Uh, No Mowing?
This entry was posted on Nov 08 2007
This afternoon was a wonderful day to leave my desk for a walk around the building. The temperature was a nice 65 degrees and the wind was blowing just right. As I approached the edge of the lot where the water runoff ditch is located, something didn’t seem right. Then it hit me:
NO SKATEBOARDING
NO BICYCLE RIDING
NO ROLLERBLADING
You’ve probably seen these concrete structures before, usually on the side of the road. Nicely paved over drainage ditches that just happen to be perfect for skateboarding, bicycle riding and rollerblading. What better way to keep the kids out than erecting a big, scary sign? It sure is intimidating.
Upon further inspection, I realized that the people who erected this particular sign weren’t your average sign erecters. They knew that a simple sign wasn’t the whole answer; although it might deter a few kids, the hardcore troublemakers were sure to ignore it. Apparently, a brilliant plan was conceived and set in motion.
They allowed nature to take over the concrete, making it impassable! Someone call the newspaper! Get that man a Nobel Prize!
See the irony in this? Maybe they shouldn’t have poured the cement in the first place. I want to bring a marker out there one day and write, “NO MOWING” and see what happens. Maybe add a little picture of a lawnmower crossed out next to it. Either that or I’ll pull out all the overgrowth in the middle of the night and build a makeshift skate park. Or I’ll just leave it alone and keep this whole thing an inside joke between you and me. It seems obvious that they certainly don’t get it. 
Go nature!
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They should have just put ‘No Fun’ for short!
I once took a photo of a sign on the beach at Santa Monica, under the advice to ‘Have fun and enjoy your beach’ were listed 17 different rules and regulations, designed to prevent you doing just that…
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When my sister was a hell raising teen, she stole a sign that looked identical to that one and hung it up in her bedroom.
Why she was worried about people bicycling or roller blading in her bedroom, I will never know… hehehe
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The cracks and grass are for the kids who can’t read. I call it revenge of the nerds!
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Diane: Our beach has the same thing. The little pictures depicting drowning people and rip currents are the best part. I guess they write the rules for the lowest common denominator.
AntiBarbie: Tell her to come steal this one.
kml: I like that idea! I could see the construction planning meetings now. “OK, build a nice, new drainage channel, but fill it with weeds and mud…”
The skateboard looks like a Japanese smiley with ruffled brow or something.
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Nice, finding the hidden gems in everything is quality entertainment. Like finding shapes in the clouds, but applying that to everything.
Irony is so ironic. Like in Jurassic Park, nature finds a way.
I was going to reply with some wordplay thing using the word “irony,” but it sounded stupid. I got nothin’.