# German firemen on the Hershey Highway **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firemen-on-the-hershey-highway/826040 "2018-12-13T04:19:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firemen-on-the-hershey-highway/826040/1 "2018-12-13T04:19:22Z")
No, that is _not_ a blog soon to disappear from Tumblr, it is a [major spill at a chocolate factory](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna947301). ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firemen-on-the-hershey-highway/826040/2 "2018-12-13T04:25:43Z")
I saw that on the news this evening. That was probably a lot less unpleasant to clean up than most of the things these crews deal with. Several years ago, a big farm stand in my area that mostly sold pumpkins caught fire, and the FFs were wading through knee-deep cooked pumpkin. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firemen-on-the-hershey-highway/826040/3 "2018-12-13T05:48:43Z")
Ain’t got shit on **The Great Molasses Flood of 1919**. [https://www.history.com/news/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919](https://www.history.com/news/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firemen-on-the-hershey-highway/826040/4 "2018-12-13T06:09:37Z")
Oh, the loss. What a scandal. And we thought it was nice when the bread factory exploded. Smelled like fresh baked bread for weeks. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firemen-on-the-hershey-highway/826040/5 "2018-12-13T06:15:59Z")
Looks like the chocolatiers made it _chocolate rain_. Somebody’s getting fired! ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firemen-on-the-hershey-highway/826040/6 "2018-12-13T06:45:14Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Looks like the chocolatiers made it _chocolate rain_. Somebody’s getting fired! Some stay dry and others feel the pain. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firemen-on-the-hershey-highway/826040/7 "2018-12-13T08:22:43Z")
Reading the title, my first thought was something more…errrr…sexual! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firemen-on-the-hershey-highway/826040/8 "2018-12-13T16:28:35Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > Reading the title, my first thought was something more…errrr…sexual! 😃 As per my understanding, it would be the Greek firemen more likely to use the hershey highway. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firemen-on-the-hershey-highway/826040/9 "2018-12-13T16:45:03Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh, the loss. What a scandal. And we thought it was nice when the bread factory exploded. Smelled like fresh baked bread for weeks. When the candle factory was burning down, we all stood around singing, “Happy Birthday.” – Steven Wright ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firemen-on-the-hershey-highway/826040/10 "2018-12-13T16:51:39Z")
[Mrs. Gloop]Augustus! Come back![/MG] ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-firemen-on-the-hershey-highway/826040/11 "2018-12-13T21:44:56Z")
I thought it was going to be about PA 422.