Our favorite traffic barrel monster-maker is back after a short, umm... incarceration and stint of community service, and look, now he's given his monster a girlfriend! Don't they look cute together?

That's right, it looks as though imprisonment and a sentence of community service hasn't dulled NC State student Joseph Carnevale's creativity as the Barrel Monster has now returned to Hillsborough Street in Raleigh. The only difference is this time he's holding hands with a Mrs. Barrel Monster. When did they have time to get hitched and how come we weren't invited to the wedding? Lame. We're totally returning the gift we got. (Hat tip to Andrew!) [WRAL]

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