I'm about a twenty minute walk from work. Although I never walk to work in the morning, I usually try to walk home in the afternoon. It's nice to walk past the Lamborghini dealership and wonder about the women who shop at Barney's and Hermes. On the block of my apartment building, I noticed this sign on a door:
No!!!! Smoking On the Patio
Aaaaand an imaginary conversation floats into my mind...
"Are you in your mom's basement playing video games?"
"No!!!! I'm smoking on the patio."
Okay, I know that was a really lame conversation. I'm just trying to wrap my mind around what the sign maker was thinking. Did he or she, like the panhandler's sign maker, really think it was appropriate to emphasize no with four exclamation points? (Oh, sidebar: my boss thinks we should only use one exclamation point a year. Another post at another time, I promise). I guess this sign isn't as official as the panhandler sign, though, because someone just typed it and printed it from a computer.
Hey, how about this imaginary situation:
I am walking on the street and see a woman taking a smoke break outside. "No!!!!" I wildly exclaim. "Smoking on the patio--that's terrible!"
Equally lame, I know. In any case, I think I've established what a ridiculous sign that is.
Nooooooo!!!!!!!!!
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