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October 12, 2005 12:03 AM
Broken: (Just for fun) Batman Piñata
I took this pic recently in Riverside Park, NYC.
ya, I hate it when you go to throw something away and someone has put a big box or something on the top of an empty trash can.
The trash can is broken, that wacky shape (probably from years of neglect) really lowers the amount of waste it can hold.
Obviously someone had a party in the park. It would have been considerate of them to take their trash with them instead of filling the park's trash cans with large objects.
Vic, I would say that it is probably due to someone sitting on it, although based on how rusty it is, it is pretty old.
It would be even funnier if Batman was on the pizza box as well...
So, here's a little puzzle for you all to discuss...
Which was put in the can first, the piniata or the pizza box?
I theorize that the pizza box came first, because the batman seems to be on top of it. That garbage can is what's broken here. Where is the Parks and Recreation Department when you need them?
Did anyone else catch the (potentially unintended) joke with how the Batman pinata truly is broken? Like, literally. Some kid swung a bat or broom handle or lead pipe and broke him. Y'know, for the candy. So now he's broken open. Which is why he's on TIB. Broken. Totally.
The trash can is probably picked up and slammed on its side to empty into a larger rolling one. I can't imagine why anyone would want to sit on it (well, maybe in NYC) but it does look like it is bowed from sitting on it.
Well, at least the perpetrators of this ugly event were considerate enought to actually use the garbage can! It appears Batman has seen better days though.
How will our delectable daredevil be delivered from this diabolical depository?
Will he delight us with dextrous demonstrations of derring-do?
Or is he just a dead duck?
Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion!
Sean is the guy who watched too many of the old Batman shows as a kid.
These days when he's not having fun with words on TIB, he's doing IA for clients.
Sean P, would you have preferred them to leave their trash on the ground. At least we can appreciate that they took care of it in some manner.
Wow, that's one funky looking trash can. I can't think of any reason for sitting on a rusty trash can though. Looks uncomfortable.
All of the garbage cans in NYC used to be this type of metal mesh construction. Not too stable. When the sanitation crew bangs the can repeatedly on the rear lip of the truck, the sides get bent in. Then they drop it hard on the ground when they put it down, and the lower half bows out from the impact.
The cans (in my neighborhood in Brooklyn at least) now have several vertical ribs that help prevent the sides from caving in.
Looks like curtains for the caped crusader. BTW, I'd be hard-pressed to refer to that ragged refuse receptacle as a "can".
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are they assuming no ones gonna use that can for anything smaller than the holes, or anything larger than the thinnest part?
Posted by: gmangw at October 12, 2005 12:28 AM