I was taking a trip down memory lane yesterday, driving the roads of the suburb where I went to high school, when I saw this campaign sign.
“Titman for Judge.”
The candidate is David Titman, a local lawyer. I’m sure he has heard every possible joke about his name. Still . . .
“Titman for Judge.”
My father was enchanted with a candidate in Delaware, an Asian-American man whose sign simply said: “Woo.”
But still . . .
“Titman for Judge”
It’s against the law to steal campaign signs in Maryland. But if dusk had been deeper . . .
I’m dating myself here but my very favorite was sign/slogan was from one of Pat Paulsen’s runs for president. Pat Paulsen for President, We’ve Upped Our Standards, Now Up Yours!”
Priceless!
Zelda
Ah, priceless.
“With Judge Titman, you can be sure he’ll stay abreast of the law.”
In 1992 the local trade association of advertising and marketing firms asked their members to come up with a mock advertising campaign for the presidential candidates. The winner was:
“Clinton-Gore. Young guys. Great hair.”
Laura – I actually have a chair in my office from one of the Old Court S & L conference rooms. My agency bought the set from the agency that liquidated the assets.
Laura did you take a picture? Seems to me the next best thing to having the sign itself. Well until you get up the nerve under cover of dark and go get one.
One of my husband’s colleagues has a nephew running for student council. His campaign slogan: “Vote for Mike. He always has gum.”
Okay, here were the comments in my household last night.
Me: I dunno, I think I have to vote for Legman.
He: I hear he doesn’t have a chance against the Republican, Pussyhound.
That’s pretty funny. Poor guy. Wouldn’t you change your name? Especially if you wanted to get some votes…
This isn’t a political sign but there used to be a sign for a realtor… Wes Bladder. I thought immediately Wet Bladder. Just a weird combo.
P.S. I can’t WAIT for this election to be over. Go Titman go!
Getting a bit off topic here, but I love to collect signs. A great sign can really enliven a dull day. Among those signs I have personally spotted, my favorite is for
Adequate Plumbing and Heating.
Really inspires confidence, doesn’t it?
I was hoping that somewhere someone named Page is running for congress. Page for Congress or Put a Page in Congress
I am currently lusting for another sign, glimpsed in the window of an abandoned rowhouse in Southwest Baltimore:
Construction Financing by Old Court Savings & Loan
Old Court failed well before the wave of S&L failures nationwide. The story was almost Shakespearean in scope, if one can imagine Lady Macbeth in a very large blue leather coat.
I should have mentioned that my father had an amazing collection fo campaign art AND buttons, including a “Click with Dick” button from 1960. He has given much of this away, except the most valuable buttons. I’m bummed that I didn’t step forward and claim some of the posters, particularly the one that read: “Stand Not Upon the Order of Your Going/But Go at Once.”
Hey, I just brought this full circle!
Well… that settles it for me. I am voting for Mike!
I particularly like the well-endowed female running for state office in Alabama with the slogan “Vote for these boobs, not the ones currently in office.”
It’s not a political sign, just a sign. It’s on Mass Ave in Cambridge, between Porter Square and Kate’s Mystery Books.
It’s a funeral home. And it seems to be run by Mr. Long.
The sign?
“Long Funeral Service”.
No photo. My cell phone is very, very old. And, given how little I use it, will probably last forever.
We have been goofing on poor Carrie Lynn Fuca (for judge) for months now. I’m sure that’s not how you pronounce her last name…we just can’t help it. Her signs have it in bold, all caps – FUCA.
- H.
I just moved to Monteagle, TN � high up in the Cumberland Plateau (if my geography is correct). The other day I drove past a sign �Shirley�s Style Senter.� I�ve discovered that �round each bend there is creative signage.
Okay, it’s not a sign, but it’s funny in the same way. I worked with a guy whose surname was Gay, and he was engaged to a woman with the surname Long.
I lost touch with them, so I don’t know if the <b>Long Gay wedding</b> ever happened.
The law requires candidates to take down signs within a certain period after an election, so if you go out on election night and snag one, Laura, you’ll be doing a public service.
My favorite was for a construction company promising
Steel erections since 1927.
I’m a fool for not photographing a Presbyterian church marqee I saw in Baltimore a couple of years ago that read, “God’s last name is not damn.”
Out of order but I have to comment on your disregard of cell phones: well done, baby!
Nowadays we have those wonderful gadgets to take photos, videos, connect to the Web, and do a zillion things. Talk? I don’t think so. Talking means looking into the other person’s eyes to understand his/her soul.
Anyway, I hate the old phone so cells are not for me. Don’t own one, supose I’ll never do.