Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for January 16, 2017
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Transcript:
hometown security the d.c. office of obstacles & eyesores hopes to replace the jersey barriers littering our landscape with something more aesthetically pleasing. but what? everybody loves bollards! we could become the "city of bollards." people: bollards! bollards! bollards! bollards! there are alternatives. man: tangled masses of abandoned grocery carts can provide deterrence and comment on our consumerist society. some are traditionalists - worker: i prefer the ornamental 8-ton reinforced concrete tub fillled with pansies, which so intriguingly weds the oppressive to the dainty. stop do not back up driver: yeah, me too. and what of those whom we seek to protect? employee 1: i hear that at the state department everyone gets a vicious guard dog. employee 2: damn. department of nonessential employees
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 8 years ago
Now I know what a “bollard” is called.
kesting about 8 years ago
Yep, and a Jersey Barrier, didn’t know those cement things were called that until now.
Kip W about 8 years ago
And those round things are “tubs”!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 8 years ago
Bollards, you will see more of them in places like Washington D. C. as security conscious (read paranoid) politicos finding the general public to be hostile to their Regressive moves against them.
Sisyphos about 8 years ago
Fortress mentality.
Maybe sometimes we need a fortress.