Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Caution Joggers Ahead - ruined by a dick

Whoever did this is a colossal dick.  This is my favorite sign in Sacramento, by the train station.  There is so much construction over there that I have contemplated stealing it many times, in case they tear the fence down.  First, someone tagged it, which could be cleaned off.  And then some dick took the painstaking time to change the "j" to and "m" and scrapr off the top half of the "o".  And there aren't any fucking muggers in that area.  I can't believe anyone did this.  I should probably still take the sign and try to fix it.  I have often pondered the mystery of this sign and its location on an obscure strip of road.  I figured that a jogger must have been hit there at one time.

From my study of Cathy cartoons from the 80s I have realized that jogging was a really big deal.  It was like a revelation to people, and a whole lifestyle.

Anybody got any questions for King Tuff? I'm interviewing him on Friday.

11 comments:

chr said...

People still jog, they just call it running now. Saying "jogging" is now like saying "pumps" or "slacks."

Anonymous said...

Remember Jim Fixx!!

JD

beckler said...

Wanna hear about a stupid thing I did?

Yesterday I was in Little Saigon and there were Vietnamese flags everywhere. I asked the dude at the restaurant if it is Vietnamese New Year and he says "no" so I say, what are the flags for and he says "4th of July". I had missed all the American flags that were right next to the Vietnamese ones.

beckler said...

omg, I totally want this sandwich. and only 8 bucks!

http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2012/06/russ-and-daughters-holland-herring.html

Stephen Glass said...

Yeah, Vietnamese New Year is Tet, back in Winter. Ack!

Anonymous said...

Yep, first generation Vietnamese are more patriotic than you or me. Plus I love that they make a point of flying the three red bars on a yellow field flag.

-skpr

Anonymous said...

Haha, I was trying to remember what it was my dad would yell at joggers! Thanks JD. For some reason my dad hated joggers.

"James Fuller Fixx was the author of the 1977 best-selling book, The Complete Book of Running. Best known as Jim Fixx, he is credited with helping start America's fitness revolution, popularizing the sport of running and demonstrating the health benefits of regular jogging. On July 20, 1984, Fixx died at age 52 of a fulminant heart attack, after his daily run on Vermont Route 15 in Hardwick."

-miller

beckler said...

no way! your dad would yell that at joggers? (at first I wrote bloggers)

remember that book "real men don't eat quiche"? I am ordering that from amazon right now.

There was a real culture war going on at that time.

Anonymous said...

I made a frittata once for a work party (not at my current job) and this one old dude refused to even taste it because it was "basically quiche" and "real men don't eat quiche." Unbelievable, but kind of funny. Everyone thought he was joking but he was really honestly uncomfortable about eating it.

JD

beckler said...

i will fill you all in on more things that real men don't do as soon as i get the book (jazzercise? growing ferns? macrame?)

Anonymous said...

"Get their colors done"

-miller