ICME: Road Kill

May 12, 2009 at 3:45 pm in ICME

Caught through my windshield as I was driving away from a friend’s place in Echo Park this weekend, I finally figured out that the macho male version of the girl who drives her sunflower yellow bug with stuffed animals pinned to the dashboard is: a giant trucker with various creatures tied to the back of his transport. Case in point:

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http://frazgomeanders.blogspot.com frazgo

just hitchin’ a ride to be by my baby’s side…old song but this reminded me of it.
evan

I’ve never seen a truck with dolls or stuffed animals tied to the back before–I’ve only ever seen them on the front. It’s quite common. There was an article in the NY Times a few years ago about trash truck drivers rescuing stuffed animals, toys, dolls, and anything else that caught their eye and decorating their trucks with them.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E0DA133EF930A25752C1A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

The article mentions a website with a few photos of examples. It’s here:
http://www.urbanbeast.com/faq/strapped.html
Queequeg

@evan: Those photos are awe.some.
lezgull

Keepsakes from serial killing pedophiles! Perhaps I’ve seen to many in the 8 Films to Die For series.

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