truck full of milk?
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Re: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2008, 11:20:10 AM »
No charges? The police must be crackers.  :-)
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Re: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2008, 11:22:24 AM »
Quote from: bijou on May 20, 2008, 11:20:10 AM
No charges? The police must be crackers.  :-)
The driver was heard to say "Oh snap".   :-)
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Re: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2008, 11:42:44 AM »
Quote from: lug-nut on May 20, 2008, 11:22:24 AM
Quote from: bijou on May 20, 2008, 11:20:10 AM
No charges? The police must be crackers.  :-)
The driver was heard to say "Oh snap".   :-)
Was his name Graham?
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Re: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2008, 11:45:50 AM »
Quote from: bijou on May 20, 2008, 11:42:44 AM
Quote from: lug-nut on May 20, 2008, 11:22:24 AM
Quote from: bijou on May 20, 2008, 11:20:10 AM
No charges? The police must be crackers.  :-)
The driver was heard to say "Oh snap".   :-)
Was his name Graham?
Yes, and he was having a crummy day.
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Re: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2008, 03:57:47 PM »
"And that's the wayyyyyy the cookie crumbles".




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Re: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2008, 04:48:02 PM »
New bumpersticker...."I BRAKE FOR OREOS"
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Re: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2008, 04:57:55 PM »
A couple nights ago, I built the elusive sextuple-stuf Oreo.  That's where you start with three Double Stufs, take one cookie side off each of them, stick two of them together (known as a quadruple-stuf), carefully try to get one of the cookie sides off that and then, if successful, stick the last of the three Double Stufs on it.

Someday, I will try for the nigh-impossible octuple-stuf.
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Re: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic
« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2008, 04:58:57 PM »
Quote from: jinxmchue on May 20, 2008, 04:57:55 PM
A couple nights ago, I built the elusive sextuple-stuf Oreo.  That's where you start with three Double Stufs, take one cookie side off each of them, stick two of them together (known as a quadruple-stuf), carefully try to get one of the cookie sides off that and then, if successful, stick the last of the three Double Stufs on it.

Someday, I will try for the nigh-impossible octuple-stuf.
You really need to get out more.
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