They're Soft, Cuddly and Lashed to the Front of a Truck. But Why?
A bear with a prominent grease spot on his little beige nose spends his days wedged behind the bumper guard of an ironworker's pickup in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn. A fuzzy rabbit and a clown, garroted by a bungee cord, slump from the front of a Dodge van in Park Slope. Stewie, the evil baby from "Family Guy," scowls from the grille of a Pepperidge Farm delivery truck in Brooklyn Heights, mold occasionally sprouting from his forehead.
All are soldiers in the tattered, scattered army of the stuffed: mostly discarded toys plucked from the trash and given new if punishing lives on the prows of large motor vehicles, their fluffy white guts flapping from burst seams and going gray in the soot-stream of a thousand exhaust pipes.
Grille-mounted stuffed animals form a compelling yet little-studied aspect of the urban streetscape, a traveling gallery of baldly transgressive public art. The time has come not just to praise them but to ask the big question. Why?
That is, why do a small percentage of trucks and vans have filthy plush toys lashed to their fronts, like prisoners at the mast? Are they someone's idea of a joke? Parking aids? Talismans against summonses?
I even refuse to read that wikipedia entry. Because then I'll recall the graphic properly.
The wiki did remind me of an additional image I didn't need to remember.
Yeah, I think you've passed the 30 day return period. You can try now, but there might be a restocking fee.
I'm willing to pay.
Also, you need to have the original packaging.
Damnit! Wait, do I have to put her back in the original packaging, or just present my wife?
Damnit! Wait, do I have to put her back in the original packaging, or just present my wife?
Back into the packaging, and you know how those things never fit back in the box.
I'm told this is very cool, but it's a 35Mb .mov file.
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On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine, through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.
Wow, they've turned that 20 questions site into an electronic game that they're pushing for xmas. Man, somebody's going to make a shitload of money on something that's available for free. Why don't I ever get these ideas.
ita, I bought you something today. It's not a feng shui cat with a moveable arm, though, since Steph bought the last one.
Steph bought the shinniest feng shui kitty ever. It would look good with a fluffy bunny.
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Poking head to post that, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is Hil R's birthday. Happy birthday, Hil! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!
