More truck stupidity

This rig, my friends, takes the diesel-drenched cake. Big, black, and of course it's an F-350. It's at the back of the truck that you can take in all of its splendor, though.



That's right. Not only is it a dualie truck, but it's got smoke stacks on the back of it.

The truck pics should only get better, as I'm going to Fort McMurray on Friday morning. I'll be taking pics of the most ridiculous rides I see while I'm there.

The Trailer Park Boys Christmas special's on. That's my cue.

Truck Balls

It's been awhile since we've had one of those "only in Alberta" vehicle-realted posts, so here's what I saw the other day while driving home from work on 109 St. I don't have a camera phone so I wasn't able to take a photo of the truck I saw, so this picture will have to do. Yes, they now make novelty rubber testicles you can hang from the back of your truck. Yikes.

Oh! SNAP!

Asked the next morning at the United Nations whether he and Mr. Annan had made peace at the farewell event, Mr. Bolton said, “Nobody sang ‘Kumbaya,’ ” referring to a confessional song celebrating companionship.

Told of Mr. Bolton’s comment, Mr. Annan said, “But does he know how to sing it?”

-NY Times

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