Syrup spill sticks Oklahoma commuters in thick traffic jam

[Capt. Obvious]

Traffic slowed to a trickle on a major Oklahoma City highway on Wednesday morning after a tractor trailer hauling syrup sprang a leak and left a 5-mile trail of the sticky substance on the roadway.

"We called an environmental clean-up company to determine how to clean up the mess," said Cole Hackett, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.

The department closed off some lanes of Interstate 44, placing salt and sand over the pancake syrup spill.

The tanker, which was hauling 48,000 gallons (181,700 liters) of syrup to an Oklahoma City restaurant, traveled for miles before the driver noticed the syrup leak, the department said.

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Everyone, please get moving on the jokes. Funniest snark wins the thread!

[jsr]

1. Sweet.

[Orrex]

2. I don't usually like syrup with my jam.

[CreekDog]

10. .

[liberal N proud]

3. They should have just had a pancake feed right there during rush hour

Breakfast on the way to work.

[Orrex]

4. Traffic delays like this can really sap local business.

[Orrex]

5. I tried to sneak past this spill syruptitiously.

[Capt. Obvious]

6. I hop into these threads

as do you

[Brother Buzz]

7. Hauling 48,000 gallons of syrup to an Oklahoma City restaurant?

Jeez Louise, that sound like an exorbitant amount.

[Philly Cowboy]

8. I guess you've never been to Oklahoma City

[Capt. Obvious]

12. I'm surprised the locals didn't show up with their eating spoons

Up here, if someone hits a deer the race is on to be the first one there to claim it.

[pintobean]

17. Well they tell me I was born there

But I really don't remember.

[longship]

14. Either IHOP, or the Waffle House, I expect.

[MisterP]

15. they have an underground tank like a gas station, right?

[Brother Buzz]

16. That, or maybe a tower tank with gravity feed piping to each table

[MineralMan]

9. If they don't get this cleaned up right away,

millions of bees will die in traffic.

Think of the bees, for pity's sake! Think of the bees!

[JHB]

11. UPDATE: tankers of batter and butter collide a half mile from spill site...

"This is maddening," said Cole Hackett, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. "We have the perfect solution to the syrup spill, but it's too far away."

[longship]

13. Traffic was slower than molasses in February.