yo, man, it was either that or join a synth pop band, and stuffed animals are way cheaper than a synthesizer

From today's NYT:

"Robert Marbury, an artist who photographed dozens of Manhattan bumper fauna for a project in 2000 (see urbanbeast.com/faq/strapped.html), said he had once asked a trash hauler why he had a family of three mismatched bears strapped to his rig.

'He said: 'Yo, man, I drive a garbage truck. How am I going to get the ladies to look at me?' ' Mr. Marbury recalled."