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ha! was worth a stop! a great example of roadside magnetic poetry.

In this day and age of PhotoShop, this would be an easy composite, but

this is the real thing, captured along route 99 in Delano, California.

I don't know if some wag in the highway department was having fun, or

if the poor engineer types just didn't see the irony. The signs are no

longer conjoined.

Now that's funny!

David, this is a classic. I've had it as the wallpaper on my office computer to lighten my work day. It worked.

Actually I worked pretty hard to get this one. I first passed it on a trip when I could not stop and did not have my equipment, but made a note to come back. Several months later I made it back, but this is on a freeway, and you are not supposed to just pull over and park and take pictures. So I had to leave the car 100 yards away, climb a fence, and then a steep embankment to get to the side of the road. Once there, I had to keep an eye out so as to not get killed. Your appreciation makes it all worhwhile.

HA! Great catch!

Yeah, I love this one, too. Was a time when things like this fascinated me. Unfortunately, here at pnet, it's all about how sharp your lens is, and not how great the idea is.

Funny shot.

 

I love those kind of signs. Usually I see them in passing and don't have time to get the shot. There is one out near Riverside, CA, where it says "Welcome to" whatever city it is, and directly behind it is the city dump. I always wanted to get the shot, but it would require a ladder to get the angle right.

Is that how they expect you to turn yourself in..

This month I received word that this was one of 14 winners in a Random House contest of photos of funny roadside signs.

A well-deserved award. I still get a kick out of this.

Thank you very much.

Congrats! This reminds me of a neighboring town here which had a rest area next to the cemetery, and the rest area sign was in front of the cemetery, with an arrow pointing to the cemetery...darn, why didn't I ever get a photo?? A couple years ago they moved the sign closer to the rest area.