Dont bank on this (sign challenge)
Officer Willas saw the car was about three feet above the ground and stuck into the side of the building. You could see where it jumped the curb and became…
Read the Signs
No, not *those* signs. I mean the standard signs you see every day. For instance, one of my favorites - "Caution Children". My regular response: _About *what* should we caution these children?_ A specific warning about something nearby, or just a general warning that life is dangerous? And another. "Employees must wash hands." Great - I've just enjoyed my meal of ribs and cheese fries, and now I gotta hang out in the rest room until an *employee* comes in and washes my hands? I know the service is good here, but *this*... Your challenge: Your story's title is the text of a common sign. The body of the story hinges on an alternate interpretation of the sign's text. Make me laugh - make me proud. Winning this challenge is a sign of success! _grooooan_ :D
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31 entriesLoose Lips (Sign Challenge)
After the great war my parents emigrated to Toronto from Alsace. We didn’t want to live under the rule of the French, and conditions in Germany were just too…
Here's Your Sign....
SLOW CHILDREN Maybe it’s true, but it’s awfully callous of the DOT to put the sign up and tell everybody about it. NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO SERVICE Okey dokey…
Stop
STOP!!! Stop what? Should I stop thinking, my existence, texting while driving. There are so many things stop could of wanted to stop. Also, who is it to tell…
Speed Hump
Every time I see one of those signs that say “speed hump”, I automatically think, with who? Its usually just me and my mom in the car.
One Way.
The very foreign traveler Mr. Fisk was just arriving in america. He rented a car and began his drive to his sister’s house whom he just decided he would visit…
The Lonely Road.
Smith drove down the lonely road. He ad drove this road many times many ways. He had cried on this rode, met his first love on this road; This road was even…
Joe Elliot Is A Freakin God (Signs Challenge)
I was nine years old when I had just received the best news of my life. We were moving out of the apartment complex. I hated that place. Every time I tried to…
Caution Children Playing
Mark was driving home from the Supermarket, trunk filled with goodies for the night’s festivities. There was construction on his usual route, reworking the…
Read the Signs: Creative Translation
He was waiting in line at the metal detector gates, and just about when he felt his knees trembling and almost collapsing, he got there. The morose border…
Go Children Slow
I go children slow. I sleep the sleep, I day the day. I sun the golden eyes of dawn, the green leaves filtering light down into my green grass carpet, action…
Slow
Tick. The world was treacle. Derek sat up in his bed and watched as the covers inched their way through the air in the direction he’d thrown them, as if held…
In an emergency, take the stairs
In retrospect, it didn’t really help much, and I kind of wish I’d sued the pants off the sign company. I’d been out of luck for a few months. I lost my job, my…
Slow Deaf Children Ahead (ficly challenge)
We’d been driving for hours, my family and I. And finally, we were almost home. But of course, there was another detour. So, we turn down this street, and low…
Speed Enforced by Aircraft
Sweat dripped from my brow. My eyes darted back and forth between the car’s speedometer and the burned-out wrecks which lined the deserted highway. Nobody had…
Employees must wash Han*s
Hans was about to wash his hands, but before he could get to the sink, a Hazmat team burst through the door! They squirted Hans with soap, and sprayed him with…
Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires
The prophecy must be wrong. Simon Smith trudged dejectedly along the steep hiking trail, thinking. “This child shall be a Hero, more Super than any other.”…
Yield sign
She stopped the car. She could smell the sweet fragrance before she opened the bonnet. She knew that they would be there, and that there would be 81 of them…
No U Turn
Driving home, a street sign tells me: *No U Turn!* “Learn U Grammar!” I reply, and drive on. I didn’t need to turn anyway. Presumptuous sign.
Audio Assistance for Visually Impared
My idiot car decided to stop working today at a stop light. Then, with the actions of turning it off, waiting a minute, and rubbing my tummy and head at the…