In Johnson County, it’s mandatory for the candidates with foreign-sounding names to be photographed draped in the American flag. Just in case…

Today was a nice day to bring your garage sale to the masses at the City Market .

Garage sale wedding dress.
Just as much happiness,
For half the price.

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Some toys end up at the mass grave at the Community Yard Sale:



This is one morbid-looking doll:

Sturdy Play Suit – made for hard play (if you know what I mean):

A pin from a lot more innocent times:

Naked golf balls no more:

Other toys get to live in the museum:

Jewel Secrets Ken – draw your own conclusions:

In the hindsight it might have been inappropriate to write “my arms and legs are pauseable”, “ages 3 and up”, and “no batteries required” on a Pee-Wee Herman doll. If you own an Ernest talking doll, you might be a redneck:

Some PEZ dispensers:



Lastly, you may have seen these “urban toys” before:

I guess these peope got their inspiration from the “Bag O’ Glass”, “Bag O’ Vipers”, “Bag O’ Sulfuric Acid”, etc.

Where would these end up in 20 years – the dump or in the museum? Time will tell.

Just a few more billboards on the way home.

I’ll pay attention when your real life sandwich looks like this photo, otherwise I am watching the road. You betcha™.

Many things are wrong with this, including idiotic faux-foreign words like “Frappe” (WTF?) and “McCafe´”, but “reboot your brain”?, do you reboot it before or after getting a “frappe”?  And what if it reboots in a safe mode? I ain’t lovin’ it.

Nothing wrong with this billboard, but every time I passed it I thought that it succinctly expresses my general attitude towards ballet. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

I had to do a double-take on this billboard today, it looked too much like graffiti frequently seen around the area.