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Postby RidleyofZebes » Fri May 23, 2008 10:05 pm

They've been re-paving the road between my house and work over the last few days. They've got this one half-mile long section where half of the road's paved, and the other half is all chopped up, but we have to drive on it anyway. Well, I was on the way home tonight. Sitting in the passengers seat, watching the freshly painted yellow line... And I saw it.

Normally, I would have discounted it as your standard roadkill, left it at that, and tried not to think about it. This time, however, something occurred to me. I thought for a minute, then whirled around in my seat and took another look. I was right.

They had painted their new lines OVER a DEAD RACCOON in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD!!!

Sometimes, I just wonder about all these government yahoos... :eh:
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Postby Azier the Swordsman » Fri May 23, 2008 10:28 pm

I want to say I'm surprised, but at this point of my life, I'm really not.
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Postby Tsukuyomi » Sat May 24, 2008 12:21 am

I'm really sorry, but.. AHAHAHHAHAHA.. ok, I'm good now u_u

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Postby Ingemar » Sat May 24, 2008 12:23 am

I've seen things like this before... only they painted over inanimate objects rather than inanimate... carcasses.
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Postby LadyRushia » Sat May 24, 2008 6:22 am

Wow, they can't even kick the thing out of the way? XD Talk about lazy government workers.
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Postby Kunoichi » Sat May 24, 2008 7:19 am

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH *coughs* ok..better now

not surprised either. Although if I was one in that group, I can imagine something like this:

"I'm not touching it, YOU touch it!"

"I'M NOT touching it, YOU touch IT!"

"ok....ok NO ONE has to touch it!"

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Postby Sheenar » Sat May 24, 2008 11:49 am

Oh wow, that is hilarious!

But, you know, they could have gotten this guy to come and get it:
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Postby KeybladeWarrior » Sat May 24, 2008 8:00 pm

Eh, cause roadkill might contain rabies?
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Postby Sheenar » Sat May 24, 2008 8:55 pm

Rabies makes it taste better!

(You know I was joking, right?--but that guy in the link really does eat roadkill for some reason...)
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Postby Tsukuyomi » Sat May 24, 2008 8:58 pm

Lol :lol:

Just.. lol xDDDD
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Postby OhElk » Sat May 24, 2008 9:25 pm

Sheenar (post: 1229415) wrote:Rabies makes it taste better!

(You know I was joking, right?--but that guy in the link really does eat roadkill for some reason...)


Dude should go to mexico, there's some really good pickings.
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Postby NuclearPeon » Sat May 24, 2008 10:53 pm

Anyone seen that image where the road line goes around part of a tree that's fallen on the road?
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Postby MBlight » Sun May 25, 2008 12:16 am

ROFL! Ok, I thought OUR government workers were lazy... but this takes top spot!!!
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Postby Peanut » Sun May 25, 2008 6:30 am

The first question that came to mind when I read this is...what are they going to do when the carcass has disappeared? Are they just going to leave a gap in the yellow line or are they going to send somebody out with a can of yellow paint to touch it up? It's nice to know that our tax dollars are going to support laziness...it makes me proud for some reason...
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Postby HiddenWoodchuck » Sun May 25, 2008 8:38 am

Sadly, I have seen this a few times myself... replace raccoon with possum, and that is the norm around here. They painted new lines on a back road the other day, which never had any lines to begin with, but now it has them... basically anything that was on the road got painted... tree limbs, roadkill and even a shoe.
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Postby KeybladeWarrior » Sun May 25, 2008 3:02 pm

Sheenar (post: 1229415) wrote:Rabies makes it taste better!

(You know I was joking, right?--but that guy in the link really does eat roadkill for some reason...)


Yes, I knew you were. :P I just like to play along.
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Postby Peanut » Sun May 25, 2008 5:34 pm

HiddenWoodchuck (post: 1229461) wrote:...and even a shoe.

Boy I bet you really got a kick out of this...ok that was a really bad joke...honestly I have never seen this...and now that I know its not an isolated incident...I really want to find an instance of this and just take a picture of it...it's just that amazing.
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Postby bakura_fan » Sun May 25, 2008 5:47 pm

Hmm. I have an idea. Next time we find out when a road is getting painted, put random, slightly thick, objects down the middle of the road (sticks, rocks, etc.) then, when they get painted over, pick em up the next day and tada! broken line instead of solid. watch the chaos from a safe distance. :p
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Postby Lilac#18 » Sun May 25, 2008 6:24 pm

What? they painted over a dead racoon on the road? why didn't they just move it?
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Postby Kaligraphic » Sun May 25, 2008 7:57 pm

Remember: the people who know how to get off their butts and make money are all in business doing exactly that. That's why government people depend on taxes - they don't know how to make money themselves, so they just force people to pay. Governments, therefore, employ the lazy and the stupid. This explains the whole painting over roadkill thing.
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Postby Tsukuyomi » Sun May 25, 2008 8:24 pm

bakura_fan (post: 1229565) wrote:Hmm. I have an idea. Next time we find out when a road is getting painted, put random, slightly thick, objects down the middle of the road (sticks, rocks, etc.) then, when they get painted over, pick em up the next day and tada! broken line instead of solid. watch the chaos from a safe distance. :p


Hahaha, Bakura XDD That's a great idea :lol:
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Postby KeybladeWarrior » Sun May 25, 2008 8:25 pm

No, a horrid idea. It will be broken lines and human roadkill. How about that? :P
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Postby bakura_fan » Sun May 25, 2008 9:09 pm

KeybladeWarrior (post: 1229603) wrote:No, a horrid idea. It will be broken lines and human roadkill. How about that? :P


no no. it's great. Because then they might actually pick stuff up...wait. Nope. They'll create a job just for that, instead! (thinks back to "The Terminal" clip when they created the job to return the carts. lol)
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Postby NuclearPeon » Mon May 26, 2008 6:59 pm

http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20080526/NEWS/61566153

Very much related
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