I saw this sign above the doorway of a Flying J travel plaza.The question it brings to mind is almost too simple to ask.
Who in their right mind thinks the cashier at a truck stop, knows more about Homeland Security threat levels than the average person does?
To me , this is just another one of those idiosynchratic messages we see all the time that nobody pays attention to, except maybe lawyers.
The message on matches that says " Warning, when struck against the attached rough surface, may cause flame", is about the same , maybe the same category at least. The message on peanuts that says "May contain nuts", (no kidding saw that one at a McDonalds, in happy meal stuff.
What exactly is the message here?
Just what is it they are trying to say?
Maybe the message is "Oxymorons unite !
FYI : An Oxymoron is a combination of contradictory or incongruous words, such as 'Cruel Kindness' or 'Jumbo Shrimp' (Jumbo means 'large' while Shrimp means 'small'). It is a literary figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory words, terms, phrases or ideas are combined to create a rhetorical effect by paradoxical means.
Try this : http://www.oxymoronix.com/
Some of my favorites are:
- Military Intelligence
- Unbiased Opinion
- Microsoft Works
- Exact Estimate
- Virtual reality
Seems to me they over thought this.
They should have just put it on a T-Shirt (or a sign).
Thanks for reading my Rant !
-bigmike
http://bigmikerant.blogspot.com/
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