Funniest. Thing. Ever.

It's Friday. You made it. Here's your reward-- the funniest thing I have ever seen on the internet.

I first saw this over ten years ago, and it made me realize that disseminating this clip, from 1970, was reason enough to invent the internet. And since I first saw it, I've pondered two questions:

1. Why did it fall to the Oregon State Highway Commission to get rid of the dead whale?
2. WHAT THE F*CK WERE THESE GUYS THINKING?!