# "Can't you read the sign?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-read-the-sign/710340 "2015-01-20T01:41:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-read-the-sign/710340/101 "2015-01-24T01:12:28Z")
> [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > … Nice people from FRISCO? My stars! Everyone (who matters) knows that those monocultural, materialistic breeders living up in BFE are big jerks. … BFE? ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-read-the-sign/710340/102 "2015-01-24T01:14:43Z")
“Bum-f\*ck Egypt” would be my guess. Is that a regional expression? Where I come from it means the a$$ end of nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-read-the-sign/710340/103 "2015-01-24T04:52:26Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > “Bum-f\*ck Egypt” would be my guess. Is that a regional expression? Where I come from it means the a$$ end of nowhere. I think it’s a pretty common expression. NSFW link. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzvfsBGPBwY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzvfsBGPBwY) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-read-the-sign/710340/104 "2015-01-24T16:07:18Z")
I work in a store that closes early on Friday for the Jewish Sabbath. We post the closing time every week. Yet, people still walk in and, upon hearing a chorus of “We’re closed” keep on walking. I actually had this conversation As I was going out the door twenty minutes after closing: “We closed at 2:15.” “I only need one thing.” “We are closed.” “I came a long way to shop here.” “We. Are. Closed.” “It’s only one item.” “The sign says we close at 2:15. What time is it now?” Person looks at watch. “2:35. Oh, you’re closed.” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-read-the-sign/710340/105 "2015-01-24T16:49:36Z")
> [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > To be clear, the Frisco referred to by the OP is not the city in California inhabited by people who do not like the nickname “Frisco”. It is a largish suburb north of Dallas, that has experienced recent explosive growth. It’s the very epitome of suburban sprawl, and the sort of place that hipsters or hippies or yuppies or college students tend to viscerally dislike. Think McMansions, near total unwalkability, SUVs, soccer moms, “good schools”, huge shopping centers, megachurches. > > Nice people from FRISCO? My stars! Everyone (who matters) knows that those monocultural, materialistic breeders living up in BFE are big jerks. There is also a Frisco Colorado, a tony mountain resort community full of fancy vacation condos that looks a lot like it would be populated with a similar sort. At least, when it is populated. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-read-the-sign/710340.md?page=5)