Strathfield: Shopper turns heads by carrying two bloodied animal carcasses over his shoulder along a suburban shopping strip: ‘That’s disgusting’
A man has sparked debate after carrying two ‘disgusting’ carcasses of amines along one of Sydney’s main shopping streets.
A photo of the two decapitated and skinned animals, over the left shoulder of a casually dressed man on The Boulevarde in Strathfield in the city’s west, was posted on social media.
Shoppers outside a medical center and the suburb’s ‘Veggie Shed’ appeared unfazed by the unusual sight.
But opinions online were divided.
A ‘meat lumper’ sparked online debate by carrying two ‘disgusting’ carcasses along one of Sydney’s main shopping streets. Pictured: The photo of the dead animals posted on a suburban Facebook group
The street where the carcasses were carried up is one of the busiest in Strathfield
One thought the spectacle was ‘medieval’, another called it ‘disgusting’.
Another man didn’t miss the opportunity to serve up a clever pun.
“Taking up the entire sidewalk!”
Others added some typical Australian humour.
“No wonder the flies are so bad this year.”
One man had a simple explanation for the unusual sight: that it was simply a delivery to a nearby butcher shop.
“The same meat lumper goes to Epping, Eastwood as well as Burwood and Strathfield, unless a shop has an apprentice who will bring the lumper in,” he wrote.
Meat curing is the process by which a delivery person transports carcasses from a truck to a butcher shop.
“I’ve been seeing this here since I was a kid,” said one local.
Others compared the lumper’s technique to others recently seen in the area.
In July, a man was spotted carrying a huge pig carcass without protective clothing.
In July, a man was spotted in Eastwood carrying a huge pig carcass without protective gear
The poster’s caption for the new carcass photo read: “We may be biased, but we think Eastwood’s pig porters are superior.”
“I’m patiently waiting for the day when there’s a photo of pig carcasses on the back of a motorcycle in Eastwood.”
‘This is gross. I love pigs, pigs are as intelligent as dogs,” replied one animal lover.
But exactly which type of animal was lumped together was up for debate.
“That’s a strange-looking pig,” said one.
‘It’s not a pig. A little lamb!’ another added.
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