i think they should implement barrel monsters as a normal warning mechanism before entering a work zone. i mean, i'd slow down if i saw one.

6/12/2009 8:43:51 AM

carnevale is a sweet name

6/12/2009 8:43:52 AM

6/12/2009 9:00:37 AM

i'd personally chip in to pay for damages if this guy didn't get in trouble.

6/12/2009 9:01:23 AM

I honestly think they should hire him... if there was a different barrel monster at every construction site... I'd probably slow down more.

6/12/2009 9:04:21 AM

you see, this guy should get in trouble....not for stealing the contractor's property, but for running his mouth about doing it. this is one of those things that you take a picture of (for proof) and keep your mouth shut for years. maybe keep it as an inside joke between friends or something.

6/12/2009 9:12:24 AM

Quote :

"larceny for taking materials from a construction site at a roundabout project"

Did he take them, or did he just leave them at the site?

Get a fund going for this guy's lawyer. I'm sure they can come up with some convincing "I used scraps of damaged barrels I found in their dumpster" story.

[Edited on June 12, 2009 at 9:13 AM. Reason : -]

6/12/2009 9:12:36 AM

well he already blogged about how he went out in the middle of the night and put all the barrells in his trunk and took them home.

and i'm sure the prosecution will have their hands on that in no time.

6/12/2009 9:50:03 AM

and he pretty much described it in detail to Technician

6/12/2009 9:54:29 AM

I think it's great!!! Something more to look at than those silly orange barrels!!

6/12/2009 10:08:55 AM

OMG, it's CrazyBenni

6/12/2009 10:14:30 AM

Quote :

"you see, this guy should get in trouble....not for stealing the contractor's property, but for running his mouth about doing it. this is one of those things that you take a picture of (for proof) and keep your mouth shut for years. maybe keep it as an inside joke between friends or something."

exactly, what a dumbass.


rule #1.

6/12/2009 10:15:12 AM

the alligator's tail is photoshopped

6/12/2009 11:04:57 AM

Either the Technician turned his name over to the cops, or they got it from his domain registrar. Either way, he's on their radar now, and the cops will be on him for the rest of his life. The government doesn't like being made a fool of. I bet they got the value of the barrels to add up to a felony too.

If he's counting on a massive waves of populace support from students too lazy to walk across campus, I think he'll be disappointed.

Lesson to anyone else doing this type of thing: SUBMIT PHOTOS ANONYMOUSLY, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.

6/12/2009 11:19:48 AM

6/12/2009 12:18:10 PM

When I first saw the first image in the OP I thought...wow this is an awesome way for the contractors to make drivers more alert that they're in a fuckin work zone and to slow the fuck down. So if you ask me I think he's boosting safety for workers. Let em work Let em live (even though they do a shitty ass job)

6/12/2009 12:29:15 PM

Quote :

"You like Hitler and hate art? Why would you admit to that?"

Bigman, not sure if you're using IE and therefore can't see commas but there is a comma in there and you read it wrong.

6/12/2009 12:33:16 PM

That was pretty funny.

6/12/2009 12:33:48 PM

hahahaha

6/12/2009 1:52:00 PM

WIN!

6/12/2009 2:03:47 PM

from another forum:



[Edited on June 12, 2009 at 2:37 PM. Reason : .]

6/12/2009 2:37:32 PM

so what kinda meme is that?

6/12/2009 2:38:32 PM

every photoshop is a meme

6/12/2009 2:51:30 PM

^^^is that like a megaman boss or something?

[Edited on June 12, 2009 at 2:54 PM. Reason : .]

6/12/2009 2:53:31 PM

^Exactly what it is.

6/12/2009 3:17:07 PM

Blowing up on Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/8rzre/nc_state_student_creates_a_monster_then_gets/

He'd better put some ads on that blog of his for his defense fund.

6/12/2009 10:34:37 PM

http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4444717

Made Fark as well.

6/12/2009 11:21:49 PM

I'm glad our police departments are using their time and resources wisely. I mean damn, they could have been stopping a real crime such as a college party involving alcohol.

6/12/2009 11:24:26 PM

noise complaint

6/12/2009 11:28:34 PM

Quote :

"i'd personally chip in to pay for damages if this guy didn't get in trouble."

6/12/2009 11:30:23 PM

this thread is the reason I came back to tww. I saw the story on WRAL and thought, "TWW probably has good, up to date, need to know info." Thanks dub. You are like an old annoying, yet reliable friend.

6/13/2009 12:38:29 AM

Quote :

"If you don’t want to see anyone go to jail over the now infamous Barrel Monster, please call or send a letter to Wake County Prosecutor C. Colon Willoughby, Jr. Tenth Prosecutorial District State of North Carolina 8th Floor, Wake County Courthouse Post Office Box 31 Raleigh, N.C. 27602-0031 telephone (919) 792-5000"

6/13/2009 12:39:49 AM

Fan art.

6/13/2009 10:27:40 AM

Here's the latest. The company that owns the barrels doesn't want to press charges. They think the monster was more effective at diverting traffic than the cones. In fact, they want the artist to contact them if he needs more barrels.

This will go nowhere, except, it will be good publicity for the guy.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1567423.html

6/13/2009 11:48:08 AM

excellent!

6/13/2009 11:52:58 AM

6/13/2009 11:56:51 AM

This publicity will might get him laid now !!

6/13/2009 11:57:22 AM

Quote :

""Rearranging them -- legally that doesn't sound like a larceny," Willoughby said. "There might be something more to the story than I know, but it doesn't sound like anything of grievous harm."

i love some colon willoughby

6/13/2009 12:06:58 PM

Quote :

"He went on to say that he won't be using property that isn't his for his art anymore"

even better

6/13/2009 12:07:19 PM

From that article, it sounds like the RPD committed larceny by stealing the barrel monster when there hadn't even been a complaint filed.

Sounds like some real Barney Fife shit.

[Edited on June 13, 2009 at 12:14 PM. Reason : ?]

6/13/2009 12:13:55 PM

he's a graffiti artist, of course he's going to continue to spray paint/use shit that isn't his

6/13/2009 12:14:42 PM

Now that the company isn't pressing charges, when will the cops return their property (the monster) to them?

6/13/2009 2:53:12 PM

6/13/2009 2:57:10 PM

Heh, it was on Geekologie as well.
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/06/student_makes_barrel_monster_g.php

6/14/2009 12:50:21 AM

^that is so awesome

6/14/2009 3:46:58 AM

i was just about to post the geekologie link

6/15/2009 1:50:44 PM

http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/nomnomroadwork.htm

6/15/2009 1:54:11 PM

just heard on monkeytime that the company that makes the barrels loves it and have commissioned him to make one for their home office

so why is this guy getting prosecuted?

6/17/2009 8:09:20 PM

im not taking any sides here, but as i made this thread, you know my stance that i like the barrel monster

but why would the company that makes the barrels have any problem with him doing what he did to the barrels, they were already purchased from them

or is the barrel company the same as the company that owned those barrels

6/17/2009 8:14:22 PM

no theyre owned by the city

so technically it is destruction of public property but still.....

6/17/2009 8:15:20 PM