BS: Did you REALLY mean to say that?

Subject: RE: BS: Did you REALLY mean to say that?
From: Banjer
Date: 13 Oct 01 - 07:13 AM

That is just the last two of the collection! Either click on 'previous 24' in the upper right corner of that page or click here for the first page.

Subject: RE: BS: Did you REALLY mean to say that?
From: Banjer
Date: 13 Oct 01 - 07:10 AM

To view my meager collection of wacky signs click here.

Subject: RE: BS: Did you REALLY mean to say that?
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Oct 01 - 06:50 AM

Following up on Donuel's comment on arsenic, it hasn't been all that long ago when arsenic was commonly used in citrus tree fertilizers because it was thought to give the fruit a slightly sweeter taste.

Subject: RE: BS: Did you REALLY mean to say that?
From: CarolC
Date: 13 Oct 01 - 02:43 AM

*grin*

Even bigger pedant warning...

If a chemical has preservative properties, even if it's man made and manufactured (hence, not natural), it's still not an artificial preservative if it preserves stuff. It's a real preservative that is not natural.

Subject: RE: BS: Did you REALLY mean to say that?
From: GUEST,Boab
Date: 13 Oct 01 - 02:41 AM

Savage sheep warning in the Scottish Highlands [honest!] "BEWARE OF THE SHEEP"

Subject: RE: BS: Did you REALLY mean to say that?
From: Mudlark
Date: 13 Oct 01 - 02:23 AM

"Soft Shoulder" is the road sign that makes me wonder....

Subject: RE: BS: Did you REALLY mean to say that?
From: rangeroger
Date: 13 Oct 01 - 01:21 AM

This probably isn't funny to some right now, but I've always wanted to stop and draw a bomb dropping from the wing of the airplane pictured on California highway signs that state " Speed laws enforced by aircraft".

rr

Subject: RE: BS: Did you REALLY mean to say that?
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 11:43 PM

Mena's the small town in the Arkansas Ozarks where my father was raised, Joe. Emma Dusenberry also came from there, a great traditional singer discovered by the folks at the Commonwealth Labor School, folks like Lee Hayes, who very likely taught at least one of her songs to the other Weavers - namely "The Dodger Song."

Oh the candidate's a dodger, a well-known dodger,
The candidate's a dodger, and I'm a dodger, too.
He'll meet you and greet you, ask you for your vote,
But, look out, boys, he's a-dodgin' for your note!
We're all dodgin', dodgin', dodgin' dodgin',
Yes, we're all dodgin' out a way through the world.

And other similar verses. Neat song!

See you next week!

Sandy

Subject: RE: BS: Did you REALLY mean to say that?
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 11:42 PM

Subject: RE: BS: Did you REALLY mean to say that?
From: Donuel
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 11:36 PM

sodium benzoate is considered natural since it is found in cranberries. ( then again arsenic compounds can be found in peach pits)

Subject: RE: BS: Did you REALLY mean to say that?
From: Bert
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 11:29 PM

Thanks Joe, yer right that was a typo.

A sign on a Pensylvania Turnpike Toll booth

"Violations strictly enforced"!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Did you REALLY mena to say that?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 11:26 PM

Of course, Bert, one would wonder if you REALLY meant to title this thread "Did you REALLY mena to say that?"
I wondered, so I changed it. Hope you don't mind.
-Joe offer-

Subject: RE: BS: Did you REALLY mena to say that?
From: GUEST,Celtic Soul
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 11:26 PM

:::Pedant warning:::

Salt is a natural preservative. Not that that is what they mean when they say what you have quoted above, CarolC. However, it makes the point that, to be a preservative, all a thing has to do is preserve perishables. Not that I would want my fruits dried with salt rubbed into them. :D

Subject: RE: BS: Did you REALLY mena to say that?
From: CarolC
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 11:17 PM

I always wonder what "no artificial preservatives" means. Seems to me, they're either preservatives or they're not.

Subject: Did you REALLY mena to say that?
From: Bert
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 11:13 PM

We were looking at some pecans in the store today and I said that $5 a pound was too expensive. Tree said that you could get them on the web for $1. So I thought I'd take a look. The first site I came to advertized...

"Whole Halves"!!!