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May 27, 2007

Signs

. . . and what they mean.

I was driving down the highway yesterday when I saw an odd sign:

DANGER: ELECTRICAL CURRENTS OVERHEAD

I had absolutely no idea what to do with this information.

First of all, what did the sign mean by overhead? Over the sign? Or over the highway? And if it meant over the highway, then where exactly? Because there was nothing there. Or, at least, nothing I could see. No railroad tracks, no power lines, no cell phone towers. Nothing. Just open highway.

And exactly what kind of electrical currents was the sign referring to? Should I be expecting random bolts of lightening? Laser beams shooting down from a satellite?

I glanced up nervously. All I saw was the vast blue Florida sky, full of fluffy white clouds.

I finally decided that the sign had been put there just to freak out the inhabitants of passing cars to get them to slow down and drive more carefully. Sort of like a more drastic version of when the cops leave an empty cruiser by the side of the highway.

But then I thought, if that’s the case, then why leave it at cryptic warnings about electrical currents? I could think of much better ways to scare drivers.

Like:

SPEEDING CARS WILL BE RANDOMLY BLOWN UP.

Or:

BEWARE OF MISSILES FALLING FROM SKY.

Or:

IT IS NOW SAFE TO REMOVE YOUR GAS MASK AND BREATHE NORMALLY.

Anyway. It’s just a thought. And maybe an explanation of why I don’t hold a position of power.

Posted by Whitney at 6:00 AM | Comments (1)

Comments

Posted by: B.E. Sanderson at May 27, 2007 10:00 AM