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Recent Chicken Scratchings
One day while out walking around in Southfield, Michigan (just outside of Detroit), I wandered through a public park. In this park I crossed a cement pedestrian bridge and then went down about 6 stairs into a concrete plaza area. At the bottom of those 6 stairs I saw this sign posted:
(Sign image photoshopped just to remove the background; the sign itself was not altered. )
I was confused about what the value of this sign was. Remember that it was at the bottom of the stairs, so presumably anyone who sees the sign has already come down the stairs. If they made it down safely, the sign wouldn’t mean much to them. If they crashed down the stairs, the sign would probably just further aggravate them by its poor positioning.
Although I didn’t understand it at the time, I took this picture, and after contemplating it for some time, I’ve concluded that this sign isn’t meant to be a warning at all.
Rather, the sign has to be a commemorative indicator of an event some time ago, when a rubber-headed man rode on a magical bike, which had wheels that were connected without spokes. He rode this bike down these stairs, while popping a front wheelie, and leaped off halfway down, flipping over and turning around to face the other direction as he flew through the air. He hit the ground head first and bounced up four feet into the air, all the while maintaining a perfect walking stance.
If that doesn’t deserve a commemorative sign, I don’t know what does.
Posted 14 Jul 2008
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That, I think, is the only credible explanation. And I think I like it better than the one where the sign was posted in the wrong place, because as you and I know, that doesn’t happen!
Cheers,
Quirky Indian
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I just wish I was around to see the mag-lev bike and the aerial acrobatics of that great occurrence.
That’s hilarious!
Your commentary on the sign was dead on, and made me laugh quite a few times!