Back in the dark ages when I was in elementary school, I recall that standardized achievement tests we took often contained content around common sense issues.
Yes, so agree Sandy. Someone recently said that old adage, you can’t put a broken egg back together, but in a way if you use it right it brings the same elements together with purpose. We just need to repurpose the broken egg with a little common sense. Well that’s my homebaked philosophy.
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Your post made me think of the Five Man Electric Band’s song Sign Sign Everywhere a Sign…
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Ah yes, I remember it well!
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Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t have common sense or courtesy.
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That seems to be the case.
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Yes sgeoil signs, but also Sandy, yes where’s the hospitality in the constancy of signs.
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More respect for others and surroundings would go a long way in reducing the proliferation of signs in our lives.
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Yes, I laugh at my own apparent naivety, and yet it’s not – just a vain hope that common sense might return, but as you say, also respect.
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Back in the dark ages when I was in elementary school, I recall that standardized achievement tests we took often contained content around common sense issues.
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Yes, we had something similar, and extra-curricular was on responsibilities (not rights), I’d forgotten that.
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A return of some of the old ways along with all the technology could be a good thing!
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Yes, so agree Sandy. Someone recently said that old adage, you can’t put a broken egg back together, but in a way if you use it right it brings the same elements together with purpose. We just need to repurpose the broken egg with a little common sense. Well that’s my homebaked philosophy.
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And it’s not at all half-baked, Paul. Thanks for your thoughtful comments.
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You too Sandy, thank you
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Sure.
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Not really a welcoming sign but necessary, I’m afraid.
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Unfortunately.
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Unfortunately the people whom the sign addresses won’t change their ways even after reading the message.
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Often the case!
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