Bull Semen Causes scare, Closes highway - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Aquaticedge · #1 08-23-2011, 01:37 PM

NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - A spill of frozen bull semen bound for a Texas breeder triggered a scare here early Tuesday that temporarily shut down an interstate highway during the morning rush hour.
The incident began when the driver of a Greyhound bus carrying the freight alerted the fire department he had lost a part of his load while negotiating the ramp leading from Interstate 40 onto Interstate 65 south in downtown Nashville.
"We didn't know what it was, but we were told (the canisters) were non-toxic," said Maggie Lawrence, a fire department spokeswoman.
When firefighters arrived on the ramp, they saw "four small propane-sized canisters (that) began to emit a light vapor," Lawrence said.
In addition to the vapor, the canisters also let off an unpleasant odor and the ramp was closed while emergency personnel tried to determine what was in the containers.
The bus driver turned around to retrieve the canisters. Once emergency personnel learned the "smoking" canisters were nothing hazardous and that they simply contained frozen bull semen that had been stored on dry ice, Tennessee Department of Transportation and fire department workers cleared the ramp.
"It was no different to us than if a mattress fell off a truck," said transportation spokeswoman B.J. Doughty.
(Editing by James B. Kelleher and Greg McCune)

TX76513 · #2 08-23-2011, 02:16 PM

That's a bunch of bull! Glad they could come to an early conclusion on the contents

MBeige · #3 08-23-2011, 02:24 PM

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...alerted the fire department he had lost a part of his load...

Aquaticedge · #4 08-23-2011, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MBeige

aand thats the point where I started to laugh

aklim · #5 08-23-2011, 02:32 PM

Driver lost load?

Unpleasant odor?

Aquaticedge · #6 08-23-2011, 02:41 PM

Sticky situation....

Mistress · #7 08-23-2011, 02:46 PM

Had it originated in Washington, it would be Bull Sh*!....

Hatterasguy · #8 08-23-2011, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MBeige

Yeah that's about as far as I got.

The Clk Man · #9 08-23-2011, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

Driver lost load?

Unpleasant odor?

Aklim, don't you masturbate bulls as a side job?

aklim · #10 08-23-2011, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by The Clk Man

Aklim, don't you masturbate bulls as a side job?

I don't. Are you trying to find someone to be your JO buddy?

cmac2012 · #11 08-23-2011, 03:28 PM

had lost a part of his load while negotiating the ramp

I HATE it when that happens . . .

aklim · #12 08-23-2011, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by cmac2012

had lost a part of his load while negotiating the ramp

I HATE it when that happens . . .

Does it happen to you often?

The Clk Man · #13 08-23-2011, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

I don't. Are you trying to find someone to be your JO buddy?

Not really.

t walgamuth · #14 08-23-2011, 04:55 PM

Oh come on now.....

raymr · #15 08-23-2011, 04:56 PM

I worked for a company that built bottle and vial filling equipment and one of our customer's products was bull semen. Every few years, after many thousands of fillings, and inevitably some breakage and spills, the machines came back to us to be rebuilt and refurbished. Needless to say, nobody wanted to do those.