On the QT

Friday, June 10, 2011

EVERYWHERE A SIGN
The photo of this sign was taken in Carbondale, IL, by a friend of mine who has an eye for such things. 

I always liked Leno's segment of signs and ads and misspellings until he started getting too risque.  Not that I'm an old prude, but when sexual innuendos sink to grade school level as on so much prime time tv, I get turned off.  And to show you I'm not so prudish and to illustrate I, too, have a child-like sense of humor, I'm enjoying all the Weiner jokes.  Although I hate his actions and his refusal to resign.

But signs that are creative as the radiator advertisement "Best place in town to take a leak," is much appreciated by me. I like many church marquee messages, but some are tiresome.

One of the keys for me is removal of signs after only a brief display.  If, as Shakespeare said, "Brevity is the soul of wit," then so are signs.  Don't leave them up too long, even if some people miss them entirely.  If they are truly good, then people will or should hear about them.

I wonder if the goats ever showed up?  I also wonder if those were the only letters he had left, so Scrabble-like, he used his full allotment. 

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