Apr 9, 2012

H is for ... Hillbilly Ridiculousness

A couple weeks ago, I was on the way to town(the closest grocery store) when I saw the most redneck vehicle ever created. I didn't take a picture. I actually didn't even continue driving while it was coming down the hill and driving past me, so I was lucky it was a back country road--no one behind me. I was just so stunned by this vehicle that I sort of coasted to a stop and watched him pass, my jaw falling open.

Interesting characteristics of the most redneck vehicle ever created:
  • Homemade spray-painted camouflage big truck. Not just any homemade camo either, it had a reverse stencil of a maple leaf strategically placed here and there. (Reverse stencil: hold leaf to car, spray paint around it. Tada)
  • Really big tires.
  • Lots of mud to prove those really big tires were necessary
Up until this point, there's nothing extraordinary about this vehicle, I see this kind of truck/SUV fairly regularly. I never actually understood the idea behind camouflaging a car, I've never seen a forest driving down the road before. Not fooling anyone!

Anyway, what made this truck special was the hood ornament. A deer skull with a massive antler rack sat front and center, likely obstructing the view of the driver at least a little bit. The skull actually may have started out a taxidermied head, what I saw seemed a bit fuzzier than bone would look and I imagine that wind buffeting the hood of a traveling car is enough to blast the fur off. I've never tested this theory, but I speculate.

Rest assured, next time I will have the mental capacity to take a picture. I'm not leaving the house without my camera until I get a shot!

Some things simply require documentation.
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7 comments:

  1. Ju DimelloApril 9, 2012 at 12:23 PM

    How could you not take a pic :bwaahh:

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    1. Amalie BerlinApril 9, 2012 at 10:00 PM

      Well, I didn't have my camera with me. And then there was that whole half a minute where I actually stopped thinking and just stared at the four-wheeled monstrosity!

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  2. .jessica.April 9, 2012 at 1:05 PM

    HAHAHA, this is amazing! A "friend" of the family has a car like that, and I always want to ask him how useful the camouflage is in keeping him well-hidden on the streets of his suburban neighborhood. It's just so bizarre.

    Next time get a picture! ;)

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    1. Amalie BerlinApril 9, 2012 at 10:01 PM

      I totally have to get a picture next time.

      Though I may be sad to find... that it just looks like a runaway forest zooming down the road *sagenod*

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  3. Julie FlandersApril 9, 2012 at 9:08 PM

    Haha this totally cracked me up. I probably would have driven right off the road.

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    1. Amalie BerlinApril 9, 2012 at 10:02 PM

      Almost did! Thankfully I stopped first though. Now every time I see a camouflage vehicle I am craning my neck and zooming around to try and see the hood ornament . . .

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  4. Madeline AshApril 10, 2012 at 2:01 AM

    "I've never seen a forest driving down the road before."

    You crack me up! :-)

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