A road was awash with thousands of Britain's least favourite vegetable when a trailer toppled over.
The enormous load of Brussels sprouts was dramatically strewn across the road as the goods vehicle crashed while going round a roundabout in Rosyth, Fife this morning.
It is unknown quite how many sprouts were lost in the crash, which saws mounds of the golfball sized miniature cabbages towering a metre above the road surface.
Police told drivers to avoid the area because of delays and warned that " Christmas dinner may also be affected".
Posting on Twitter , South West Fife Police said: "There's been a bit of a Brussel Sprouts accident at the roundabout at Admiralty Road, Rosyth.
"Please avoid the area if possible. Traffic and Christmas dinners may be affected. Apologies for any delays."
One Twitter user said: "Sproutrageous driving".
Another offered: "Just rinse those sprouts off and they'll be fine."
A third took a more fatalist approach to the crash, suggesting: "Christmas is cancelled.... Brussel sprouts everywhere."
This morning's accident does not represent the first time that a humorous load has caused delays.
In September more than 32,000 litres of gin sloshed onto the M6, leading to long delays and innumerable jokes about the sloe lane.
