It's Not April 1st Is It?

Posted by Nogger - a legend in his own mind at 17:00 | Categorized as

25/08/11 -- Those Reuters boys clearly have a sense of humour unlike those miserable buggers at Dow Jones judging by the following story:

Bull semen spill causes scare, closes highway

I'm particularly impressed with the deadpan line "the driver of a Greyhound bus carrying the freight alerted the fire department he had lost a part of his load."

Maggie, the fire department spokeswoman, clearly spotted the vaguely familiar "unpleasant odour" immediately.

"It was no different to us than if a (presumably heavily stained) mattress fell off a truck," said transportation spokeswoman B.J. Doughty.

Nice one B.J.