{"id":44144,"date":"2024-11-27T07:54:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T12:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=44144"},"modified":"2024-11-27T07:54:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T12:54:54","slug":"the-amazing-truck-mascot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/11\/27\/the-amazing-truck-mascot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amazing Truck Mascot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Truck Mascot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/54157383453\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4202\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/09\/13\/truck-mascots\/truck-mascot-head-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/truck-mascot-head-2.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"truck-mascot-head-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/truck-mascot-head-2.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4202\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/truck-mascot-head-2.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/truck-mascot-head-2.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/truck-mascot-head-2.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54157383453_af5b9ffd90_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Truck Mascot\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Here in Lansdowne, PA is another fine example of the urban phenomena of Truck Mascots. Truck Mascots are usually discarded toys that generally commercial truckers lash to the grills of their vehicles to become sort of like flying maidens on a ships of old. I&#8217;ve seen many while driving, and I am never quick enough to whip out my camera. Fortunately, this one was parked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here in Lansdowne, PA is another fine example of the urban phenomena of Truck Mascots. Truck Mascots are usually discarded toys that generally commercial truckers lash to the grills of their vehicles to become sort of like flying maidens on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/11\/27\/the-amazing-truck-mascot\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[757],"tags":[643,347,762,1150,2760],"class_list":["post-44144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-truck-mascots","tag-spider-man","tag-toy","tag-truck","tag-truck-mascot","tag-urban-phenomena"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-bu0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14990,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/11\/29\/three-the-hard-way\/","url_meta":{"origin":44144,"position":0},"title":"Three the Hard Way","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"November 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's another fine example of that bizarre urban phenomena that I call Truck Mascots. A truck mascot is usually a discarded toy or stuffed animal that is lashed to the grill of large commercial or municipal trucks. Generally the trucks are garbage haulers, but this fellow decided to adorn his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Truck Mascots&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Truck Mascots","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/truck-mascots\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/3-the-hard-way.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/3-the-hard-way.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/3-the-hard-way.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17074,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/08\/13\/boxerbear-at-4th-and-bainbridge\/","url_meta":{"origin":44144,"position":1},"title":"Boxerbear at 4th and Bainbridge","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"August 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's another fine example of the urban phenomena I call Truck Mascots. 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This is when drivers or crews of industrial trucks, usually garbage trucks, find a discarded toy stuffed animal and lash it to the grill of their vehicles like some sort of modern variation of flying maidens on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Truck Mascots&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Truck Mascots","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/truck-mascots\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Sailor-Daffy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Sailor-Daffy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Sailor-Daffy.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19039,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/06\/17\/a-sad-shrek\/","url_meta":{"origin":44144,"position":3},"title":"A Sad Shrek","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"June 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's another example of the urban phenomena I refer to as Truck Mascots. 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It is mostly a big International truck adapted to haul kids off to school. Kudos for getting into the spirit of the season\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Truck Mascots&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Truck Mascots","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/truck-mascots\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wreath-truck-mascot-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wreath-truck-mascot-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wreath-truck-mascot-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13725,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/07\/15\/it-came-from-the-save-a-lot\/","url_meta":{"origin":44144,"position":5},"title":"It Came From the Save-A-Lot","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"July 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's another example of that urban phenomena known as Truck Mascots. 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