5 Ocean County Things That Should Be Swallowed By An Earthquake

Yesterday's uncommon East Coast earthquake that many here in Ocean County felt, myself included, along with this week's news of 10 drug busts at a notorious local motel got me thinking about the fact that there are some things that we probably wouldn't miss if they were swallowed up by the Earth.

So of course I made a list of just a few.

Here is my list of 5 things in Ocean County that should just be swallowed up by a hole in the Earth:

Photo by Tom Mongelli
Photo by Tom Mongelli
1
Shady Motels
Between this week's busts at the Americana Hotel and the police activity going on at downtown Toms River's Red Carpet Inn just about, well, constantly, we may be at the point where it could just be better if these drug dens and others like them disappeared into giant sinkholes.
Google Maps
Google Maps
2
The Beachwood Shopping Center
Let's be honest here, would most of us even notice if a fault line in the Earth's crust just opened right up and Route 9's long empty Beachwood Shopping Center just disappeared one night?
Toms River Toll plaza (Google Maps)
Toms River Toll plaza (Google Maps)
3
Toll Booths
Fun fact! Did you know that when the Garden State Parkway was originally built it was intended to pay for itself with tolls and that they would eventually go away and the highway would be free?
True story.
And here we are 65 years later still tossing coins into baskets or registering E-ZPass charges.
I hereby banish you into a giant bottomless pit, toll booths!
Photo by Brianne Diomede
Photo by Brianne Diomede
4
People Who Litter On The Beach
When it comes to irritating things that people do, there are times that we can just shake our heads and realize that just not everyone is all that courteous.
But people who litter on the beach are a special kind of obnoxious.
To them I say, may a hole open up and swallow you and your litter!
Getty Images
Getty Images
5
The Jersey Shore Cast
Look, I'm not just saying this to be a jerk but...
Ok, I'm totally just saying it to be a jerk.

What would you like to see go into a giant hole in the Earth?

Just a quick disclaimer - obviously I'm not wishing harm on anyone or anyone's property. And with Sandy being fresh in our minds, I'm certainly not wishing a natural disaster on Ocean County, but I think that there are some things that we all wish would just go away, and in a day and age of everything being Way Too Serious, every now and again we need to put our tongues firmly in our cheeks and let loose a little.

So what are some of the things that you'd like to see disappear into giant holes in the ground? Tell us in the comments section (and keep it lighthearted, please!).

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