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My neighborhood is really strange and interesting in a really bizarre way. Fishtown is definitely working class, but there's also a good representation by the welfare for life crowd. There are lots of mullets and people in need of dental work. And, just for kicks, we're really close to the ghetto.

This sign has been on a house on York Street for as long as I've lived here [going on three years now]. I always have to wonder what horrible thing happened at that house to make such a sign necessary. Was there a break-in by a group of thugs who were deaf, spoke Polish, and spoke Spanish? Is the warning really so the owner of the house doesn't get sued when the vicious family pet tears an intruder to shreds? I particularly like the blood dripping off the dog's teeth -- it's a nice touch.

My guess is it's not any of those things. It's probably just a crazy old couple who is just scared at the direction the neighborhood has taken, and thinks the scary dog sign will be effective. I'm expecting a similar sign to go up soon outside the house around the corner whose owners keep a caged monkey in their living room.

There's also a lady down the street who keeps half a dozen emus in her 10x10' patio. I'd like to see that sign -- crazy looking emu painted with a glint in it's eye, blood pouring out of it's mouth. I don't like to go near her place now, let alone with the threat of an emu on a rampage.

Yeah, this place is odd.

Posted by Nicole at April 30, 2003 08:39 AM | TrackBack