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Love The Random

By now you probably already know that random things I see make me intrigued, smile or downright laugh out loud. This was one of those occasions that was a LOL.

Each day I’m out and about, I always look for the random stuff that is in broad daylight for all to see.

Take, for example, the other day when I was driving back from the shops. I went past a work truck parked outside a house, and I caught a quick glimpse of something suspiciously like a skeleton on the top of a box. I went to the roundabout, and instead of turning off into my street, I continued round to go back.

I pulled up behind the truck and, sure enough, there was a skeleton on a box complete with a skeleton dog. Leaving the motor running, I jumped out of the car with my trusted phone and took a couple of photos, laughing out loud as I did so – voila below.

And, because it’s so downright brilliant, I’m giving the guy a plug if you’re in the Bay area!

When I got back into my car, I waited for a van to pass before making the U-turn to get back on track. The van driver (a woman) had seen me take the photo and also had seen me laughing. What made me laugh even more was that as she drove past, she gave me a look of “WTF are you doin’?”

It’s one of the joys I have now that I’m a little older. I don’t give a rat’s arse what people may think when I stop to enjoy a piece of quirkiness, pick up a bit of free stuff from the side of the road or go and talk to a stranger.

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When is a Toy Not a Toy?

There are times when I see things and I do wonder what the story is. And this was one of those times when I spied a toy.

So in this case I have to ask – when is a toy not a toy? And I’m not talking about adult toys… Please, raise your thoughts into higher spheres.

Although, in this case, there may be a bit of ‘gutter speak’ going on.

Now, this particular type of little toy – see image below, I’ve seen around many times. It pops up in odd places, like hanging on a keyring or on a kiddie’s backpack.

This little man is keeping guard over the front door, hanging from the coat rack.

So when I spied one on the back of a large Toyota trucky-type vehicle, I smiled but then did a double-take when I spied something rather unusual about it.

First thing I noticed was that it was on the outside back window and gave the illusion that someone, other than the owner, had put it there, deliberately.

Now, I’m quite sure that the guy who owns the Toyota. Whoa, that’s a bit sexist of me to assume that it’s someone of the male persuasion that owns this double-cab massive, extremely clean (LOL) wagon. It could easily be a woman.

But I digress.

Now the person who owns the truck, I’m quite sure didn’t attach the toy up there for all to see. And what makes me think that is because the very next day, the truck was in the gym car park but the toy was gone!

So, take a look at the photo……. Carefully.

As I said, I did do a double-take when I saw that an extra appendage had been added.

Now what nudges my funny-bone is that there has to be some story that goes along with it.

An inside joke?
A jilted lover?
A flirtatious affair?

I realise I’ll never know the story, but it was certainly fun thinking about it.

One of the joys of my life is finding the funny.

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WE CAN RECYCLE ANYTHING!

What do you do with those umbrellas?

There is always something that I come across every day, that makes me laugh. And seeing cocktail umbrellas strung up along a pergola certainly tickled my funny bone.

I mean, talk about recycling! And how many cocktails did the owners have to have to get to create this remarkable string of fun?

As I continued my walk, more questions came to mind about these cute brollies.

Did they keep replacing them as the paper got ruined in the sun/rain?
How were they strung?
Maybe I could do the same? – oh wait, I don’t drink cocktails!
Where do you get them from?

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Good thing I’d taken a photo of these little cuties because as I was telling my friend, I was able to pull up the pic and show her.

Imagine the enormous deflation I felt when she told me that they were little lights and one could buy them easily. However, search as I did, I only found one place that sold them, and that was on a party site, in the USA, under ‘Tropical & Luau’.

Guess I’ll just have to start having cocktails and save the wee parasols for stringing. Of course, I’ll have to make sure there is an excellent story to tell with each one!