I have a feeling that perhaps only I enjoy this website, but let’s give it a try: Truck Spills.
It is what it says it is: a collection of images of trucks that have turned over, letting loose their precious and mostly weird cargo. To put it more simply, it may be the only non-porno website perfectly tailored for 12-year-old boys: it’s about big trucks crashing with hilarious and gross consequences.
As I flipped through the pictures of jell-o spills, live alligator spills, and squash avalanches, I tried to put my finger on what was just so great about seeing a lot of one thing strewn all over a highway. I’m still not sure, although I am sure that eight tons of rabbits is way more interesting to look at than just a few rabbits. I also think that it is totally amazing that we don’t package things more — did they really think it was a smart move to transport Sunny-D or horse guts all in one giant container? And did they really think it was a good idea to transport a decomposing whale like that?
It’s also fun to look at the poor highway workers trying to recollect hundreds of spilled live chickens or clean up hundreds of active bee hives.
Okay, I admit this is juvenile. But what else are you going to do on Friday afternoon? Work?
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May 2, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Liana
Sarah, you are teh awesome.
May 2, 2008 at 1:24 pm
LenaB
So, my boss stopped by my desk this morning, gave me this long look, and said “L, we’re not actually going to do any work after 4pm this afternoon. Just so you know.”
So, maybe I’ll have time to catch up on my trucks spills… I heard about the bee one, but the decomposing whale just sounds gross.
May 2, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Steph
Ahahahaha!! It’s hilarious! (Shit! One more distraction to keep me from editing…)
May 2, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Jess
The goat story was sad, but I can’t get over the fact that there is a company called GOATS R US.
Whenever truck spills make the news, usually the spill is something boring like gasoline. Sure, that’ll cause an explosion but an EXPLODING WHALE is so much cooler.
May 2, 2008 at 10:59 pm
amanda
sarah.
You’re hysterical. I discovered your blog reading one of your reviews on goodreads. Thanks for the funny stuff; it’s so great to laugh out loud.
amanda
May 5, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Alison
I am never going to finish studying for my finals - with such distracting websites like truck spills. Damn you and your web surfing!
May 6, 2008 at 5:36 pm
joe
Even better: busplunge.com
It’s a website devoted completely to extensive coverage of busses plunging off sheer precipi in exotic locales, usually filled to the gills with - religious pilgrims!
There’s also a ferry-capsizing link for those who require something different.
If you’re extra-religious and need to make a pilgrimage in a third-world country, I’d really think twice about public transportation.