If only there had been a comma... (Man killed by alligator)

What about the signs that read:
SLOW

CHILDREN PLAYING

Now, if there was ever a need for a comma, this is it. Should we go slow because children are playing or is that just a public service announcement to let us know that slow children are playing?

This could even be an encouragement to hit them here because they’re not fast enough to dodge!

That’s right! I take it as a challenge. :wink:

to be fair, the alligator might not have been swimming. It may have been floating. Or treading water. Or sinking. Who knows?

Never mind my favorite:

"Beware

Elderly Pedestrians".

Hell’s grannies? :eek:

Dunno if “challenge” is the best term – the sign seems to be saying “Easy Pickings Here”

I think it was the writers way of saying “wow, that guy was really asking for it, huh?”. You have to read between the lines.

The happy news is that the not-too-smart kids have a good job ahead of them.

We’ve all see all those “SLOW MEN WORKING” signs haven’t we?
What? :slight_smile:

Mocking didn’t exacerbate the situation; it was the direct cause and effect of the situation. I used to swim with these fellows quite often, even late at night skinny dipping with my chicken hat on, and things always went swimmingly well—and that’s no crock of bull.

But, the one and only time I put my hands to my lips and mocked them with my alligator mouth impression, they got all snappy with me and I had to hightail it out of there, pronto. But, relax; I made it out just fine. Not sure what ever happened to my daughter, Hope and dog, Lucky, though.

And the sign was obviously supposed to read, No swimming y’all! I Gator! No doubt some Florida Gator fan telling Georgia Bulldog fans to scram.

Gator please!

Sigh…this is how the Hatfields and the McCoys got started. :frowning:

They aren’t the problem. The real issue is vicious gangs of keep left signs.

Photos of the victim, Tommie Woodward, make it less surprising that he met his fate in this way.

I used to think that guys like that were bad-ass. Then I realized dying is not bad-ass.

There are half a dozen band names in this thread.

It’s funny. Each of those pictures scream “Future alligator poop!”

He’s pretty much exactly how I imagined him, right down to the key chain dangling from his ear.

I’m not following, how does that effect global warming?

This is easily one of the funniest things I’ve read on these boards in a good long while.

dasmoocher:

I was thinking its name should have been “Darwin”.

But I guess those good ol’ boys showed him! :frowning: