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Just a few words this month about some signage that mystifies me, and some signs of the times that mys- tify me, too. Politics is a rich source of dumb written and oral material. Now the election is over, I can comment on the signage of Dennis Timbrell without accusations of anti progressive-conservative bias haunting me. His election signs proclaim in bold and fearless print, "LET THE FU- TURE BEGIN!" Ibeg your pardon. What? This means something? How does one stop the future from happen- ing? This is the kind of empty, witless saying that rings grandly off the ears, but produces no meaning to the brain. Absolutely none. We used to have this kind of bombastic signage at our year-beginning sales meetings. The brass felt it would motivate the workers. "Succeed Through Success!" that kind of dumb saying. We snick- ered and laughed, and waiting for the monetary bonus plan for motivation. I may make a fool of myself with this critique, but being wrong happens to me all the time. If jumping to incorrect conclusions bothered me, I'd hardly ever get to speak. At the newly renovated armoury building in downtown Picton (and it looks pretty nice, too), the sig- nage above it prociaims "CIRCA 1913". OK, I even looked it up in the pocket Oxford. "Circa" means "about" with a date. So it isn't possible to determine when the ar- moury building was erected? After all, 1913 isn't the dark ages. People wrote things down then, even had cameras. 1 suppose we'll just have to accept that sometime around 1913, the building was constructed. It is not possible to determine precisely when. I am adopting a new birthdate, "Circa 1940". In the Canadian Business Section of the Globule and Mail, there was printed this business announcement: "Mount Sinai Hospital announces the appointment of Joseph Mapa, BA Bed DHA MBA FCCHSE FACHE." I am not kidding. I'm mightily impressed. By the way, this article is written by George Underhill, BscFor (Bachelor Marysburgh Mirror Contributor). See of Science in Forestry) BFIT (Biggest & S J G N S Fool in Town) RGM (Resident of : Greater Milford) and SMMC (South how easy it is to put a claim on being pretentious? I have long had a problem with, = I think it's called "non-representational I J M E S performance art." This is where the artist, for example, eats live cock- roaches while dressed as a mongoose. The artist purports to know what the act represents, but the viewer doesn't, and is expected to guess. The thing is, this isn't a joke. People take it seri- ously. So here's one that was in the paper a few months ago: "Four dancers will partner with non-motorized push mowers in a seductive paen to lawn care. The dancers will waltz with their lightweight mowers, lift them, even play them as instruments, all the while carv- ing seductive patterns in an expanse of grass." Really, I can add nothing to this. - George Underhill LIGHT UP THE TOWNSHIP 2™ Annual Christmas Light Decorating Contest Prizes Prizes Prizes tli 3% Join the fun! You may win a prize! Judging will take place on the evening of December 15™ Remember to leave your lights on! Call Doug and Karen Gyde , 476-6534 by December 14™ to register Sponsored by South Marysburgh Recreation Committee