Another bit of humor from the traveling e-mail circus. ************************************************************************************** Subject: Misplaced Modifiers > >At a Santa Fe gas station: We will not sell gasoline to >anyone in a glass container. > >In a New York restaurant: Customers who consider >our waitresses uncivil ought to see the manager. > >On the wall of a Baltimore estate: Trespassers will be >prosecuted to the full extent of the law. --Sisters of >Mercy > >On a long-established New Mexico dry cleaners: 38 >years on the same spot. > >In a Los Angeles dance hall: Good clean dancing every >night but Sunday. > >In a Florida maternity ward: No children allowed. > >In a New York drugstore: We dispense with accuracy. > >In the offices of a loan company: Ask about our plans >for owning your home. > >In a New York medical building: Mental Health >Prevention Center > >On a New York convalescent home: For the sick and >tired of the Episcopal >Church. > >On a Maine shop: Our motto is to give our customers >the lowest possible prices and workmanship. > >On a display of "I love you only" Valentine cards: Now >available in multi-packs. > >In the window of a Kentucky appliance store: Don't kill >your wife. Let our washing machine do the dirty work. > >In a funeral parlor: Ask about our layaway plan. > >In a clothing store: Wonderful bargains for men with 16 >and 17 necks. > > >In a Tacoma, Washington men's clothing store: 15 >men's wool suits, $10. They won't last an hour! > >On a shopping mall marquee: Archery Tournament -- >Ears pierced > >Outside a country shop: We buy junk and sell >antiques. > >In the window of an Oregon store: Why go elsewhere >and be cheated when you can come here? > >In a Maine restaurant: Open 7 days a week and >weekends. > >In the vestry of a New England church: Will the last >person to leave please see that the perpetual light is >extinguished. > >In a Pennsylvania cemetery: Persons are prohibited >from picking flowers from any but their own graves. > >On a roller coaster: Watch your head. > >On the grounds of a public school: No trespassing >without permission. > > >On a Tennessee highway: When this sign is under >water, this road is impassable. > >Similarly, in front of a New Hampshire car wash: If you >can't read this, it's time to wash your car. > >And apparently, somewhere in England in an open >field otherwise untouched by human presence, there >is a sign that says "Do not throw stones at this sign." > >At a road side rest stop: "Grill yourself here"