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Tastes Like Chicken? Or Tastes Like Sleepy Drivers?

Tastes like chicken. You know the hidebound old adage well, and maybe even have humorously offered it in response to sampling extremely vile or creepy food. Now check this out. The brainiacs at Stanford University have used that saying to essentially describe the effects of sleepy driving. Confused yet? Well, you know how you'll eat a mystery meat at a cafeteria and say it "Tastes like chicken?" A Stanford study shows that driving while sleep-deprived "tastes" like drunk driving, when the levels of impairment are compared. In a way, drunk driving is getting a bad rap because now everything is being compared to it. DUI has been yoked to talking on a cellphone, using a hands-free device while talking and now being...sleepy. More »

1:45 PM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Travis Hudson
457 views, 22 comments

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Poultry Fat Causes Chaos on Virginia Roads

If you live in Virginia and accidentally put a dent in your parent's new Bimmer we've got a great excuse for you: a truck carrying poultry fat left a trail of greasy, smelly lard 20 miles along northbound Route 13 in eastern Virginia, causing at least four accidents and creating a massive stink. It all started when a driver for Perdue somehow sprung a leak while carting the waste product to a disposal facility. Despite leaving a "greasy film" and broken fenders in his wake, it wasn't until he made it to a weigh-station that the cops caught up to him. More »

6:00 PM on Tue Nov 27 2007
By Matt Hardigree
887 views, 26 comments

Latest by Moonshine Mike: Tk's show - back on itunes. more »