mm@vaxine.UUCP (Mark Mudgett) (06/10/85)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady) > Which brings up an interesting puzzle: What other famous signs can be > amusingly corrupted by selective darkening of individual letters? Famous sign with darkened letters (seen in Boston): esSEX HOTEL -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _TT /| |~ Mark C. Mudgett >====+++===< | O| |~ ??...!decvax!encore!vaxine!mm {_|||_} \| O| 617-667-7900x2394 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
wjhe@hlexa.UUCP (Bill Hery) (06/19/85)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady) > > Which brings up an interesting puzzle: What other famous signs can be > > amusingly corrupted by selective darkening of individual letters? > > Famous sign with darkened letters (seen in Boston): > > esSEX HOTEL > -- You don't need neon failure to get great hotel signs. At one time, the main hotel in Willimantic CT was the HOTEL HOOKER named after a local Revolutionary war hero. Last I heard, it was to be converted into dorms for the local state college (HOOKER DORM?)
eric@grkermi.UUCP (Eric N. Starkman) (06/20/85)
>> > Which brings up an interesting puzzle: What other famous signs can be >> > amusingly corrupted by selective darkening of individual letters? During MIT's rush week every year, the Boston SHERATON becomes the ATO.
rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) (06/21/85)
I apologize for breaking the originating author's intent of using funny sign screwups as a 'puzzle', but I can't help mention that the largest (and newest) women's dorm at the University of Mississippi was called 'New Dorm' in all official literature, because the real name of the building (as evidenced on the plaque in front) resulted from a tribute to professorial great Dr. Hoar; hence 'Hoar Hall'. -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!rcj ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (06/21/85)
> > named after a local Revolutionary war hero. Last I heard, it was > to be converted into dorms for the local state college > (HOOKER DORM?) Sure, why not. Residents of the all-male Hollander House at Johns Hopkins insist that it was named after Xaviera. -Ron
kscott@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Kevin Scott%Kuntz) (06/22/85)
>> > Which brings up an interesting puzzle: What other famous signs can be >>> > amusingly corrupted by selective darkening of individual letters? > >During MIT's rush week every year, the Boston SHERATON becomes the ATO. This is an advertisement for living at ATO, a fraternity at MIT. My roomate at senior house (another MIT place) was lived at ato at one time. He told me that for years ATO had to hack, pull cables, clip wires etc. to get around the increasing amount of security put up around the sheraton around rush time. Apparently the nerds (say it with pride!) won out every year, so the sheraton took all the fun out of it and turn it off themselves now.:-)
dwl@mtx5a.UUCP (D Levenson) (06/24/85)
The grocery-store chain in the Washington (DC) area which calls itself Giant Food once labeled one of its stores ANT FOOD when the first two letters failed one evening. Dave Levenson It's great to be among friends, even when they're not yours! .