Texas Penguin Truck Accident

American Voices

August 14, 2006 | ISSUE 42•32

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
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