Perspective

If you’re an adult, and you fall down and skin your knee, that is THE MOST IMPORTANT THING that will happen to you that day. Maybe that whole week. You’ll be embarrassed initially. Eventually, you’ll tell your friends and coworkers. You may call your mom. If you have a visible injury like a scratch, or a scab, EVERYONE will ask you about it. Really, falling down one time will be the most important thing that happens to you that week.
My son will fall down 104 times today.

Circa 1992

Today is a friend of mine’s child’s picture day at school. Hearing this reminded the group of people I sit with how cool the free plastic combs were on picture day. I remember standing in line at Jefferson Elementary School in Parkersburg, WV, waiting for my teacher to walk down the single-file line and give us each our very own plastic comb. There was nothing better than slicking back your hair and slamming that comb in the back pocket of your corduroys.

As I tried to find a picture of a black plastic comb, I found this hilarious post that shows the other end perspective of the dreaded grooming device: The Desperate Housemommy. The article is a little long, but it’s really funny. Ha-ha funny, not bad hair funny.

Arriba!

Did you know that burrito translates to, “Little Donkey?” Proof.

The name burrito possibly derives from the appearance of a rolled up wheat tortilla, which vaguely resembles the ear of its namesake animal, or from bedrolls and packs that donkeys carried. – Wikipedia

I realize that XXXL is pretty big. I only wear XL and think I could drop an “lb” or two. Seriously though, do you think calling 3XL and 4XL “extreme” is any way to sell t-shirts?

My only thought was that they could mean “XTREEEEME” as in totally awesome, but I don’t think so.

You can find this sign and all the Extreme shirts you need at the Nike Store at the Tanger Outlet Mall in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Special thanks to my friend Matt Brown for pointing this one out while I was shopping for socks.

I get a great deal of enjoyment out of goofy signs. Remember the “Disabled Viewing Area” sign? As much as I travel, I run into some pretty funny ones. Here’s one I ran into recently:

Chik-fil-a proves it’s best not to outsource your signage

Main Disconect?

I go to this Chik-fil-a on North Highway 17 in Mount Pleasant, SC way too often. As I was sitting there the other night, just before you come to the window, I saw the sign to the right. Now, I think Chik-fil-a is the best fast food restaurant around. The food is great, the service is impeccable, and it’s way better than the alternatives.

This Chik-fil-a in particular gets tons of traffic because it is so new and it’s placed in a nice section of town (where people may look down their noses at McDonalds).

So, approximately a zillion people have seen this sign. My questions are:

• Has the manager?
• Where is the District Manager?
• The owner?
• Has anyone other than me?
• Can someone buy me a better camera?

Seriously?

I saw this sign at a friend of mine’s son’s t-ball game today (Go Red Sox!). The sign sits about chair height right beside the normal metal bleachers typical to community baseball fields.

These bleachers are the ONLY place to sit on the whole field, leaving tons of room for lawn chairs, wheel chairs, or whatever…

I have a few questions:

• Is the view disabled?
• Do you need to have disabled viewing to sit here?
• Is the view disabled because there is a sign right where the game is going on?
• Is the word “disabled” politically correct? Do you thing the viewing area is offended?
• On a normal sized community baseball field, with only enough bleachers for 15 people, is a “disabled viewing section” really necessary?

Photograph by John Wilson