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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Criminal Sentence 276: An Interesting Flasher

Only I read signs in elevators, but I got rewarded yesterday:

"When flashing, help is on the way."

Someone named help will be flashing? Cool!

This gem was next to the emergency light, which I imagine is the thing that will be flashing. The sign writer should have written this:

"When the light is flashing, help is on the way."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I found your opening sentence odd. Did you mean that you are the only one to read the signs in the elevators? Are you sure?