Custom Paint Job

We found this beauty on our last trip to the river. Man, there is nothing not to love about this, from the color choice (blue and red on faded orange) to the overspray (at least they tried to tape off the edges) to the fact that it looks like they used a Native American blanket as a pattern (http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-8266589772317_2068_18329204). There is no way a photo could do justice to how phenomenal this paint job is, but here's a close up for you. Click to enbiggen for drippy, cracky, bubbly goodness.

Tow Truck Conga Line

I saw this sight the other day on the way to softball. What we have here is a tow truck pulling a tow truck pulling a car. Apparently the original tow truck broke down whist hauling the car. Please note that every vehicle has lights on: the car has its flashers and both tow truck have the rollers on. I know that I'm a bit of an odd duck, but I think it would be much safer just to haul one vehicle at a time. You cannot tell from the picture, but this highway train was weaving substantially between lanes. But what's a little life endangerment when it saves you a trip back to the shop?

Failure to Communicate

From Dr. "The Original Chip" Mac, esq. (click to enbiggen). He writes: "What we have here... Is a failure to communicate. It appears they are not ones to follow directions in Bevier."

I think it is something other than civil disobedience. Perhaps people from Bevier simply cannot read.

Disconnected

We saw this sad pay phone on our last trip to the river. There are several things of note here: the pole lying on the ground to the left of the phone used to upright on the right side to "protect" it, the base is somewhat twisted, and the receiver is perched on top of the remaining pole. You cannot tell from the picture, but the phone is located about 15 feet from a parking spot. Someone had to really gun it while leaving to do that kind of damage.

The pay phone is already an endangered species in the United States. It's heart wrenching to see the survivors being poached in such a brutal fashion. We checked to see if it was still alive, but sadly we were too late.

Hieroglyphics Are Alive and Well

This is another send in by Griff. He states: "I have no words, other than now I have to pee."

That's what separates Griff from myself; I've got words. The fine folks at Crane Plumbing have mastered the art of using hieroglyphs to subliminally explain the purpose of their products. I'm sure that, if asked, they would say they selected the hole pattern because of optimal flow rates, structural integrity of the ceramic, blah, blah, blah. But you and I, dear reader, know the truth: men need as much assistance as possible to keep from urinating on every surface of the bathroom.

That's GREAT!

Griff send me this picture and says: "She does? Really? That's GREAT! I'm in."

My concern is that if she actually does bang all of St. Roberts, Missouri, she had better have good health insurance.

Custom Gold Trim

W (of A&W) sent me this gem, found this in the parking lot of his place of employment. I highly recommend that you click to enbiggen to achieve maximum impact. You know about the trend of adding decorations to vehicles in a variety of colors? Well apparently this individual wanted gold trim around the rear windows of his/her Buick, however professionally installed trim appears to have been outside of his/her budget. So this enterprising individual determined that carpet edging, screwed straight into the car, would make a fine substitute. I particularly like how it is cut and fanned at the upper corner for that finished look. Classy!

Smoke Facility

This is the door of the restaurant we patronize for breakfast while driving back from float trips. It's a bit difficult to read (click to enbiggen) but says "THIS IS A SMOKE FACILITY". Not a smoking or smoking friendly facility, a smoke facility. I don't think that the restaurant actually produces smoke, but I cannot be certain of that. I also like the cigarette in the circle without a cross line. Where does one find that particular graphic? To be completely accurate, there is a non-smoking section of the restaurant. It is separated from the smoking section by a single 4x4 support pillar. The smoke knows better than to cross that imaginary line.