Posts Tagged ‘signs’

Life consists of a series of open doors and closed doors. That's one of the ways the Lord clearly leads us to our next stage in life. As I deal with students who are at the point of life where they are testing doors to see which will open for them, I love to remind them that a closed door is every bit as good as an open door — it prevents them from going where they aren't meant to go. I'm amazed that some people are eager to try to pry open doors that the Lord has closed — it seems to me as though it may just be asking for trouble. Lord, please keep the doors that are wrong for me closed!

Lately I've come across some door signs that are amusing or perplexing, and I share them with you today. Some times it helps not to be gifted so that you can read clear Pull or Push signs on a door, as in this classic Far Side cartoon.

I can't believe how many times I've done the same thing. Maybe I'm more gifted than I thought...? Probably not.
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Recently our son Mark sent me a picture of a sign he passes frequently. The unfortunate sign that has somehow lost one letter:

When I looked in that folder, I found some great signs I had forgotten about. Hope you enjoy them.
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Do you ever go to Google and wonder what that day's Google picture means? Sometimes I know right away, but today I didn't. If you hover your cursor over the image, a tool tip tells you what it's about, or you can click on the image to go to a Google search for that day's feature. Below is today's image. Any guesses what Google is highlighting today?

It's Sir Isaac Newton's 367th birthday! Happy happy, Isaac! I guess the significance today is that it's approximately one-third of a millennium? And the apples? Newton himself often told the story that he was inspired to formulate his theory of gravitation by watching the fall of an apple from a tree.

As I pondered Newton, gravity, and falling objects, I was reminded of our trips to and from Michigan past week and of the detour that was caused by a rockslide on I-40. According to the news reports, some of the rocks are the size of small houses, and the clean up will take several months. The detour added an hour to our trip each way, making a long trip even longer.

I'm posting today some pictures I have accumulated of signs warning of various falling objects. Try to retain all gravity as you view them.

Along the way we took seriously the signs warning us to watch for falling rock. The next two pictures make it clear it's a real danger.

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I love funny signs and try to post some every month or so, as I accumulate them. Today's is a random collection, with no general theme, other than leaving me wondering. Several were spotted and photographed by some of my readers whose blogs I follow.

This past Saturday morning at the banana box sale, we saw a funny sign that daughter Megan posted on her blog. I wonder if a past incident occasioned the store's posting this sign.

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What's your reaction when someone mentions the word hunting? Some say, "Oh, dear!" but many say, "Oh, DEER!" I have never gone hunting myself. My dad used to hunt when I was a little boy. I distinctly remember an evening when I was in first grade when Dad came home from hunting, chilled to the bone and nothing to show for it. He pronounced that he was done with hunting, and he never went again. There went my chances to learn to hunt! My brother-in-law Dan enjoys hunting, as do many friends here in Greenville. My wife and I enjoy it when wild game is shared with us and when we're served wild game in other people's homes. But at this stage of life, I don't think I'm destined to become a hunter. I'll just enjoy other aspects of the great outdoors, along with those occasional meals of wild game that hunters provide for us.

Today's "instant vacation" is several jokes and funny pictures about hunters and hunting. Hunters and non-hunters alike will find something here to laugh at in this one. Here goes....

Two hunters got lost in the woods. The first hunter said, "Don't worry. All we have to do is shoot into the air three times, stay where we are, and someone will find us."

So they shot in the air three times, but no one came. After a while, they tried it again; still no response. Finally the second hunter said, "I suppose we can try again, but it better work this time — we're down to our last three arrows.”
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