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signs
Almost Unimaginable
I collect evocative signs. Here are some of my recent favorites.
Hoping they mean of and to:
And now Big D-O’s is out of business. Standards too high, perhaps?
Fortunately, this was not my experience:
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Certainly, This Beats The Alternative
At a traffic light in KoreaTown, I was stopped just long enough to snap this marketing strategy.
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Maybe I Do, Maybe I Don’t
When I first saw this sign, I wanted to know the back story. But soon I was glad that no one was around to ask, because this seemed to be a time when speculation would exceed reality. Note it is a statement, not a question. That’s my favorite aspect.
(The WP Weekly Photo Challenge is Signs.)
Was There Something They Failed to Tell Me?
The first time I saw a sign like this, I jumped to an easy conclusion. Typo – need to add an s, guys!
Then I saw a second, similar sign, and my outsider complex kicked in. Had my English teachers withheld a critical piece of information?
Or does one local signmaker get a lot of work, despite gaps in grammar education? Anybody else seen signs like this?
(The WP Weekly Photo Challenge is Signs.)
A Sign It Didn’t Go Well
By the time I got to the beach, the flowers had already started to shed petals into the sea. I don’t know what went down before I arrived, but a lovely bouquet in the surf can’t be a good sign.
Too bold on the first date?
Thanks for the birthday flowers, shame my birthday was last week?
Flowers can’t buy forgiveness, you @#$%^?
Graduation celebration run amuck?
Miss Runner-Up?
Or… ?
What do you think happened?
(The WP Weekly Photo Challenge is Signs.)
Sisyphus the Sign Mender
DMV counter, 2013:
Same counter, 2014:
New sign, same outcome. I think I see where the problem lies. When you put kids on the counter, they squirm around and hurt the sign. That’s why the sign is needed. To protect the sign.
(The WP Weekly Photo Challenge is Signs.)
Signs Not in Sync
How do I smell the ocean when vehicles drive along the sand? These signs need to talk more. (Admittedly, they are on opposite edges of the United States, but that is a technical detail.)
While we are on the subject, maybe it’s just me – and my sheltered Californian upbringing – but…
Dear Florida, it seems so very wrong to drive on a beach.
(left sign: Oxnard, CA; right sign: New Smyrna Beach, Florida)
(The WP Weekly Photo Challenge is to establish a dialogue between two photos.)
Bossy but Classy
With my kneejerk rebellious streak, I am usually offended when somebody tries to control parking on what is, after all, a public frigging street!
However, when I see this tilework sign, which graces my day with additional beauty, I am much more willing to comply.
*EVER YOU ARE, WE’RE AL*
One night this business was here, the next night there was no sign of it. (Insert Twilight Zone theme song here.)
Okay, maybe not the very next night. Maybe several months later. Anyway, the point is, when I took this picture, I didn’t notice the phrase underneath. Now I’m trying to see the ends from the middle.
*EVER YOU ARE, WE’RE AL*
What’s your guess?
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