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This epidemic of meatspills is a blight upon our society. Isn't there some way we could deploy our surplus pit bull terriers to dispose of these freeway hazards?

Posted by flamingbanjo | January 10, 2008 10:03 AM
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No, they'll just sell it to McDonald's at a discount.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | January 10, 2008 10:06 AM
3

That's kind of disgusting.

Posted by Mr. Poe | January 10, 2008 10:08 AM
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Too much red meat clogs major arteries. It's clearly a PR stunt for a cholesterol blocking medication that the spam filter won't let me name.

Posted by PA Native | January 10, 2008 10:14 AM
5

I didn't even know there were rendered meat trucks.

Posted by Greg | January 10, 2008 10:21 AM
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@5

I don't know if you're joking or not, but I honestly had no clue. I'd rather not think about it, too.

Posted by Mr. Poe | January 10, 2008 10:25 AM
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That's so weird, because several years ago I got stuck in traffic on I5 because the right two lanes were blocked after a truck accidentally dumped a bunch of poultry on the road. The worst part was when I saw some cars trying to drive over poultry to get by. Is this some sort of epidemic?

Posted by Emma | January 10, 2008 10:26 AM
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Our surplus pit-bulls are being used as bomb sniffing dogs at the ferry terminals....

http://www.pitbulllovers.com/pitbull-rescue-neville-bomb-dog.html

Posted by NapoleonXIV | January 10, 2008 10:40 AM
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Rendered meat, aka your next Whopper.

Posted by monkey | January 10, 2008 10:44 AM
10

I just found my dream job.

Posted by josh bomb | January 10, 2008 11:00 AM
11

I wish I was hot tipper Kate. I love meat piles

Posted by DJSauvage | January 10, 2008 11:13 AM
12

Happy hour meat snax at Moe's?

Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber | January 10, 2008 11:19 AM
13

What if we stopped murdering animals? No? Don't want to do that? OK. Enjoy.

Posted by elenchos | January 10, 2008 11:28 AM
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Remember, the vegetables scream when you murder them ...

(actually, they do, scientific fact)

Posted by Will in Seattle | January 10, 2008 11:30 AM
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I got stuck behind a rendering truck accident in Skagit County a few years ago - apparently the truck hit its brakes too hard and the rendered meat, in this case horses, rode the wave over the top of the trailer and all over the truck. Not to mention the highway. I promptly swore off horse meat.

Posted by giddy up | January 10, 2008 11:34 AM
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This is an epidemic. Several years ago, driving north to Canada from a concert in Minneapolis, we were seconds from avoiding a collision with a large animal carcass of some kind. It was unidentifiable at highway speed, but clearly did not have any skin ...

Posted by C | January 10, 2008 12:11 PM
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@ 5 and 6, I'm with you. If I'd heard that radio announcement, "rendering truck" would have meant nothing to me. And according to @15, they just have open tops that could let the meaty, viscous matter slosh over the top? That's unacceptable. Furthermore, the name "rendering truck" makes i sound like the truck itself does the rendering, like they lead the poor beasts into the truck only to be pureed within its bowels.

Posted by spencer | January 10, 2008 12:34 PM
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#14 - I love you Will in Seattle for bringing that up!!
Living is living...
(:=

Posted by subwlf | January 10, 2008 12:44 PM
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There is no fucking way they intended to cook/serve/sell the meat if the top was open and they let it just slush around. As much as vegetarians and vegans want you to think what you're eating is treated like that, it's not.

Posted by Mr. Poe | January 10, 2008 1:55 PM
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Heh heh -- Poe's getting grossed out. Apparently he can't handle the slimy, grey, disgusting truth sloshing around inside him right now.

Posted by Irena | January 10, 2008 2:21 PM
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Mr. Poe would like nothing more than something grey sloshing around inside of him.

Posted by David Schmader | January 10, 2008 2:37 PM
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A-ugh!-men! WOOT!

Posted by Mr. Poe | January 10, 2008 3:27 PM

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