Make/take a left/right, etc.

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Thu Oct 3 19:21:03 UTC 2002


At 11:43 AM -0700 10/3/02, Peter A. McGraw wrote:
>On US Hwy. 26 heading west into Portland from Mt. Hood and points east,
>there is a sign for an exit that takes you to Oregon City and the town of
>Boring.  You guessed it--the sign reads:
>
>Boring
>Oregon City
>
>As a resident of the latter locality, I'm always inclined to comment, as
>The New Yorker might once have done, "Just give the directions, please!"
>
>Peter Mc.
>
Somehow that just reminded me of the exit sign on Route 6 on lower
Cape Cod in Massachusetts:

Mashpee
Sandwich

yum!

Larry



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