This week's sign of the Apocalypse

Let me see if I got this straight, Chicken Flavored Vegetarian Ham?

People, if crap like this can happen, why do we even have a government at all?

Signs

Tommy the Tenured Brit sent in this sign (click for a larger image):

Questions:

1.  Would this be Allen Iversen's favorite golf course, or Michael Jackson's?  Or both?

2.  Why no apostrophe for possesive?  Is "childrens" just the plural of "children" in England?  I think "churrins" would be the correct form of that.

3.  The dog poop sign:  clearly an afterthought.  Perhaps they should allow practise after all.  And maybe learn how to spell "practice."  Allen Iversen could help with that.

This week's sign of the Apocalypse

Video surveillance in George Orwell Square?

I don't think you are reading him properly, Ajuntament de Barcelona!

People, if crap like this can happen, why do we have a secret world government at all?

Go Home! Beat It!

Skeptical that this is real.

But if Tommy the Brit sends it, can it be fake?

Article on "Security"

Nice article on TSA "security" checks.

It's the costly signal thing, as I have argued elsewhere. There is no actual content to the searches.

I was trying to explain it to a kid at Duke. I think it's like Nyquil. Nyquil tastes bad on PURPOSE. Given two identical (save for taste) cough medicines, people choose the one that is tastes bad, assuming it must be stronger. Nyquil has secured a niche by tasting like battery acid, ON PURPOSE.

And now TSA is trying to win us over the same gentle way. You gotta be cruel to be kind. Some fun ideas for messing with the man. MARCO!

(Nod to @lauraleslie for the 2008 article)

Come on Eileen!

Let me begin by saying that I'm not a Republican and I've never voted. What I am on record as supporting is gridlock. And I love the theatre of the absurd that our political discourse has become. 

Naturally then, I am all a-tingle in front of the surreal possibility that the Democrats could actually lose Ted Kennedy's Senate seat.

I am sure those political geniuses Reid and Pelosi have contingency plans to get their extremely popular political agenda passed if they lose their 60th vote, but I don't think they can do it without sometime taking another vote of some type and I am wondering how many rank and file legislators would reconsider their previous votes in light of current trends.

Could it be like the 1994 midterm elections a year early? A boy can dream, can't he?

I'm a full grown man but I ain't afraid to cry

Beck Hansen and Jack Black. People you KNOW it has got to be good!

Midnite Vultures "Sexx Laws" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

Best Signs in the World--2

Here is a very fine sign, near an American military base in Germany: I would imagine that this command applies especially, though not exclusively, to those people who actually HAVE dogs....On the other hand, apparently the troops are allowed to fill their housing areas with cow or turtle excrements, if they so desire. Rules can seem so arbitrary, don't you think?

(Nod to Martin, who fills his housing area with sturm und drang, though in a tasteful and friendly way)

Best Signs in the World--1

A new feature here at KPC, one I hope that we will be able to keep up with, is: Best Signs in the World! We may need help from sharp-eyed readers, but then we usually get that.

To start out, let me present a pair of signs, in front of a bar, in Erlangen, Germany. Have to credit the sharp-eyed LMM for this one. Well done, dear. The sign on the left says, "Tonight: Karaoke!" The sign on the right says, "Cocktails to go, only 4 Euro!"

Karaoke talent a little scarce in these parts, maybe?