Pics That Make You Wonder...

I often take pictures of things I wonder about
...or that surprise me
... or that just plum crack me up.

For example, this truck in Nampa, Idaho. Can you tell what's just a little bit off about it? (besides the red gas-cap cover of course. Cuz that's odd, and awesome, but it's not what I'm talking about.).

ANSWER: Take a look at that little pink think protruding out of the truckbed.

Who keeps a Beanie Boo around in their truckbed? What's the story there?

Or like, how long has the candy in this machine been there in the old-town laundromat it resided in? Granted, this pic was taken in 2015, but... if the candy then was as old as the 90's stock photos they used to advertise it, well, my brother and I will pass on that one.

This guy. Mysteriously left on our porch circa Fall 2015.
Need I explain? Insert your own question about him here _____________.

Sometimes the questions and crack-ups come when I just can't remember what a picture stood for. I know for a fact that the left pair of hands are mine and that this picture was taken while I worked at an advisement center during my undergrad. But why was September 10th worthy of two pairs of heart hands and a yellow highlighter heart drawing to throw off the meticulously drawn diagonal lines? Do any of you advisement peeps remember?

So, this chalk artist though. Why a shark jumping out of a wooden floor that's actually a cement floor underneath?

A little pictorial food for thought.

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