Portland, Oregon 2014

Say it out loud. Still don’t get it? Here’s a hint, it is located along the Big Muddy.

Red Wing, Minnesota 2009

Dork that I am, I actually read the instruction manual when I get a new toy*. Sometimes I find it helpful, sometimes I find it humorous…

*No, not THAT kind of toy! If you must know it was a battery operated, portable, mini-speaker. Sheesh, get your head out of the gutter!

Spotted in Tucson, Arizona 2008

So, according to this sign Joes, Jeffs, and Johns are allowed…

No Jakes sign, Cape Meares, Oregon 2018

Overheard this joke the other day:

“Why did the chicken cross the road?

To prove to the opossum that it could be done.”

Sign inside Frank’s Restaurant, Tucson, Arizona 2010

The Purist

I give you now Professor Twist,

A conscientious scientist.

Trustees exclaimed, “He never bungles!”

And sent him off to distant jungles.

Camped on a tropic riverside,

One day he missed his loving bride.

She had, the guide informed him later,

Been eaten by an alligator.

Professor Twist could not but smile,

“You mean,” he said, “a crocodile.”

Ogden Nash

Alligator, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas 2006

Sad, sad wheel tracks…sniff.

Sign along US-85 on the way to the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota 2010