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This cheese truck crashed and everyone raced to make the same joke

"Watch out for de-brie."

Shannon Connellan

on November 24, 2017

This cheese truck crashed and everyone raced to make the same joke

You'd better brie-lieve it. Doesn't look gouda. We'll stop. Credit: Mint Images/REX/Shutterstock

When a truck carrying about 30 tonnes of cheese flips on a highway, people break out some really grating puns.

On Friday, a B-Double semi-trailer carrying approximately 30 tonnes of as-yet-undetermined cheese rolled and blocked the Hume Highway near Goulburn, Australia, according NSW Police.

Luckily, no one was hurt, and emergency services arrived at the scene south of Breadalbane at 8.10 a.m. AEDT. NSW Police said that work was underway to "remove the cheese and salvage the truck." Yes, in that order. Priorities.

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Because people can't help themselves, everyone raced to make the worst cheese joke.

NSW Police posted a good'un on Twitter.

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Then, they just kept coming.

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Guess we'll just have to grin and Camembert it.

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Shannon Connellan

UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.