**spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US

[James C Stalker]

Roger,

I think you are having us on.  You know as well as I do that context tells
us how to interpret.  Notice that all responses have been street sign
contexts.  And now you tell us it is not a street sign.  So, if not a street
sign, what is the context?  Is it a sign in a brothel?  Perhaps a sign on an
outhouse in the more remote regions on Montana?  I thought about asking my
son what the imperative might mean, but didn't, because I couldn't tell him
where it occurred.

So. . .?

Jim

Jonathan Lighter writes:

> I remember the "Littering" sign too but less vividly. Can't recall a third, though..
>
> JL
>
> "Peter A. McGraw" <pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU> wrote:
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> There was more than one of the "Don't even think of parking here" signs. A
> companion in the series was: LITTERING IS FILTHY AND SELFISH SO DON'T DO
> IT. I think there was a third one, but I can't remember it. They were
> there at least as late as 1989.
>
> Peter
>
> --On Monday, May 23, 2005 4:36 PM -0400 Laurence Horn
> wrote:
>
>>> The most understandable is DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT PARKING HERE, seen
>>> on Fifth Ave. & 44th (I think) St. about 25 years ago. Is it still
>>> there ? Who was the genius behind it ?
>>
>> I always assumed it was in the spirit of Ed Koch, whoever was
>> actually responsible for creating. It's his voice I hear scolding me.
>>
>> L
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James C. Stalker
Department of English
Michigan State University