Let’s see. They’re on that side of the street (with the wrecking ball) but the warning to duck is being shown to the other side of the street. And given the position of the ball, and where it hit the tourist, they should have lost their heads. I don’t get this one.
Spouse and I enjoy mocking the tourists that don’t know about the right turn-only lane as you leave town. And how to negotiate the traffic circle. And which streets change to one-way with only one smallish sign as notification. Well, that and the oncoming traffic in your lane.
The town I grew up in had one street that was one-way (south) on the north end and one-way (north) on the south end. Quite amusing until I came back 20 years later for a visit. THEN it was annoying.
Maybe the “tourist” can’t read English. Maybe he is dyslexic. Poor eyesight? The guys on the left mock him before knowing why he seemed to ignore the sign.
We got those street crossing things in Boston. Only the tourists use them. Natives like to dart between moving cars. That helps to keep the reflexes sharp.
Since our crosswalk timing was recalibrated, I’ve thought about erecting a manicure kiosk to give pedestrians something to do during the protracted "wait " time.
No wrecking ball, but twice — two different times and jobs in buildings miles apart — construction cranes from across the street fell onto the building in which I was working.
The really weird (dare I use that word?) coincidence is that the second incident killed a pedestrian down below, and that person was a friend of an out-of-town friend of mine.
wallylm 12 days ago
POST (on social media)
Leroy 12 days ago
I’m not sure I like A.I. running the traffic lights. Unless they regulate the sarcasm.
Richard S Russell Premium Member 12 days ago
Must be extra hard on foreign tourists who have to look up the English words in their phrase books.
Hello Everyone 12 days ago
Sounds like Tourists ducking Bullets.
Imagine 12 days ago
Outside a Target store?
Cactus-Pete 12 days ago
Let’s see. They’re on that side of the street (with the wrecking ball) but the warning to duck is being shown to the other side of the street. And given the position of the ball, and where it hit the tourist, they should have lost their heads. I don’t get this one.
Concretionist 12 days ago
Spouse and I enjoy mocking the tourists that don’t know about the right turn-only lane as you leave town. And how to negotiate the traffic circle. And which streets change to one-way with only one smallish sign as notification. Well, that and the oncoming traffic in your lane.
The town I grew up in had one street that was one-way (south) on the north end and one-way (north) on the south end. Quite amusing until I came back 20 years later for a visit. THEN it was annoying.
sandpiper 12 days ago
Kinda cuts the guy’s vacation a bit short.
Aimless Melissa 12 days ago
Maybe the “tourist” can’t read English. Maybe he is dyslexic. Poor eyesight? The guys on the left mock him before knowing why he seemed to ignore the sign.
Funniguy 12 days ago
Go to London and see all the pavements at crosswalks painted with the words, “Look Right” for all the tourists.
PraiseofFolly 12 days ago
Add that to the widespread inconvenient roadwork closures during tourist season!
herdocow 12 days ago
Never saw a Roadrunner cartoon?
LawrenceS 12 days ago
This is why it is vital to read guide books and do research on-line before visiting…
And make sure it’s a reputable guide-book I add, having just returned from a trip to the north east coast of Crete.
franki_g 12 days ago
I was expecting to see a water fowl server set up a table and present a menu.
sandpiper 11 days ago
Completely tangential notion: could this perhaps be an allegorical allusion to possible outcomes on 11/5?
Redd Panda 11 days ago
We got those street crossing things in Boston. Only the tourists use them. Natives like to dart between moving cars. That helps to keep the reflexes sharp.
luckyduck 11 days ago
Don’t re-think it Pete. Just enjoy.
ditdodotto 11 days ago
POINT BEING - this is an excellent tourist deterrent. Where do I order a dozen for our town
baskate_2000 11 days ago
Must’ve had writer’s block to come up with this pointless cartoon.
Count Olaf Premium Member 11 days ago
The Count was expecting Donald or Daffy.
KEA 11 days ago
“The Out of Towners” — Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis
royq27 11 days ago
In NYC the locals would have jaywalked across the street by the time the wrecking ball arrived…
batesmom7 11 days ago
No need for a wrecking ball in the mid-Atlantic area because we have lots of red light running vehicles that will do the job.
Mel-T-Pass Premium Member 11 days ago
Welcome to the big city, pal!
rasputin's horoscope 11 days ago
Since our crosswalk timing was recalibrated, I’ve thought about erecting a manicure kiosk to give pedestrians something to do during the protracted "wait " time.
curtlyon19 11 days ago
got really good laugh outta me
mistercatworks 11 days ago
In a “real” city, they would already be going through his bags.
mindjob 11 days ago
If he was sharp, he could’ve got a great pic, like a whale breaching in the ocean
Chris Sherlock 11 days ago
At least the sign didn’t add insult to injury by reading POINT AND LAUGH.
elgrecousa Premium Member 11 days ago
Tourists are often mocked, disliked and taken advantage of, but the fact is that many countries’ economies depend heavily on them.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 11 days ago
We could all use that sort of thing.
gammaguy 11 days ago
No wrecking ball, but twice — two different times and jobs in buildings miles apart — construction cranes from across the street fell onto the building in which I was working.
The really weird (dare I use that word?) coincidence is that the second incident killed a pedestrian down below, and that person was a friend of an out-of-town friend of mine.
AndromedaMike 11 days ago
If only it were that easy to thin out the tourist herd.
Tootsie Premium Member 11 days ago
Man survives hit by wrecking ball >
leemorse9777 11 days ago
I’m going to be philosophical and say the wrecking ball represents life and it will smack you if you aren’t paying attention. Just a thought.
cytomark 11 days ago
You would if you lived in a tourist town
Bilan 11 days ago
Is that where the name DuckDuckGo came from?
anomaly 11 days ago
Almost everyone’s a tourist sometime or other.
CleverHans Premium Member 11 days ago
Maybe the tourist was hoping that Miley Cyrus would come prancing by…
cnhardman 11 days ago
Don’t overthink it. You get the joke.
keenanthelibrarian 11 days ago
I guess the moral is “Do you believe everything that you read?”
lnrokr55 10 days ago
Sarcasm Saturday!