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
I used to go around changing "$500 FINE FOR LITTERING" to "$500 FINE FOR LETTERING".
ReplyDeleteI felt safe doing so, since there was not actually a fine for lettering.
well done! Ha! Thanks for the laugh!
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