Friday, December 02, 2022

It's unusual for me to find poetry about car related stuff, but today I came across this

There’s a little old fellow and he has a little paintpot,
 And a paucity of brushes is something that he ain’t got,
 And when he sees a road sign, the road sign he betters,
 And expresses of himself by eliminating letters.

 Thus THROUGH ROAD
 Becomes ROUGH ROAD
 And CURVES DANGEROUS
 Is transformed to CURVES ANGER US

But the old fellow feels a slight dissatisfaction
 With the uninspiring process of pure subtraction.
 The evidence would indicate he’s taken as his mission
The improvement of the road signs by the process of addition.

RIGHT EAST BOUND TUNNEL

Is elaborated to

FRIGHTENED BEASTS ABOUND IN TUNNEL

it goes on, this is only about 1/2 of it, but it's the best part

2 comments:

  1. I used to go around changing "$500 FINE FOR LITTERING" to "$500 FINE FOR LETTERING".

    I felt safe doing so, since there was not actually a fine for lettering.

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    1. well done! Ha! Thanks for the laugh!

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