Things to do in Southern Maine, investigated personally and described by Shannon Bryan
(with only slight amounts of exaggeration, digression and references to ostraconophobia).
August 17, 2007
Roadside Maine: Mmm, lobsers
Drive Forest Ave. much? If so, this parked truck and its fine sign may look familiar to you.
Not being one to pay attention to the road while I'm driving, I've stared this sign down repeatedly. But it wasn't until my most recent rendezvous down 302 that it really caught my attention. "What? Does that sign say 'losers'?"
No, that was low self-esteem talking. But then, what's a 'lobser'?
Perhaps you highly attune sign readers out there noticed the misspelling (or is it...?) right away. But it reminded me of an e-mail forward I've gotten at least a half-dozen times -- the one that shows how the human brain can gloss over misspellings as long as the first and last letters are in the right spot.
Prvonig, ocne agian, taht proepr spleling is oevrrtaed.
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Lobsers are what they use in that game they play between innings at Sea Dogs games. Get it? Lob-sers...
Posted by CareyAugust 17, 2007 04:05 PM
It's what a company puts up if it wants it sign posted on a local web site so more people can see it!
Posted by jbAugust 17, 2007 04:35 PM
Spelling errors on signs drives me crazy. Here is a new one. On Route 114 in Naples, MDOT just put up a new sign -- which reads Sebago Lake State Pake (note Pake not Park)
Posted by ejay bosAugust 17, 2007 08:34 PM
Makes me wonder if East Baldwin still has a Volenteer Fire Department.
Posted by bobbyc176August 18, 2007 07:47 AM
Now Shannon - you live in a state where "r"s are dropped quite frequently. So why not the occasional "t"? Some enterprising Maine lad or lassie will surely take that "t" and place at the end of "across", as in: Ovah theyah, acrosst Forest, you can get lobsahs real cheap.
Posted by thomas tiptonAugust 18, 2007 03:27 PM
Dateline Minneapolis: Lobser is merely a cull Lobster. What's the issue? What's a claw amongst friends?
Posted by Ex-Mainer Now FlatlanderAugust 18, 2007 11:56 PM
I agree...that is the results of a really good edumacation in the great state of Maine...
Posted by Ex-Mainer Now OregonianAugust 19, 2007 08:40 PM
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while funny, this does not substitute for a follow up report from the roller coaster.
that's not a bad price for lobsers, either
JC
Posted by JCAugust 17, 2007 12:47 PM