SIGN LANGUAGE

Remember, Jimmy nose best.

Between COVID-19 and the daily Black Lives Matters protests, there have been messages popping up all over New York. Whether posted on light poles or scrawled in chalk on sidewalks and benches, it's become clear, as Jimmy Durante reminded us, everybody wants ta get int' da act! 

Just a stroll around the Upper Eats Side provides a wealth of advice, instructions, and good old fashioned haranguing. If you can't make it yourself, lace up your virtual Reeboks and read them from the comfort of your home. Your guide will even offer appropriate commentary after you read them!

Can't say that I disagree with the person who posted this at a bus stop. Especially when they misspell "okay." Nothing like personal education experience to prove a point!

Written by hand at the top: 

9/11/01 - We Will Never Forget!

Today's CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

MORE BIO WARFARE.

Two warnings for the price of one. Who says you can't find a bargain in New York?

Adding just one word to upend the original communication -- it never gets old. The person who wrote DEFUND on this barrier outside Carl Schurz Park likely didn't amuse the cops who placed it there. But it got a thumbs-up from my daughter, and isn't that what counts?



The word "fascist" is thrown around so easily these days that perhaps this was written in response to the leftist DEFUND protester. Or maybe it's the title of a long-forgotten Woody Guthrie song. Whatever it is, it's pretty catchy. One point penalty, however, for misspelling "fascist".

This is an official posting from City Hall detailing the legal measurements restaurants need to follow if they want to have outdoor dining during these Phase Three days. It's not as romantic as it sounds.

The fence surrounding a long row of trees in Carl Schurz Park on East End Avenue has become a BLM memorial. Signs come and go every evening. These two -- particularly the one at the right -- likely gave Upper East Side locals the vapors. And the way the world is going, I wouldn't be surprised if they were the last generation.

From Edith Cavell's Wikipedia entry: Edith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides without discrimination and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during the First World War, for which she was arrested. She was accused of treason, found guilty by a court-martial and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad. 

Cavell wrote her message in a prison cell the night before her execution. Remember this the next time you see someone bent out of shape when they're told to wear a mask at Costco. It's doubtful they'll have a stamp honoring their "courage."

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