Texas Penguin Truck Accident

American Voices • death • animals • automobiles • ISSUE 42•32 • Aug 14, 2006

Last week, a truck carrying exotic fish, penguins, and an octopus overturned on a Texas highway, spilling its cargo. What do you think?

“My heart goes out to the grieving survivor, who must now march all the way back to Indianapolis to bear sad news and try to console the mother penguin.”
Jerry Archer –
Carpenter
“Man, we were just one nuclear-waste truck shy of a radioactive octopenguin.”
Randall Szlotsky –
Park Tour Guide
“Has anyone optioned it yet? It's the sequel to both Madagascar and Cars in one tragedy.”
Jan Shapiro –
Studio Executive

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