| Tuesday, July 26, 2005 |
11:49 - Fun with Signs
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There's this pothole in the middle of an intersection of two residential roads near where I live; I see it every day when I walk Capri in the mornings. It's round and deep, and you could really do some damage to your suspension if you drove over it. Lately, someone in one of the adjacent houses has taken to trying to call the city's attention to it so as to get it fixed.
A couple of days ago, the hole had four cones around it, a big bouquet stuck in one, and signs in the others reading CITY OF SAN JOSE - FIX THIS PLEASE!! and WHO VOTES FOR YOU?!
Now, though, the enterprising resident seems to be upping the ante:
I'll start carrying my camera with me on the daily walks, I think. I don't wanna miss a chapter in this little saga.
Next we turn our attention to this sign I saw on a construction site on Santa Teresa, riding my bike past it the other day:
That has got to be the funniest industrial slogan I've ever seen, just because of the way it initially strikes the eye. The marketing manager must have burst out laughing when he first saw the proposal... but my hat's off to him for saying, "What the hell, go with it."
I like this town.
UPDATE: Looks like it worked.
They added the "Subterranean Estates" sign the day after I took the first picture; and today the city has a crew there fixing the hole. Way to rattle the cage!
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Brian Tiemann
