In the News Today
I love it when I turn to the news and find out some totally bizarre story, such as this one, which (no surprise here) hails from California, and San Francisco no less:
Ostrich Breaks Free on Golden Gate Bridge
Apparently an ostrich fell out of a minivan and ran around on the bridge for awhile before it was caught. And while many questions may come to mind upon reading a sentence like that, the one at the forefront of mine is: a minivan? Is that really the preferred method for transporting giant birds with incredibly long legs and necks? I'll just point out that the ostrich that fell out of the minivan was one of two in the van. I'm having a great deal of trouble imagining that either of them were comfortable. On the other hand, I'm having a lot of fun imagining both of them fighting over seat space.
The quote for the day goes to the ostrich's owner, Ron Love of Love Farms, who sagely observed, ""Strange things always seem to happen with ostriches. I guess this proves it."
Indeed.
So anyway, writing this has reminded me of some of the odd things I've seen on the many roads I've traveled in my life, one of which being a live cat riding on a man's shoulders as he biked down the main street in my town. Another would be a large horse standing in the back of a pickup truck driving through the streets of Amman, Jordan. I also once saw a car decked out in maimed dolls' heads and arms and other scary paraphernalia heading down Hwy 101. (Boy, do I wish I had a picture of that one!)
I'm curious as to what strange sights other people might have seen on their journeyings, so tell me about it. If you can beat the ostrich on the Golden Gate Bridge story, I'll be delighted. I might even give you a prize!
NOTE: d'oh! I just realized that I've already asked this question about weird things you see on the road in one of my posts, nearly a year ago now. I thought it sounded familiar. Oops! But I don't care I'm going to leave it, because I'm sure that in a year's time you have seen new strange things, right? And besides, maybe some of you weren't reading the frogg files yet, and missed out.
Ostrich Breaks Free on Golden Gate Bridge
Apparently an ostrich fell out of a minivan and ran around on the bridge for awhile before it was caught. And while many questions may come to mind upon reading a sentence like that, the one at the forefront of mine is: a minivan? Is that really the preferred method for transporting giant birds with incredibly long legs and necks? I'll just point out that the ostrich that fell out of the minivan was one of two in the van. I'm having a great deal of trouble imagining that either of them were comfortable. On the other hand, I'm having a lot of fun imagining both of them fighting over seat space.
The quote for the day goes to the ostrich's owner, Ron Love of Love Farms, who sagely observed, ""Strange things always seem to happen with ostriches. I guess this proves it."
Indeed.
So anyway, writing this has reminded me of some of the odd things I've seen on the many roads I've traveled in my life, one of which being a live cat riding on a man's shoulders as he biked down the main street in my town. Another would be a large horse standing in the back of a pickup truck driving through the streets of Amman, Jordan. I also once saw a car decked out in maimed dolls' heads and arms and other scary paraphernalia heading down Hwy 101. (Boy, do I wish I had a picture of that one!)
I'm curious as to what strange sights other people might have seen on their journeyings, so tell me about it. If you can beat the ostrich on the Golden Gate Bridge story, I'll be delighted. I might even give you a prize!
NOTE: d'oh! I just realized that I've already asked this question about weird things you see on the road in one of my posts, nearly a year ago now. I thought it sounded familiar. Oops! But I don't care I'm going to leave it, because I'm sure that in a year's time you have seen new strange things, right? And besides, maybe some of you weren't reading the frogg files yet, and missed out.
posted by grackyfrogg @ 8:10 AM
12 Comments:
At 10:31 AM ,
erich said...
We were driving to Ifrain, Morocco late at night. There was a lot of traffic, lots of trucks transporting stuff. There was a flatbed truck with a haystack on it--a haystack about 30 feet tall, and it was falling over, so that the truck was leaning at a 45 degree angle, and the wheels on the left side kept coming off the ground at every bump!
The haystack was also falling off the back in a big arch. We were taking bets on when it would fall!
It was awesome.
At 10:35 AM ,
erich said...
oh, also a single-prop plane that landed on I-5!
At 10:37 AM ,
grackyfrogg said...
oh i just thought of another one...a billboard for shasta cola, with a whole bunch of giant 3-D (impossibly) colored tongues sticking out of it! i mean each tongue was probably about the size of our car! that was in utah, interestingly.
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At 1:10 PM ,
grackyfrogg said...
hey everyone. let me make it clear that any attempts at promoting your business or service under the guise of pretending to like my blog enough to comment on it ("and oh by the way, here's a link to my site where i sell cat furniture!") are not at all welcome and will be summarily removed without review. and if i can find a way to block you, i will.
have a nice day.
At 2:24 PM ,
Becca said...
Speaking of erich's haystack example... on a reeeeeaaally hot day in Vacaville I saw a truck with the HUGE haystack (well, or sort of haycube) that had caught fire! It was at that point on the side of the road, but quite interesting to see.
At 2:32 PM ,
grackyfrogg said...
i always thought the name vacaville was funny--literally, "cowville." ha!
At 10:56 PM ,
Andi said...
Theres a fence along a highway in NZ that is covered with bras and underwear........
At 11:08 PM ,
grackyfrogg said...
ha! i remember seeing that fence...but i can't remember where it is!!! north or south island????
At 9:47 PM ,
BeautiPhil said...
i'm pretty sure that fence is on the south island near Wanaka, coming from the north on the west side.
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