Danielle Sauve, 15, of Duluth, Minn., stops to take a photo of a dead raccoon near the intersection of Howard Gnesen Road and South Road in Duluth on Sept. 13, 2012.
The raccoon received a fresh coat of paint from a highway painting crew.
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This dead raccoon received a fresh coat of paint from a highway painting crew.
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Posted: September 14, 2012 - 1:40pm
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Danielle Sauve, 15, of Duluth, Minn., stops to take a photo of a dead raccoon near the intersection of Howard Gnesen Road and South Road in Duluth on Sept. 13, 2012. The raccoon received a fresh coat of paint from a highway painting crew.
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The paint crew must be members of the INPURKBINMJ Union. For those of you out of the loop that the I'm not picking up road kill because it's not my job union.
That had to be
A liberal raccoon. Always getting something for free.
Maybe the road crew has a
Maybe the road crew has a sense of humor.
We can hope, can't we?
I heard that
Acorn was there to give him a voter registration form.
It took six guys in chroma
It took six guys in chroma yellow vests, making $34 an hour to not see that racoon.
It took six guys in chroma
It took six guys in chroma yellow vests, making $34 an hour to not see that racoon.
F&B
Now that was a good one!!!!
The price of fame......
Some raccoons will do anything to get their pictures in the paper.
Must
Must have been a GOP raccoon.
Figured everything and everyone would stop to watch his approach.
Failed and still got a white suit out of the deal.
Who needs Ansel Adams?
Wow! A picture of freshly painted road kill for over the mantle. Who needs Ansel Adams? Okay, kids gather round the dead coon and we'll get our Christmas card picture out of the way. Then put it in the trunk for snacks during the Vikings game. Bon apetit - Steve
The After-Life
I think the poor raccoon really wanted to be skunk. And so it will be in its after-life.
danegan,
in that case nanlee is right it was a rhino GOPer trying to be a complete Democrat.