He'll get off. His attorney will argue that it's actually an art installation and NC will fold, because, of course, that's an alien concept.
Dang. I'm too tired to make that work. I was going for the old, "He got busted for smuggling books into ______ (insert name of state here)--but he was acquitted because nobody could prove it was a book."
True that! He does have to pay for it now, after all. Then again, I doubt there is much monster left anymore (disassembled). Would be hilarious to see if its inside a DOT garage as a souvenir though.
When I first saw this picture, I thought it was built by the highway department to attract motorists' attention to the construction...
I was reminded of an animated larger than life worker holding a lamp ahead of a construction site in Switzerland. As a kid that was the second coolest thing ever, after the construction equipment, of course.
Amusingly creative, but he should have found a way to build his monster without violating the building materials... Seeing as they weren't his to begin with.
I'd suspect the charges were more inline with "theft, vandalism and destruction of state property"
He's just paying his dues, a few more years of this and people will start buying his stuff. Next thing you know he'll have a show in a gallery with burnt out ice cream trucks and riot police riding plastic ponies.
On a related note: has anyone ever been stopped (I mean dead stopped) in traffic because of construction and seriously contemplated just opening the door and nabbing a barrel?
My group of friends started "permanently borrowing" cones every year for birthday gifts, and it culminated in getting a pylon with a blinking light on top, but we never got a barrel. I bet a barrel would make an interesting conversation-starter/end-table for a couch if you cut off the top flange.
@KTown_WhiteBoy: One of my classic high school pranks was to nab one of the sawhorse-style barricades with blinkey light on it and install it on the roof of a friend's (parents'...) house. You could see it for miles.
Also, I'm pretty sure that was the same night I unscrewed every christmas light they had and stuffed them into the mailbox and a couple of planters.
@KTown_WhiteBoy: Living int he Shore Region of NJ, I usually can't go home on a Friday night w/o hitting the Benny Surge. Sometimes I have just stuck my hand out and knocked them over as a stress reliever.
@beercheck: Nicely done, I like that one. I recently took a single light bulb out of one my neighbors' light strands because their dog wouldn't stop crapping on my porch.
My greatest night of mischief involved 48 rolls of toilet paper and 3000 post-it notes. We covered a VW Beetle so thoroughly with post-its that you couldn't tell what color it was.
Technically Im a Benny myself, but my buddy blessed me as a transplant instead since 80% of my family is from Brick with another 10% about to move down in another 1-2 years.
I used to deliver mail down there though, you want to be pissed off at bennys, trying bringing the mail around while dealing with two of the ONLY 3 major ways of getting into point/seaside being mail routes you might have.
@beercheck: Forkings are another good form of prank. We used to cover entire cars in plastic forks by jamming them in panel gaps, etc. until we realized that they would eventually put holes in weatherstripping.
Most irritating prank ever pulled on me: prank "wash-off" car spray paint. It looks like your car's paint is ruined, then your friend tells you it's just a joke. No matter how easily they claim it washes off, red faux-graffiti on a white car gives it a pink tint for a couple weeks. I think he reads Jalopnik, too.
@KTown_WhiteBoy: Saran Wrap caccooning of a '68 Camaro (hairdresser-style base model, excellent condition), then covering said plastic wrap with whipped cream and clever comments written in cake icing.
@KTown_WhiteBoy: They opened I-40 this afternoon. I watched from a nearby rooftop.
So if you're hoping to add to your collection, you may want to get out there soon, before they all get gathered back up.
Just so you know, a lot got abandoned for months and months in parking lots below the work, so look around down there after a while for orphans. Drive a big white pickup, nobody'll even notice you.
@beercheck: A couple of my friends came over in the middle of the night once and hoisted a reflective crosswalk sign - the sort with the 20+ pound rubberish base - onto my garage roof.
I threw it back into the road (two houses down from me) the next day.
@Jim Topoleski: Yeah, well I was working up North two summers ago in a car that had no AC and had to take the Pway home. nothing gets you hotter under the collar than no breeze and NY license plates. I dealt with it by having a bullhorn in my car and singing songs/insulting Benny's through it.
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Dang. I'm too tired to make that work. I was going for the old, "He got busted for smuggling books into ______ (insert name of state here)--but he was acquitted because nobody could prove it was a book."
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True that! He does have to pay for it now, after all. Then again, I doubt there is much monster left anymore (disassembled). Would be hilarious to see if its inside a DOT garage as a souvenir though.
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I was reminded of an animated larger than life worker holding a lamp ahead of a construction site in Switzerland. As a kid that was the second coolest thing ever, after the construction equipment, of course.
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I'd suspect the charges were more inline with "theft, vandalism and destruction of state property"
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My group of friends started "permanently borrowing" cones every year for birthday gifts, and it culminated in getting a pylon with a blinking light on top, but we never got a barrel. I bet a barrel would make an interesting conversation-starter/end-table for a couch if you cut off the top flange.
A trip down I-40 may be in order.
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Also, I'm pretty sure that was the same night I unscrewed every christmas light they had and stuffed them into the mailbox and a couple of planters.
Ah yes, I was, clearly, quite the rapscallion.
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It's all aluminum, so it's surprisingly light.
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My greatest night of mischief involved 48 rolls of toilet paper and 3000 post-it notes. We covered a VW Beetle so thoroughly with post-its that you couldn't tell what color it was.
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Technically Im a Benny myself, but my buddy blessed me as a transplant instead since 80% of my family is from Brick with another 10% about to move down in another 1-2 years.
I used to deliver mail down there though, you want to be pissed off at bennys, trying bringing the mail around while dealing with two of the ONLY 3 major ways of getting into point/seaside being mail routes you might have.
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Most irritating prank ever pulled on me: prank "wash-off" car spray paint. It looks like your car's paint is ruined, then your friend tells you it's just a joke. No matter how easily they claim it washes off, red faux-graffiti on a white car gives it a pink tint for a couple weeks. I think he reads Jalopnik, too.
I'm still planning my revenge.
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So if you're hoping to add to your collection, you may want to get out there soon, before they all get gathered back up.
Just so you know, a lot got abandoned for months and months in parking lots below the work, so look around down there after a while for orphans. Drive a big white pickup, nobody'll even notice you.
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I threw it back into the road (two houses down from me) the next day.
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Nice statue, however.
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...Yeah, we don't need additional distractions.
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Good work guys.