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This Picture, Believe It Or Not, Is Not a Joke
This photo provided by Sean McAfee from Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, shows a dead raccoon that McAfee saw with the road dividing line painted over it before he stopped his motorcycle to take the picture on Franklin Rd. in Johnstown, Pa. According to PennDOT traffic engineer John Ambrosini, paint crews know to avoid such animals and usually have a foreman on the job to clear any dead animals off the road before the paint-spraying truck equipment passes by. This crew didn't have a foreman that day, and the equipment was too big to turn around in traffic on the curvy, narrow road so the line could be repainted without the carcass in the way. Credit: AP
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (TheBlaze/AP) — The “squirrelly” configuration of a western Pennsylvania road helped cause a state road crew to paint a double-yellow line over a dead raccoon.
Motorcyclist Sean McAfee snapped a photo of the mistake before it could be cleaned up and submitted it to the Tribune-Democrat of Johnstown.
“When I saw it, I almost wrecked my motorcycle because I was laughing so hard,” McAfee told the paper.
He says he almost crashed, he was laughing so hard.
PennDOT spokesman John Ambrosini says paint crews usually have a foreman on the job who clears away any dead animals before the paint-spraying truck equipment passes by. This crew didn’t have a foreman and the equipment was too big to turn around in traffic, remove the animal and repair the paint. He says the “the squirrelly geometry” of the narrow road didn’t help.
We’re unsure if that was a pun.
The crew did try to stop the paint gun, but was unsuccessful. The mishap was cleaned up the next morning.
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1956
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:20pmThis is what happens when there’s a union. People are not allowed to do the work of another employee because it’s not in their job description. Unions kill common sense and good work ethic.
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Leadthemtothelight
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:37pmYou all know full well somewhere there is a DOT worker still laughing his ass off. I love it! This should be Romneys poster child moment for the inefficiancy and lack of quality with anything government run….much like my 2008 Chevrolet Equinox that get’s seperation anxiety if it doesn’t see the service department every 20,000 miles or so.
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sawbuck
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:38pmThis goes a long way in explaining the yellow steak …
Running down union thugs backs.
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sawbuck
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:45pm“streak” ..Not steak….But you know what i’m talking about.
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t00nces2
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:59pmNothing new. One of my personal favorite Demotivational posters…http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/small/1202/winner-job-award-winner-demotivational-posters-1329366450.jpg
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JACKTHETOAD
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:21pmA double white stripe up their backs woulda worked just fine for those stinkin’ polecats! (…with apologies to real skunks everywhere)
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blackyb
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:27pmYour union at work for you. It was another type union employee who was supposed to pick up the dead raccoon. This is a firm example of how Obama is rolling over Americas and using them.
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Polwatcher
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:34pmUnder Obamacare, your government supplied doctor may be just as careless.
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oneshiner
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:57pmMust be a union crew on the hwy. Takes one to trigger the sprayer and 4 more to watch him.
Why work when you can relax. How many have you seen at a construction site, where one uses his shovel, the others are leaning on them?
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Wino911
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:04pmPerfectly said!
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Wolfgang the Gray
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:18pmGuess that is a crew with a lack of common sense. Stop & kick the thing out of the way. Sheesh!
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DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:25pmThere’s my Sparky….I’ve looked everywhere for him.
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Machtyn
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:33pmI thought this was an old photo from 1998. I mean, I first saw this kind of thing on Fark way back when.
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 6:49pmI would vote or that coon before I would vote or Obama……..and I’m serious .
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HEARDENOUGHCRAP
Posted on August 13, 2012 at 12:00amGood Point. I don’t belong to a union because I want to…I was forced to or lose my job. The only time I asked for help, I was told I had to commit an illegal act or they could not help me. As far as I am concerned, unions, including mine, are just another group with THEIR paws on MY money.
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AJAYW
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:17pmUnion workers at their best. I have found that when a person says that they are a union carpenter, plumber, electrician or whatever – if you use them you will be screwed with shotty work and twice the time in getting the job done.
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yiddishlion
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:43pmI have to disagree with that one. I have never been in a union, but I have worked construction all my life until last year. I can honestly say there are good and bad in and out of unions. It is the public service sector where you get all the losers.
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Captain Crunch
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 6:47pmI just know you aren’t talking about skilled trades. In fact, I know you don’t know what you are talking about period!
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pissantno.10
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 8:39pmi have seen them both good union workers and bad union workers. non union workers ya screw up or off you are most likely gone real quick
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TAXEVERYONE
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 8:59pmI doubt they were union workers, they were most likely illegal Mexican workers. They do all the highway work in North Carolina.
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Sue Dohnim
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:11pmImagine how the EcoMarxists would react if this were a baby seal, spotted owl or a California red legged frog…. the surrounding productive land would be shut down and legislatively confiscated.
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samnjoeysgrama
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:19pmNah. It’s OK. They just thought it was a taxpayer.
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justangry
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:29pmI’ve yet to hear from them regarding all the endangered birds committing suicide on those giant wind turbines. I’d love to hear their rationalization for that.
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HumbleMan
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:07pm@SAM … exactly. It pretty well represents how I feel I’ve been treated over the last 3-1/2 years.
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hayesstephen
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:09pmWho the hell is editing these articles?? that was not a squirrel you moron, its a RACCOON!!!! The Blaze is going down hill faster every day. Mr. Beck please spend the money of INTELLIGENT EDITORS. Stop inviting Third graders to do the job. Educated, profession editors!!! A squirrel, its too laugh!!!!
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GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:21pmI thought he was a taxpayer…
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sawbuck
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:33pmhayesstephen
The “squirrelly” configuration of a western Pennsylvania road helped cause a
state road crew to paint a double-yellow line over a “dead raccoon.”
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They were referring to the how the road twisted…Not the dead animal.
But on some stories I feel your pain….
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justasurvivor
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:43pmThat was uncalled for. Obviously you don’t know any 3rd graders, because where I come from, even our 2-year-olds would know this was a raccoon, not a squirrel.
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docfix
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:10pmPerhaps YOU my friend should learn how to read more than just the first 3 words. It says:
“The “squirrelly” configuration…. to paint a double-yellow line over a DEAD RACCOON.”
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:04pmGot to remember they live and work in NYC.
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dontlookbehindthecurtain
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 6:49pmI can not read, duh, read the full sentence! “The “squirrelly” configuration of a western Pennsylvania road helped cause a state road crew to paint a double-yellow line over a dead raccoon.”
Notice the line over the dead raccoon, no speed reading hear! before you make such comments read the whole sentence or do you get so excited that you could read the word you forget to read on, you might be a 2nd grader?
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Blazebanned
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:08pmHappened to a cat here (Austin, Tx) several years back. Local radio station a liberal one at that, had a name the cat contest….think the winning name was flat cat….
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4xeverything
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:46pmRemeat!
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Redwood Elf
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:34pmClearly a sighting of the rare Sailcat. (An old comedy bit by Jonathan Winters)
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RetiredAmericanNavyTaxpayer
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 6:11pmI remember that cat. It’s name was Frisbee.
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Krutch
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:59amThis just shows how the obama administration views the taxpayer. And all working Americans.
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1snake1
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:15pmWhat in the world does a local private company contracted to a city government have to do with Obama?
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FstEti
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:15pmNot to belabor the point, snake, but where in the article does it say that the painting company was a private company? The spokesman was from the Department of Transportation and if it was a private company I’m fairly confident that he would have deflected blame to a private company if he had the opportunity.
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QuincySmith
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:58amWhy do I suspect union involvement – only the foreman may move a dead animal.
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oldasdirt
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:36pmAnd soon our healthcare will be handled just like it.
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Rational Man
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:56amSlower than slow news day?…………………
That is not even worth mentioning in Hooterville.
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floridareader
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:56amThis is not funny! Laughing at it shows how little you care for your surroundings. Imagine your doggie right there!
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Blazebanned
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:10pmBoo hoo, stupid tree huggin peta puke……
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MeteoricLimbo
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:18pmGet over yourself.
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:08pmIf only the raccoon had Obamacare this would not have happened.
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Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:54am“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville
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Rational Man
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:58amYou get all that from this picture?
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allensmithee789
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:39pmWell said! Frederic Bastiat’s The Law — bastiat.org/en/the_law.html Describing misplaced philanthropy and legal plunder available for FREE at bastiat.org/en/the_law.html
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:54amThis isn’t the first picture I have seen of a painted-over dead animal. Lazy-a$$ union workers.
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jespasinthru
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:27pmHere in Florida, we see painted-over roadkill all the time. Those overweight union parasites aren’t going to get out of their air-conditioned trucks and go pick up a possum or raccoon that somebody squashed an hour ago. It’s not in their job description, don’t you know.
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80mesh
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:53amlook for that union label
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scuba13
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:57pmI did, but it said Made in China.
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lembrandt
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:52amAnd these are the people the Democrats want to run our health care…and your life.
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Landon410
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:51amunion works “moving dead animals is not in my job description”
non union worker ” i’ll move the dead animal pull the weeds and paint the lines and be done by lunch to do another job”
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pap pap
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:49amFrigin Lazy !!!
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:47amOne more fine example of government incompetency in action.
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lordamercy
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:55amUntil you have actually done this job, (or any job, for that matter), shut up.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:31pmI’ve done this job, it’s not very hard to bend over, pick up a dead animal with your gloved hand, and toss it in the ditch. I’m guessing you are a union Dept. of Transportation employee?
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whatthecrazy
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:43pm@lordamercy Why so rude to Snow?Nobody has to do this job to be able to voice thier opinion.This is a shoddy job and if they were not union they would likely be fired.BTW telling a sweet lady such as Snow to SHUT UP seems a bit bullyish don’t ya think?
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 3:13pmI’ve seen trained monkey’s do better.
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chips1
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 6:11pmThat’s because you can train a monkey!!!
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OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:46amHilarious! Thanks for the laugh, Blaze…………….
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floridareader
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:53amtoo funny? would yoi like to see your dog in the same spot and position?
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:55amGood thing Randy Travis wasn’t on that road.
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Landon410
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:10pmi like the randy travis joke!
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drattastic
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:45amReminds me of obamacare and the progressive agenda in general . Think about it . Green much?
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qpwillie
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:45am“This Picture, Believe It Or Not, Is Not a Joke”
Yeah, I doubt the raccoon thought it was very funny.
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justangry
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:52amVery funny.
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flrepublican
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:39pmhe was probably already dead and didn’t care!
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GIDEON612
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:43amThis is very telling. You can read a great deal into this, besides what we get from the public sector’s lack of pride in their work and gratitude for their job and pay.
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SingerGuy
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:43amMust have been a union crew if only the foreman could remove the carcass. Can’t they stop the machine, run out there and remove it? Geez, Louise!
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Sirfoldallot
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:41amShovel ready road work.
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randy
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:39amBig Deal.
Happens all the time….
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Sue Dohnim
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:05pm“Happens all the time….”
That is the problem…
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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:38amThey do not paid to pick up, just put down!
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Tom K
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 11:38amThat guy they always have leaning on a shovel could possibly remove the ” critter ” but he may be as specialized as the missing foreman. Government in action -OR- inaction.
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