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Disaster in New York!
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:40 pm
by herbivore12
Now this is news:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050622/ap_ ... e_disaster
Imagine recounting to the grandkids how you had to flee for higher ground on the day of the Great Popsicle Disaster of 2005.
I know. New Yorkers wear expensive shoes.
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:45 pm
by dwinterfield
Beware of food disasters. Boston was the site of the Great Molasses Flood of 1919.
http://edp.org/molasses.htm
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:26 pm
by Father Emmet
This may be urban myth, but supposedly years ago a few weeks before Thanksgiving a semi hauling frozen turkeys overturned on the Cross Bronx Expressway (NYC), spilling turkeys all over the road and causing a riot.
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:33 pm
by Denny
All we seem to get are rendering trucks on the
ship canal bridge. You are soooo lucky!
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:35 pm
by Joseph E. Smith
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:43 pm
by beowulf573
"As God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly..."
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:22 pm
by Lambchop
beowulf573 wrote:"As God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly..."
One of my all-time favorites!
Found this on the molasses page--the infamous Lake Peigneur disaster:
http://members.tripod.com/~earthdude1/t ... exaco.html
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:31 pm
by s1m0n
More importantly, oldtimers in Montreal still recall the day of the great Stanley Tavern beer flood.
The taps wouldn't shut off, and a valiant crew of old men were forced to attempt to drink the tavern dry, lest all that beer go to waste.
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:55 pm
by Unseen122
Yeah like NYC doesn't have freezing cold winters.
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:08 pm
by herbivore12
s1m0n wrote:More importantly, oldtimers in Montreal still recall the day of the great Stanley Tavern beer flood.
The taps wouldn't shut off, and a valiant crew of old men were forced to attempt to drink the tavern dry, lest all that beer go to waste.
Canada has waaaay better refreshment-related disasters.
And universal health coverage. I'm moving. . .
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:18 pm
by djm
Fr Emmet wrote:This may be urban myth, but supposedly years ago a few weeks before Thanksgiving a semi hauling frozen turkeys overturned on the Cross Bronx Expressway (NYC), spilling turkeys all over the road and causing a riot.
Does anyone else remember the episode of WKRP in Cincinnati where they dropped frozen turkeys from a helicopter on a shopping mall parking lot for Thanksgiving?
djm
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:02 pm
by mvhplank
djm wrote:Does anyone else remember the episode of WKRP in Cincinnati where they dropped frozen turkeys from a helicopter on a shopping mall parking lot for Thanksgiving?
djm
Clearly Beowulf573 does ...
beowulf573 wrote:"As God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly..."
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:58 pm
by Wormdiet
Unseen122 wrote:Yeah like NYC doesn't have freezing cold winters.
No kidding. Apparently the event planners weren;t paid enough to think "Gee, maybe January would be a better time of year. . . . ."
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:41 am
by Flyingcursor
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that TV show where some radio station tossed turkeys out of helicoptors.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:53 am
by Martin Milner
djm wrote:Fr Emmet wrote:This may be urban myth, but supposedly years ago a few weeks before Thanksgiving a semi hauling frozen turkeys overturned on the Cross Bronx Expressway (NYC), spilling turkeys all over the road and causing a riot.
Does anyone else remember the episode of WKRP in Cincinnati where they dropped frozen turkeys from a helicopter on a shopping mall parking lot for Thanksgiving?
djm
Flyingcursor wrote:I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that TV show where some radio station tossed turkeys out of helicoptors.
