Tuesday, December 03, 2002

Curious Signs


Some signs just strike me as odd. Long ago I saw a sign on a restaurant that read

ALL YOU CAN EAT
SHRIMP


Gee...if I were to take a short woman out on a date, would I go there? I think not!


More recently, signs on rest rooms are showing up that say


BABY CHANGING STATION


"Dear, we always wanted a girl...let's take little Bobby to the baby changing station!" (What's even worse is that the picture on one of the signs shows a baby elephant in diapers. You'd think Jeremy Rifkin would be protesting...)

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