In propagating American stereotypes: semi-truck hauling Heinz ketchup overturns and crashes on I-95, spilling its contents all over the road
Too bad this happened in the Florida stretch of I-95, and not like outside of Savannah or something. Chalk this up as another close call that doesn’t really count, as it was close, but didn’t actually happen in Georgia, much less the Metro Atlanta area. Bummer.
Whatever though, so ketchup. Who ever knew that ketchup was in such a demand that it needed to be hauled in semis? Seriously, segments of life can be measured in the time it takes me to actually kill bottles of ketchup. Seriously, I remember a point in my life where my mom got a Costco-sized 64 oz. bottle of Heinz ketchup, and it probably lasted between the 4th through 7th grades; I’m pretty sure in the case of ketchup, best used by dates are more like suggested guesses and that it doesn’t actually expire.
I’m fairly certain there are several bottles of ketchup in my current refrigerator, on account of having hosted several barbecues throughout the years, with none of them being even remotely close to being empty.
Hell, I know for a fact that there’s a bottle of fancy curry-ketchup from Belgium that mythical girlfriend and I picked up at a Brussels grocery store, because European condiments are intriguing, in her fridge now. The andalouse sauce I also purchased is pretty much empty, but the curry ketchup, although it is tasty and different, is probably still three-quarters full. Probably for no other reason than that it’s still ketchup at the end of the day.
Yet there’s still a demand for ketchup that it requires to be hauled in semis in Florida? I want to be facetious and snarky, and declare that this is the ketchup that Floridians will receive for the rest of their lives, but given the fact of the combination of tourism and white trash that Florida is known for, it’s still a lot of ketchup, but probably justifiably warranted.
Bottom line is still lol truck crash food spill. Ketchup is an interesting consumable to have spilled, but frankly it’s a new thing to the veritable highway food waste buffet, and something that often goes overlooked in the grand spectrum of what comprises of typical meals. But condiments are nice to have, and thanks to one unfortunate truck driver, it looks like Florida’s supply of ketchup is going to take a little bit of a ding for a minute.
