There is also at least one sign somewhere in the middleish of PA that says:
“watch for drunk drivers”
Which I suppose is good advice, but it’s the whole “Oh, yeah, drunk drivers – well, we’ve given up on them. Just keep your eyes peeled,” part that makes me laugh.
I’ve also seen a sign near New Hope (actually, I think it’s on the Jersey side) by the river. The sign is on the side of a road which runs along side a park-type area.
It’s a picture of a bench with a tree toppling over onto the bench.
I’d like to know what this signifies. If there is so much of a danger of being killed by a falling tree in the area, why not remove the benches and save a few lives?
sheesh.
Slight hijack.
The Factotrix and I drove through Philly last week (we were heading for Maine, and her kids wanted to see that museum where they keep parts of people in jars.) We saw a few billboards in the city that said “I Hate Steven Springer.” Can any Philly/NJ Dopers explain just what in Og’s Arse this means? We were thinking some kind of radio promotion (new DJ coming to town,) but would still like to know the story.
One of my favorite signs is a billboard that says “Get hammered, get nailed”. And it’s supposed to make you not drink? :smack: It’s either in South GA or AL.
Hey now. A large percentage of Connecticut’s residents do in fact have bodies shaped like a box of Saltines and heads the exact shape of a roller skate key turned vertically.’
I really thought this thread was going to be about the big sign that says “Pennsylvania: America Starts Here!” This sign, just west of the state line on I-80, inspires resentment in some people. You could read it as implying that New Jersey lies outside the boundaries of America. Kind of like “Forget about that place you left behind! You’re in America now, Nancy!”
Look. If Nancy Sinatra cannot handle the fact that New Jersey is filled with shady characters, midway carney’s, oil refineries, medical waste filling the beaches, and a variety of unnerving ne’er do wells, that’s her problem.
As the sign points out with a simplicity grace and elegance that is the very hallmark of Pennsylvania, once you cross the river heading west at Philipsburg you are home free !!!
What???
** on the upside, New Jersey has a Governor right now with the spine to out himself to the entire country, and do it with honesty, dignity and class. **
Here in Michigan, whenever they start some major road construction project that’s going to inconvenience people for a while, they post a sign at the beginning of the construction zone that says, “This short-term delay means long-term relief.”
I always mentally re-arrange that into “This long-term delay means short-term relief.” That would be a more realistic assessment.
California used to have a collection of signs along I80 coming down from the mountains advising truckers on what’s ahead. They were amusing things like “Let er drift - Let 'em cool” - advice to keep engine RPM (and speed) low and let the brakes cool down in order to handle the long and substantial downhill runs. Also “Upgrade ahead - crank up” to advise of an uphill area hidden around the next bend in the road. Last time I went through that area, the signs had been changed to the very boring “Advise low RPM” and “crank up” had been removed.
