curiosa

[Mark A. Mandel]

Noted this week:

1:
Signs outside the main entrance of Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Mass.
(Patient presented with acute conjunctionitis.)

Smoking Is Not Permitted In This Area And/Or In The Mount Auburn Hospital.
Thank You


2:
Sign in the wine section of a Bread & Circus store. B&C is a chain of
stores in the Boston area specializing in organic and health foods, herbs,
etc.
(Do I add a letter? It already sounds like a plural. "es"? "s"?
WhaddoIDOO?!!!)

                 Bread & Circus
 September Wine Feature of "Olympic" proportions!
        Cheer on the Red, White, and Blue
              while enjoying some
                  Aussie Reds,
              Whites, and Shiraz'