# Sign Of The Prophets? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666 "2013-10-19T17:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666/1 "2013-10-19T17:44:00Z")
Hitchhiking thru Santa Barbara in the early 80’s, I came across this penciled on the back of a road sign: 1. Listen to God 2. Trust your neighbor 3. Share 4. Pick up after your self 5. Have fun I took them to be God’s 5 “Commandments” to us. It took me thirty years to bring John into conformity but he considers it worth the effort. One thing he learned is that God is heard only in Silence and that learning to still thought is a lot like trying to herd cats. Have fun. Aloha [https://www.google.com/search?q=new+yorker+herding+cats+cartoon&site=webhp&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=WL1iUpP2HoKeiALCjYHABA&ved=0CC4QsAQ](https://www.google.com/search?q=new+yorker+herding+cats+cartoon&site=webhp&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=WL1iUpP2HoKeiALCjYHABA&ved=0CC4QsAQ) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666/2 "2013-10-19T21:18:13Z")
Rock on, Simon and Garfunkel? ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666/3 "2013-10-19T21:34:09Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Rock on, Simon and Garfunkel? Rock on, Simon and Garfunkel! Aloha ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666/4 "2013-10-19T21:55:33Z")
I’m sorry, but a road sign is neither a subway wall nor a tenement hall. Try again. ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666/5 "2013-10-19T22:04:07Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I’m sorry, but a road sign is neither a subway wall nor a tenement hall. Try again. I’m claustrophobic. Aloha ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666/6 "2013-10-20T03:31:03Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I’m sorry, but a road sign is neither a subway wall nor a tenement hall. Try again. If the sign was well-lit, it could be the neon god they [the people] made, to which they bowed and prayed. ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666/7 "2013-10-20T03:51:22Z")
Rock on! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dTCNwgzM2rQ/hqdefault.jpg "Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCNwgzM2rQ) Aloha ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666/8 "2013-10-20T03:59:40Z")
I’m still waiting for the “come on” from the whores on 7th Avenue. [I know, I’m in the wrong song.] ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666/9 "2013-10-20T04:12:46Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’m still waiting for the “come on” from the whores on 7th Avenue. > > [I know, I’m in the wrong song.] If you’re not in NYC, in the wrong town, too. Aloha ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666/10 "2013-10-20T04:47:54Z")
Sorry, it can’t be considered a True Sign if it doesn’t end with [Burma-Shave](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_shave). ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666/11 "2013-10-20T04:59:16Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Sorry, it can’t be considered a True Sign if it doesn’t end with [Burma-Shave](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_shave). I remember them well. 😃 Aloha ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-prophets/671666/12 "2013-10-20T05:22:39Z")
I thought the Prophets sent Orbs? Besides, they operate out near Bajor, not here.