I don’t know what it is, but it is nearby
Yes. It’s right here. Somewhere. Maybe behind a fence post. Or under that tree over there on the left. Or hidden in the weeds along the dirt road. Anyway, it’s close. The sign says so.
Highway 114
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 11.10.2013
Posted on November 20, 2013, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, black and white photography, lubbock, lubbock texas, melinda green harvey, monochrome, one day one image, photo a day, photography, texas. Bookmark the permalink. 20 Comments.
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LOL – yeah, really out loud! Thanks!
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Literally LOL?! That almost never happens.
Glad you enjoyed this. I go by this sign every day and it makes me laugh, every day! Yes, I am easily amused.
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I wonder if there’s a sign on the other side of the field that says far…
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Well, if there’s not, there OUGHT to be!
And if there’s not – maybe I have a weekend project…..
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CLOSED? Now I can’t remember why I came here in the first place!
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There’s a coffee shop in Lubbock that says NOPE when it’s closed and OPEN when it’s not. The sign is made of wooden letters, and they just move the N back and forth, depending on what they want to say. It’s one of my favorite signs.
But I like this one, too, because I know what they mean, but it amuses me to think they mean “close” instead of “closed.”
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Is there a second sign behind it saying, “but no cigar” ?
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Sadly, no. But there SHOULD be.
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So the question here is this: did he run out of space for the ‘D’, or did the wood freakishly break splintering off the ‘D’,or is his spelling rather poor – like the guy in the previous post who was struggling with the spelling of ‘Shop’ as in ‘Body Shop’? Or is this part of an elaborate Treasure Hunt, where first it says ‘Close’, then if you move the right way you find a sign saying ‘Closer’, then ‘Closer Still’ until you find the treasure? I’m getting a headache with all this thinking.
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I am going with Option C: Poor Spelling.
Now that you mention it, this sign and the confusing body shop sign are less than a mile apart AND they are on the same side of the same road, so there is some (flimsy) evidence that it’s the same sign-maker.
Also: sorry about your headache.
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Is the sign ‘Close’ telling you that you’re closing in on the Body Shop? Maybe we’ve cracked it
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It’s so obvious, now that you’ve pointed it out. I appreciate your dedication to solving the mystery!
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Can I now be assistant to the Research Department?
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I am pretty sure I can call in some favors and get you named as Chief Researcher, British Division. Of course, you’ll be paid entry level wages at first, but should progress fairly quickly through the pay grades. For example, in less than one year, the Research Department works for free AND gets two unpaid days off every week. Something to strive for!
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How about Vice President and payment in air miles!?
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It’ll have to be Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards points, if that’s OK.
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The Research Department already has British nationality as one of its dualities. Which means that we could get along very well with a British Department if such a franchise were to be let.
I want to see a photo of the NOPE sign. You don’t suppose they stole the D from this sign to use on that sign for their late night pot-sales department?
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SO OBVIOUS. Of course that’s what’s going on. I can’t believe I didn’t figure that out myself.
I’ll get over to the NOPE sign one of these days and get a photo. And, stick around, lurking in the shadows, for the D to be posted. For photographic reasons, of course. Nothing else.
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Haha!
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I tend to crack myself up – it’s always good to know that I’ve been able to amuse someone else!
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