The INDEPENDENT, October 7, 2004
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Signs that didn’t say quite what they intended
At restaurant-gas stations throughout the nation: “Eat here and get gas.”
At a Santa Fe gas station: “We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass container.”
In an New York restaurant: “Customers who consider our waitresses uncivil ought to see the man-
ager.”
In a Michigan restaurant: “The early bird gets the worm! Special shoppers’ luncheon before 11:00
AM.”
In a New Hampshire jewelry store: “Ears pierced while you wait.”
OREGON TRIVIA
On a delicatessen wall: “Our best is none too good.”
Answer will
appear in the
classified
section of the
October 21
issue
On the wall of a Baltimore estate: “Trespassers will be prosecut-
ed to the full extent of the law. – Sisters of Mercy”
On a long-established New Mexico dry cleaning store: “Thirty-
eight years on the same spot.”
In a Los Angeles dance hall: “Good clean dancing every night
but Sunday.”
On a movie theater: “Children’s matinee today. Adults not admit-
ted unless with child.”
In a Florida maternity ward: “No children allowed!”
In a New York drugstore: “We dispense with accuracy.”
On a New York loft building: “Wanted: Woman to sew buttons on
the fourth floor.”
In a New Hampshire medical building: “Martin Diabetes Profes-
sional Ass.”
In the office of a loan company: “Ask about our plans for owning
your home.”
In a New York medical building: “Mental health prevention center.”
1. Where is the largest
lava flow in the United
States?
2. The book Tying and Fish-
ing the Fuzzy Nymphs by what
Chiloquin fly-fisherman has
been printed four times?
3. How far up the Tualatin
River did steamships travel
before railroads were built?
4. What Oregon author
began his book River Why by
comparing a baby in the
womb with a fish in a snug lit-
tle river?
5. What former St. Louis
Cardinals
quarterback
(1981-1988) lived in Lake
Oswego as a youth?
6. What artifacts may be
viewed at the Visitors Center
of the John Day National
Monument?
Answers on page 27
In a toy department: “Five Santa Clauses – no waiting.”
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