I saw something cool the other day that I’ve been wanting to share, but it doesn’t really fit into any existing thread I know of. I don’t think there’s an omnibus “random cool / weird shit I saw today” thread.
You’ve set the stage with your post so here goes.
We’re all familiar with truck nuts. So dumb. The other day out driving I saw something odd hanging from a pickup’s trailer hitch area. Two weird dangly things. I was far enough away I couldn’t quite tell what I was seeing.
I finally got close enough at a traffic light. Two opaque blue things hanging that looked about like 7-11 Big Gulp cups: 6-8" tall, a narrow tapered part ~3" in diameter then a step to a larger ~5" diameter section and open at the top. With about 4 thin brightly colored tubular things leading out of the opening and up to wherever they attached to the truck’s hitch.
Yep. Truck wire nuts. I had to laugh. Not exactly these, but close: Wire Nut Truck Nuts - Etsy