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September 25, 2008
Whoooah!
I loves me some hyperbole, but this seems a little extreme. I noticed this sign for a garage sale whilst walking down the street earlier today, and it sure made me chuckle.
This garage sale is "wild"! I am imagining that at this garage sale, there are all kinds of wild and wacky things for sale: a time machine, perchance. Or a Monkey's paw. Maybe a live hand grenade. I hope no mogwais.
God willing, Joe Francis and the Girls Gone Wild crew are there. Now that I think about it, there did seem to be a giant mushroom cloud right where this wild garage sale was occurring - did Cleveland Avenue spontaneously combust?
I also am wary of any event that bills its times as "3 pm to ????" It says to me, we're so crazy we don't know when it's going to end. In reality, these sorts of things often suck, because if you were truly that crazy, you'd have an end time that you don't adhere to, or you simply wouldn't prescribe an ending time at all.
The question marks are acceptable if you're talking about your kid's 8th birthday party, but not for adults. Adults know when a party is going to end - when everyone is too tired or drunk to care anymore. Instead, I think it should just say "3 pm," instead of "3 pm - ????" There is a subtle difference.
entry no. 1218
Posted at September 25, 2008 11:19 AM