AI6YR Ben

20 tons of tofu
rotting in the creek
Smells so awful
It really does reek

Semi full of tofu
Went off the edge
Now it's rotting
Behind a hedge

Stuck down there
in Tater Hollow
Been there for weeks
I don't follow

They don't eat
much tofu there
Down in Missouri
I do swear

Don't ask me
I can't tell you
Why Missouri doesn't
pay for a clean up crew

#poem (human)

NPR: A tofu truck crashed in Missouri. Weeks later, the rotting smell is stinking up the town

https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2026-03-24/tofu-truck-crash-missouri-phelps-county

#tofu #accident #crash

A tofu truck crashed in Missouri. Weeks later, the rotting smell is stinking up the town

Local authorities say no one was hurt in the Phelps County crash, but the scene at the 172-mile marker is still there. One local resident said online that the rotting tofu left behind smells similar to catfish bait.

KCUR
Mar 28 at 11:28pmWeb
Show threadAmy Maybe1d ago
@ai6yr They certainly won't start now!
Show threadAI6YR Ben1d ago
@APBBlue I bet no one in that county eats tofu for the rest of their life, they will have been traumatized lol
Show threadDarth Osler1d ago

@ai6yr @APBBlue wait

Isn't rotten tofu shoyu?

Show threadAI6YR Ben1d ago

@autolycos @APBBlue LOL I don't think tofu rotting in a creek works for that.

*BUT*, now I am thinking this is why the dog here won't eat tofu (unless it's covered with bacon grease or meat). They do have finer noses than humans, and must smell the stuff we don't! (I love tofu, myself, eat it a lot... in fact trying to eat more instead of red meat).

Show threadDarth Osler1d ago

@ai6yr @APBBlue I'll put my nose up against them for a few things

Petrichor, for instance. Humans are the winners I have found for sensitivity

Show threadDarth Osler1d ago
@ai6yr @APBBlue humans have average mammal noses. We are also TALL compared to other 50 kg mammals
Show threadGray Hairs1d ago

@ai6yr

Tofu wastewater smells awful. Some people with a factory used to spray it on their pasture, and the stench would waif over to the courtyard; and I would wonder what the smell was.

Show threadAI6YR Ben1d ago
@kete Ewwww
Show threadPlutarch1d ago

@ai6yr

🎶 You load twenty tons, wha-do-ya get? Another big wreck and a bigger yet stench… 🎶

Show threadAllan Chow1d ago

@ai6yr killer tofuuuuuu

https://youtu.be/4AyrQg4xXI4?si=BTUmABdNGF3j7Yac

Killer Tofu: The Beets, (Music Video) Doug

YouTube
Show threadAI6YR Ben1d ago
@grumpasaurus Ha ha ha!
Show threadkey/rowan1d ago

@ai6yr ouch. i mean companies not wanting to clean up their crashed trucks is definitely a thing that happens anyway, because it's costly to deal with freight removal. in a lot of cases it requires the truck to be towed/righted first, and sometimes smaller carriers have to raise the money to deal with the wrecker fee because they don't have enough available credit or good enough credit to front it.

i hope the management of the trucking company have to personally experience the smell of rotting tofu at some point though. i can't imagine it smells pleasant.

Show threadColes Street Pothole1d ago

@ai6yr
Why didn't they deal with it on day 1?

Miso confused....

Yo soy siento.

Show threadGutmensch.19h ago
@ai6yr Trucker companies have no responsibility to clean up? #latestagecapitalism
Show threadme_valentijn18h ago
@ai6yr
Tater town names are the best. After seeing a Taterville on a Ryan Hall livestream, it's now the official name of our couch.