# What is the obscene message directed at Lois Frankel I keep hearing about

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 25, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-obscene-message-directed-at-lois-frankel-i-keep-hearing-about/276648 "2004-11-25T16:58:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-obscene-message-directed-at-lois-frankel-i-keep-hearing-about/276648/1 "2004-11-25T16:58:25Z")

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Someone broke into the orogram for the highway sign in Florida and put up an obscene message

[http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041125.gthaynov25/BNStory/Technology/](http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041125.gthaynov25/BNStory/Technology/)

However I can’t find out what the message was and no news sites are giving hints. Does anyone know what it said.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-obscene-message-directed-at-lois-frankel-i-keep-hearing-about/276648/2 "2004-11-25T18:46:49Z")

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The article says

> [@](#):
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> the three-word message

. . .

Maybe we could speculate.

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**Author:** ![MC\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@MC\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_E)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-obscene-message-directed-at-lois-frankel-i-keep-hearing-about/276648/3 "2004-11-26T00:21:11Z")

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They showed it on my local TV news, blurring out all but the first letter of the first and third words. It was one of those portable construction signs on a trailer. It read:

F\*\*\*  
YOU  
B\*\*\*\*  
Not much speculation needed.

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-obscene-message-directed-at-lois-frankel-i-keep-hearing-about/276648/4 "2004-11-26T23:35:10Z")

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> [@MC$E](#):
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> They showed it on my local TV news, blurring out all but the first letter of the first and third words. It was one of those portable construction signs on a trailer. It read:
> 
> F\*\*\*  
> YOU  
> B\*\*\*\*  
> Not much speculation needed.

Fit  
You  
Best  
?

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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-obscene-message-directed-at-lois-frankel-i-keep-hearing-about/276648/5 "2004-11-27T01:03:39Z")

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So the mayor was trying to have a laugh at people stuck in traffic jams, that would seem a bit cheeky unless they were sitting in a car beside me on the road :rolleyes: