First glance, second glance, third glance

An Associated Press headline and my reaction, or rather, reactions...

Rig Spills 40,000 Pounds...

Aw, great. Yet another victory for Big Oil.

*blink*

Waitaminit.

Rig Spills 40,000 Pounds of Sauce...

They're drilling for sauce now? I've gotten oily marinara sauce at a diner once or twice, but isn't that a little excessive?

Let's see that again.

Rig Spills 40,000 Pounds of Sauce in Ohio

Ah, now I see. Not an oil rig, but a tractor rig. Must have been carrying sauce.

Yep. 20 tons of ketchup, tomato juice, and spaghetti sauce splattered all over I-70.

There was some good news: they salvaged about 1,500 pounds of food and sauces and delivered them to a food bank in Zanesville, Ohio.

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