B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for September 14, 2015

Why do they have to embarrass the not so bright children in the neighborhood?And how about those “Blind Driveways”, why doesn’t someone go out and buy them a “Seeing Eye Sidewalk”?

Based on today’s education standards, I’d say that’s just about right.

Perhaps they should slow down and spend more time in public school.

I don’t know… I’ve seen a lot of signs like these over the years but never with a comma.

Most sign makers went to public schools

They could always solve this problem by not having roads go by a school. Seriously though, I lived somewhere once where the school was surrounded on 3 sides by a 8 foot brick wall and houses against it, had the occasional gateway for people who lived nearby, their kids could walk to school easy.

There was only one entrance and it was not a thru road. One had to leave the main highway and drive straight up this road to the school.

Basically anyone who might be speeding, going too fast was either dropping off or picking up a kid most likely, or other reason they had to be there. Those people are most likely to not speed for the safety. Its the schools with thru roads around them where people just fly by cause they are going somewhere else.

I rarely saw speeders on this road, never saw or heard of an accident involving a child either.

I’m guessing she was being ironic. Humor, you know.

Speaking of stupid signs, I’ve seen a few that read “Caution. Hill Blocks View.” Well, Duh!

In our town we have a lot of creeks and a lot of ‘no exit-go nowhere’ neighborhoods. There are only a few through-streets – guess where all the schools are? .I laughed one morning on the day school started for the year – the radio announced, “let’s avoid those school zones and get the kids safely to school.” – Impossible!!

Ummm To me it’s just another comic strip.

A main street was closed for major repairs. The store owners wanted to let people known they could still shop. The road sign said “Business are open”.

When I was just a youngster riding in the car with my Dad, he would point to a “Winding Road Ahead” sign and comment to me,

“You know, as many times as I see this sign, I never saw anyone winding the road ahead”

I miss my Dad sometimes…

The sign I saw (and this is a verbal description, so it probably safe here) is two women standing in front of a sign exposing their breasts. The sign said, “Stop here when flashing.”

Or does it just mean that the bright ones have gone elsewhere?

If you weren’t so busy being 1. crude and 2. ready to be offended yourself, you might be able to recognize irony when you see it. Then again, maybe not.

“You’re one comma away from a social media firestorm.” Those who can do. Those who can’t go on social media and talk about AD INFINITUM.

It’s a comic that correctly points out that these signs SHOULD have a comma. Most don’t, which gives them an unintended meaning.

Yes, but depends on the neighborhood.

This discussion reminds me of Carlin asking ’Why do we park in a driveway, and drive on the parkway?"

We have a sign in my neighborhood that says “Slow Children at Play” (no punctuation at all). What is one to think? Is it reassuring the motorist that these children are not as difficult to hit as others who might be faster? Or simply a notification that the average juvenile IQ in these parts is a bit substandard?

That “Dip in Road” was one of my favorite BCs. But this one reminds me of the poster a teacher of my acquaintance has posted outside his English classroom for years. It points out that punctuation can save a life. After all, it goes on to explain, “Let’s eat, Grandma!” is not at all the same thing as “Let’s eat Grandma!”

I always admired the “Vision Limited” sign just as you approached my University — especially when the administrators were drowning the educators in paperwork!

I still long for a reboot of Burma Shave signs…

What gets me is the “Watch Children” signs. Do you want me to babysit? Is there really no room to add the word “for”?