LONDON -- There were delays on the A737 near Kilbarchan in Renfrewshire on Thursday, after a van managed to drop its entire load of fish across the road.
The southbound section was littered with fish for several hours while a clean-up operation took place.
The fish, which were reportedly dead and being transported by Billy Bowie Special Projects Limited, scattered across one lane of the road around 4 p.m. Waste management service Scotland Transerv rushed to clear up the shoal.
#A737 Johnstone-Kilbarchan, shed load of fish on lane 2. Expect delays pic.twitter.com/wG651eIKiA— Scotland TranServ (@ScotTranserv) October 29, 2015
#A737 WB #Renfrewshire Lane 2 btwn Johnstone & Kilbarchan closed due to shed load of fish. Slow traffic pic.twitter.com/KdBytqGaFj— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) October 29, 2015
Small-scale road hazard: van dumps fish on dual carriageway https://t.co/eqJbLJMoml pic.twitter.com/JP1TT6mKVH— BBC Scotland News (@BBCScotlandNews) October 29, 2015
Twitter fell over itself to get the puns out.
Wrong plaice at the wrong time... we've just been sent this pic of the A737 near Kilbarchan. @BBCScotlandNews pic.twitter.com/ufJsvjygJa— BBC Scotland (@BBCScotland) October 29, 2015
@ScotTranserv @Gaavster Lorry's insurer won't pay out - it was an Act of Cod...— Morag (@ScunneredScot) October 29, 2015
Must be carp to be caught in a traffic jam cause of the fish on the road. Drivers will be stuck in the one Plaice for a while anyway — Marty Deila (@martymccaff) October 29, 2015
Honestly. They carped on with them for ages.
@BBCScotland @BBCScotlandNews @BBCTravelScot @policescotland Trawling a line of inquiry, it's shoal destroying, net closing & eel be caught— BigCol73 (@colinrobertsons) October 30, 2015
@BBCScotland @Jeremysquire @BBCScotlandNews @BBCTravelScot Another fin mess.— Reg Telescope (@RegTelescope) October 29, 2015
@BBCScotland @RuthDavidsonMSP @BBCScotlandNews @BBCTravelScot they're gonna get battered!— Tom McClure (@airman614) October 29, 2015
@BBCScotland @kirstiemccrum @BBCScotlandNews @BBCTravelScot Alex Salmons career has hit the kerb— David Mooney - Chef (@GobbyChef) October 29, 2015
@BBCScotland @PaulKingstonNNP @BBCScotlandNews @BBCTravelScot not sure who did this say police but the net is closing in.— Gary Howlett (@Garyvtr1000) October 30, 2015
#A737 #Renfrewshire Johnstone to Kilbarchan - cleanup ops now fin-ished & lane 2 o-fish-ialy repoened. Traffic getting back to normal— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) October 29, 2015
You guys.