On I-75 just south of Ocala lives one of the greatest signs ever:
Now while I’m no snake guru, I have enough common sense to know that snakes say “Moooo” only under the rarest of circumstances– for example, while trying to swallow a live cow.
There are versions of this sign for each state university, each with some variation of a letter and a quadranaught. It’s obviously only the unfortunate juxtaposition of the Rattler logo, the choice of the initial letter M, and the transferability of the capital O and zed that causes any confusion.
But me being me, I’d prefer to treat the sign as part of a conspiracy, rather than a prank or delicious oversight.
Steve Martin used to have a great bit, to the effect of
Wouldn’t it be great if you had a kid… and you taught him to talk wrong? He’d be there on his first day of school, and he’d raise his hand and say, “May I mambo dogface to the banana patch?”
Who know that so much groundwork had already gone into making this idea a reality? I can only imagine how the guy who thunk up this sign might implement a See-N-Say.