Dead Slow
Warning: Completely fibre-less-cuz-eternal-twisted-rib-on-a-never-ending-jumper-doesn’t-make-for-exciting-reading cultural observation to follow…
Have you ever seen something repeatedly only to have it take on new meaning with the addition of one small thing? I’ve driven over these road hazard warnings for months now. An unmistakable message, right?
But seeing this…
…yes, that hearse sitting there…it’s with irony of the ‘noir’ kind that I realise these warnings are posted outside the cemetery. Huh, never noticed that before…
Very well spotted Cheryl. Good timing.
21 Feb 2008 at 8:52 pm
Oh, help. I just had a rather loud snort over this. I thought it meant “Dead Slow” as in, Sheesh, this is dead slow, and so boring, but after a second look realize it’s a blind corner — or a dead end? Is it another Irish etymology thing that I don’t get? Or are we simply meant to slow down in honor of the dead? The hearse: a priceless touch.
21 Feb 2008 at 10:45 pm
Since I’m an English teacher, I can’t help mentioning what a good example of dark comedy that is…You didn’t happen to major in English did you?
22 Feb 2008 at 4:09 am
Lol, that is so my sense of humor! Still laughing!
22 Feb 2008 at 5:08 am
to perfect. very funny!
22 Feb 2008 at 5:26 am
…or are they making a comment about the dead, which are, indeed, rather slow?
22 Feb 2008 at 2:16 pm
It is funny how many times we do that sort of thing, over look something that later seems so obvious.
22 Feb 2008 at 3:18 pm
I never noticed that either! That curve is right at the cemetery. I wonder if historically it was known as ‘Dead Man’s Curve’…
24 Feb 2008 at 4:26 pm
Love it! And I’ve never in my life seen such a thing … I’m thinking that it’s unique to your end of the world.
25 Feb 2008 at 8:25 pm
Well now if that isn’t a message to take heed to I don’t know what is. Someone was very clever weren’t they!
26 Feb 2008 at 1:40 pm