Saturday, July 18, 2009

Signs

Tesla not only brought us the AC half of the legendary AC/DC, he also brought us a plethora of great blues metal songs, my title being one of them (actually a cover by Canadian rockers Five Man Electrical band). The lyrics are an obvious social comment on exclusionism and discrimination, inherent in many signs which direct not only traffic but behavior. In my travels this summer (not with Charley) I've see many signs, but none as good as the three signs below.

In Oregon I saw a beut-a road sign directing traffic to take this on ramp toward Roberts, ID, and Butte, MT. The sign read "Roberts Butte." Of course my demonic little mind immediately saw (this way to) Robert's Butt; and if local teenagers don't vandalize that sign at least every few months, they are not doing their job.
Another great one I spotted was on a turnabout on the way to Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park; the sign warned would be micturaters that there was "No Peeing Here." So we waited until we got to the next turnabout and took care of business. (My dad actually found this one first and pointed it out-glad he still recognizes humor).
The final sign I found here in good ol' West Richland. On a pasture gate was a small sign, "No Sign Posting Allowed.," a sign denouncing signs. Les Emmerson would be proud.

2 comments:

Matt "Hacksaw" said...

I took off my hat I said imagine that, me working for you. Whoa-o-o. In high school there was a sign that said "No hitting against the fence" so we of course took a picture of me getting punched in the stomach while someone held me against the fence. It even found its way into the yearbook. Signs are awesome.

Matt said...

Does this mean that Tesla and Edison could have formed the greatest metal duo of all time?