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Postby twoleftfeet » Thu May 17, 2012 9:59 am

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/15/americas_road_sign_legends/singleton/
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Re: Poetic Road Sign Ads

Postby Antcliff » Thu May 17, 2012 10:28 am

Next Stop

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Re: Poetic Road Sign Ads

Postby Antcliff » Thu May 17, 2012 10:45 am

Turn off for Liverpool

We all love Cilla

And Ken Dodd

Not Aston Villa
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Re: Poetic Road Sign Ads

Postby twoleftfeet » Thu May 17, 2012 11:03 am

Antcliff wrote:Turn off for Liverpool

We all love Cilla ****

And Ken Dodd

Not Aston Villa


**** as long as she's not singing!!
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Postby Suzanne » Thu May 17, 2012 5:31 pm

Hey, I saw signs like this while in the midwest in Feb. Little stories along the road side advertising this or that. It was fun, certain caught my eye.
thanks for posting it. Suzanne
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Postby David » Thu May 17, 2012 7:12 pm

While driving home from work yesterday I passed a wagon emblazoned with the words R. Cain Plant Hire, and I thought it was nice that there's a demand for some of the more esoteric stuff.
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Postby Magpie Jane » Thu May 17, 2012 10:31 pm

Ooh, lovely.

Here are two of my personal favourites. No rhymes, but poetry all the same.
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Re: Poetic Road Sign Ads

Postby Antcliff » Fri May 18, 2012 8:28 am

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Re: Poetic Road Sign Ads

Postby Mic » Fri May 18, 2012 5:10 pm

David wrote:While driving home from work yesterday I passed a wagon emblazoned with the words R. Cain Plant Hire, and I thought it was nice that there's a demand for some of the more esoteric stuff.


:lol:

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