When you post a link to an illustration, please avoid doing it through your AOL account (people still have those? Who knew?) as in http://grolier.web.aol.com:8010/Grolier/images/ONLINPIX/M/M%20041.GIF
This just gets me a “server not found” page. If I were on AOL, it might work.
Well, in SD’s defense, I’m sure that link worked just fine when the article was originally published.
Last millennium. :rolleyes:
The Dope’s habit of resurrecting zombie articles from days of yore with nary a thought to updating is pretty sad. Even sadder that it’s an actual plan.
It’s helpful to post a link to the column in question since they don’t stay on the front page for long - Why are the antlers on the deer in the deer crossing sign backward? - The Straight Dope
The thread column is 16 years old, and unsurprisingly has a dead link. The other two links seem to work which is fairly impressive.
Well, Nevada has the prong horn antelope warning sign.
And Nevada has an unusual degree of specificity regarding bovine warning signs.
The official USG cattle warning sign. Protecting dairy cows across the US. I drove thousands of miles in NV over a period of years. I never saw this sign.
In Nevada, the free range cattle party hearty!
The slightly befuddled hung over long horn.
The ‘probably descended from beefmaster cross breds’ escaped cattle on a bender sign
The sent down to infiltrate free range cattle by coven hoofed aliens sign.
And finally, the placid Poodle sheep…http://roadslesstraveled.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/13-Poodle-sheep-crossing-road-sign-Nevada-551.jpg
