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Lord, show me a sign

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People who have keen awareness of things, in general

People who have zero awareness of things, in general

There are some days that I know exactly what I’m going to write here.  I’m thinking about it on my way to work, when I’m brushing my teeth, when I’m skipping breakfast, etc.  And then there are other days when I really don’t know what to talk about and I hope something will come to me.  I hope that there will be a proverbial sign.

Well, today there was a sign, indeed.  As I walked in to work this morning, one of those gypsy lobby salespeople was setting up shop, with the below sign.  I couldn’t believe my eyes, so I just started shamelessly taking pictures as she was curiously watching me.  Several pictures.  I made sure to stay there taking enough pictures from enough angles, taking chuckle breaks (yes, I did say “chuckle breaks”), that she would have to surmise something was up.  I love causing this sort of wonder and confusion.  The tension is palpable.

Sorry, folks.  If you were hoping to be a d’bag too, the name’s taken: she’s incorporated.

It’s mornings like these that I’m genuinely happy to be alive.  I love stupid signs not because of the entertainment of the sign itself, but because of the knowledge that someone out there made this sign and is absolutely unaware of what they’ve done.  This type of person is the fruit of America.  Think about it: the crazy lady in the red sweatshirt calling Obama a muslim.  The person who thinks that our climate is changing because of daylight savings (they think we’re losing an hour of sunlight when we change our clocks, no I’m not kidding, click the friggin’ link).  People like this make life worth living.

I leave you with some more handiwork I’ve seen over the last few months:

Not the most helpful directory

Philly Style Italian Ice!  Way to go!  I’m going to go get some Birmingham Style Dim Sum now.

The name wasn’t clear enough, so they added the gray, erect, um…plane?

I don’t know what to say. It was Savannah…they’re into this sort of stuff there.

Pricy.

There is no funny caption for this.  It’s just sort of a stupid place to put your sign…outside of a sandwich shop.

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November 11, 2008 | Filed Under in general 

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3 Responses to “Lord, show me a sign”

  1. Heather on November 11th, 2008

    I always laugh at the door between the Meat & Dairy section at the Dekalb Farmer’s Market (I refuse to call it “Your”) that says “Door is Alarmed.” Always makes me think I’ve done something threatening to the door–like I snuck up on it & surprised it. Always causes me to take a chuckle break.

    Also this morning on CNN, they had a headline that said “Obama’s Number Two.” I know he’s gotten an unprecedented amount of attention and response, but do we really need to analyze his poop on the morning news?

  2. Jonathan on November 12th, 2008

    Heather, I just LOL’d a little bit in my pants. That sounds like one emotional door.

  3. Evan on November 12th, 2008

    I measure my success on this blog precisely by how many LOLs occur in people’s pants.

    you both need to check out the fail blog at failblog.org

    My pants get much LOL there.

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