I've smelled paper mills all over MS that would gag you, but nothing would gag you like Sanderson Farms when they were processing chickens at that plant down by the airport in Laurel. You could ask what is that smell? Their reply was always "that's the smell of money being made!"
I was surprised to learn Sbarro pizza still exists. As a kid I used to always get that at the Jackson mall. Also, the dude who worked there looked like Dennis Eckersley, but sadder.
Laurel is a **** town in a **** county. "The Free State"....
There is one in Northpark mall and I think there used to be one in the outlet mall by BassPro but its gone.
We were at a golf tournament one time, I believe in Memphis, and met a family that had flown down from California. I talked to them a while and their plan was to drive through Mississippi to the airport in New Orleans to fly back so they could see Laurel because they liked that home improvement show or whatever it was. I was dumbfounded, could not believe all the way from California and making sure to stop in Laurel before flying back.
I'm originally from laurel, born and raised. i don't get the national and the international draw of people selling everything to move there. the lingering concern is that none of these people have brought any industry to the area. So once the show dies, and it will, so does the city. the rise property taxes isn't sustainable with any industry growth to support it. by the way, i still love some corn dog 7 after all these years.
I went to JCJC for two years before coming to State and we’d drive by that plant going from Ellisville to the gym out on 84 west of Laurel. I always thought it smelled a lot like dog food, but worse. Thanks for that. Haven’t thought about that in years.
Reminds me of my mother in law that used to work at Cooper Tire in Tupelo. When she got home at the end of the day, my father in law would complain how she smelled. Her retort: "Smells like money to me."
Girl I used to work with said Laurel was an ugly town. I said, what? Then I realized the only part of Laurel she ever saw was I59 driving from Hoover to Ocean Springs to visit her boyfriend, now husband. So I agreed, but told her she’s seen more of that part of town than I have. And I grew up there. Also explains why Steve Forbert from Meridian write that song. That part of Laurel ain’t the good part.
. . . who is apparently adding 5-1/2" corn dogs to his menu.
