Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for November 20, 2015
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Transcript:
d.c. roadsign improvement proposals by richard thompson never only hunh-uh no don't go there parking for patrons of rhodes tavern only no lost cats no trash the current state of signage pro: festive if somewhat gaudy. con: incoherent & undecipherable. no anytime one exit to wilson bridge only mon-fri 9 am - 5 pm close on alt thurs. sno emer one way the neo-alexander-calderian proposal pro: kinetic yet lyrical. con: won't hold still. man: hey, man - leave that car there & the govermint can legally sell your spleen to either canada or mexico. it says so in nafta. hey, gimme a push, man. the street lunatic in a bosun's chair proposal pro: gainful employment. con: information sometimes unreliable. can you park here? call lauch faircloth phone: can't park theah, son, ya'll too close to a fah hydrant. the ask lauch faircloth proposal pro: he likes to be boss of everybody. con: still just an out-of-town pig farmer.
First time my parents drove me from Chicago to D.C. for college we (naturally) got lost at some traffic circle or other before eventually finding campus. (Prior to that, I think the last time we were in D.C. was when Dad worked there for the gummymint during WW II.)