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I'll admit it, Florida is weird: pork falling from the sky
Posted on 7/21/17 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 7/21/17 at 6:14 pm
I live here and the whole "of course, Florida" bit was getting annoying, because weird shite happens everywhere.
But I give up.
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But I give up.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Meat falling from the sky is weird, even by Florida standards.
But that's what happened at 4 a.m. Saturday when a 15-pound (6.8-kilogram) bag of frozen pork landed on the Deerfield Beach home of Travis Adair and his family.
Adair said Thursday that the package hit his roof with a "big bang." He thought it was thunder, but his wife Jennie later went outside and found two bundles next to the house. His son Austin found three on the roof.
"It had to fall from the sky," Adair said. "It was too heavy to throw on the roof." The home is near three airports, so Adair thinks it fell from a plane.
The Federal Aviation Administration had no immediate comment Thursday
Labeling on the package shows it originally belonged to Jim Williams, who lives 170 miles (270 kilometers) away in Myakka City, a rural town of 6,300 residents. Williams, who owns a company that prepares fields for planting, said Thursday he bought some pigs from some children at a county fair in January. He kept much of the meat and gave some away but he has no idea how any of it ended up on the Adairs' roof. He is not a pilot and doesn't own a plane.
"I would have thought 15 pounds of frozen meat falling from an airplane would have put a hole in the roof," Williams said.
His friend, Jimmy Fussell, who owns the butcher shop that processed the pigs for Williams, said the mystery, which was featured on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," certainly "beats hearing about all the politics going on." And it has given everyone in Myakka City a laugh.
As for the meat, the Adairs threw it away - though Williams has offered to throw the family a barbecue.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 6:17 pm to sicboy
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But that's what happened at 4 a.m. Saturday when a 15-pound (6.8-kilogram) bag of frozen pork landed on the Deerfield Beach home of Travis Adair and his family.
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"It was too heavy to throw on the roof."
15 lbs is too heavy to throw?
Posted on 7/21/17 at 6:18 pm to sicboy
Les Nesman from WKRP in town?
Posted on 7/21/17 at 6:19 pm to sicboy
If I could choose between the snowbirds and the weirdness I'd keep the weirdness.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 6:21 pm to sicboy
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"It was too heavy to throw on the roof."
It's 15 lbs
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Labeling on the package shows it originally belonged to Jim Williams, who lives 170 miles (270 kilometers) away in Myakka City
This sounds like some stupid CSI nonsense right here.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 6:24 pm to sicboy
If it didn't mess up his roof, I'd just fire up the grill and consider it a gift from God.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 6:50 pm to sicboy
Some punk arse kids probably launched that bitch from a slingshot
Posted on 7/21/17 at 6:52 pm to KarlMalonesFlipPhone
Kind of what I was thinking. Someone had a jackass moment.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 6:56 pm to sicboy
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Kind of what I was thinking. Someone had a jackass moment.
or the military is testing new anti-Muslim ordinance
Posted on 7/21/17 at 6:59 pm to sicboy
Why does AP keep giving the metric equivalents in parentheses?
Posted on 7/21/17 at 7:27 pm to northshorebamaman
quote:Maybe it's a two story. That would be a long way to throw 15 pounds.
15 lbs is too heavy to throw?
Imagine trying to throw a 15 pound dumbbell on a two story roof. And I bet a 15 pound bag of frozen meat would be even more awkward and difficult to throw than a dumbbell.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 7:30 pm to PrimeTime Money
Someone catapulted that bird
Posted on 7/21/17 at 7:31 pm to sicboy
I really hate Florida, but barring a move I'm glad I'm at least in Jacksonville. Don't have to deal with any of the weird shite that seems to happen everywhere else.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 7:34 pm to Tom288
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I'm glad I'm at least in Jacksonville. Don't have to deal with any of the weird shite that seems to happen everywhere else.
So you're gonna pretend the dude who shot himself in the dick a few weeks back didn't happen in your hometown?
Posted on 7/21/17 at 7:36 pm to PrimeTime Money
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Imagine trying to throw a 15 pound dumbbell on a two story roof. And I bet a 15 pound bag of frozen meat would be even more awkward and difficult to throw than a dumbbell.
I just ran the simulation in my head and I successfully threw 15 lbs onto a third floor roof.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 7:36 pm to MoarKilometers
he probably meant "to other people"
Posted on 7/21/17 at 7:37 pm to MoarKilometers
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So you're gonna pretend the dude who shot himself in the dick a few weeks back didn't happen in your hometown?
I did not hear about that. I'm glad I don't have to deal with most of the weird shite that happens everwhere else.
Ya happy?
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he probably meant "to other people"
Also this.
This post was edited on 7/21/17 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 7/21/17 at 7:48 pm to Tom288
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I did not hear about that.
It was on the every news channel and the times union for a few days...
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I'm glad I don't have to deal with most of the weird shite that happens everwhere else.
Well that's lame. I was at a random gathering out in the 'burg a few years back when i met this guy, squirrel in his pocket dui One of the funniest stories I've ever heard.
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