The Editor,
Now that the applause has died down, and all the back-slapping, high-fiving and Laurel and Hardy handshakes has been given (Blazing Saddles), the real work begins. What the heck do you do with all the election signs?
Back in the day they were made of plywood, Dad would support the candidate that ran election colours closest to the colour of the house.
They were four foot by eight foot sheets of future siding for the tool shed he would build when the "get-round-to-it" became evident. Over the years, he got enough wood to build a tool shed and half a crappy fence.
Today's election signs are plastic and plastic coated cardboard!
Products that if used for building in a modern story of the three little pigs, would make them homeless. All toppled to pieces by a wolf blowing a lot of hot air around. Makes you wonder how they stood up through the election.
Oh sure, I guess you could wait for the elected party or the group of runner-ups to collect their once hopeful sign of a possible future in public service or....
1. Start a collection and trade them with your friends.
2. Turn it around and paint a "For Sale" on it (very popular in Richmond.)
3. Make it a photo op. Cut the elected hopeful out and place your face there.
4. With their impervious qualities, have your local government collect them and place them under the future pipeline to the airport.
5. To draw a broader crowd, duct tape a bunch of signs together and make a giant slip and slide off the (Richmond) Oval's roof.
6. Wait a few months then paint over all but the face and name. Then in the language you're comfortable with (it's okay with city hall) write "I sent this guy to Victoria and all I got was this lousy giant sign."
Bob Niles Richmond
