SUNDAY FUNNIES: ROAD SIGNS OF THE TIME

 Hello Everybody!

The Free Choice E-zine's Editor-in-Chief Lee Houston, Junior here because your regular hosts Piper D. Katt and Koda Canine are finishing up the Fourth of July weekend celebrating America's 250th Independence Day here in the United States.

A GOOD BOOK

Now then, during some of my past guest hosting appearances I've discussed Burma Shave signs, those funny and witty little poems and limericks drivers saw displayed on road sides post World War 2 to at least the early 1960s, although they have faded into memory for the most part nowadays.

But there have been other, more legitimate road signs in the years since that while not intentional, have elicited a laugh or two along the way.

To wit...

 This little tin placard on the left makes one wonder about the world today.

The one on the right below makes one wonder when you CAN park. Better to just put some money in the meter and get on with your day.

I can't help wondering if whoever named the streets in the neighborhood pictured below is a fan of Jay Ward?

On the right is proof that I finally found that elusive short cut everyone is looking for.

While technically illegal, I also like the stenciling added to the STOP sign🛑 so it now says DON'T STOP BELIEVING.

While not a very long road, there were absolutely no speed limit signs on the street pictured on the left, so I can't help wondering what the legal limit is.

Warp Factor Two maybe? 😉

Being a Monkees fan, I definitely want to get back to this street pictured on the right some Sunday and see if they're hanging around.

The street pictured below must be popular in Metropolis.

Yet who is trying to spill the beans on Superman's big secret?

Then again, as seen on the right, Millionaire Bruce Wayne has his own problems to deal with.

But in the end, sooner or later we all find ourselves at this intersection.

So on that note♫, have a good week.

Take care.

STAY SAFE!

And one of your regular hosts will be back next weekend with more Sunday Funnies!—lh,jr.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MAY 16, 2026

 😎FUN FACT

Superman originally couldn’t fly when he first started in Action Comics, but only leapt an eighth of a mile.

COMMON BONDS

The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?

01. {A 1985-1992 sitcom, the 2024 US Olympics Women’s Gymnastics team}

02. {Oven, Treat, Uncle}

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What is Dextrophobia?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the May 9, 2026 Puzzle Corner.

MOTHER’S DAY QUIZ

Can you name the mother of the children listed below?

01. Alexander and Cookie. = Blondie Bumstead of comic strip fame.

02. Brad, Randy and Mark. = Jill Taylor of the Home Improvement television series.

03. Robert, Edward, William and Thomas. = Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of the 16th President of the United States.

04. Sean and Ty. = Pam Dawber Harmon.

05. William and Harry. = Princess Diana Spencer

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

What was the very first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere?

The Max Alder Planetarium of Chicago, Illinois USA, established in 1930.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 3, 2023

 😎FUN FACT

The S.S. Minnow of Gilligan’s Island was named after a former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

THE 50/50 CHANCE

Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question except there are only two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?

TRUE or FALSE: The White House has only been used for United States Government business.

BEFORE AND AFTER

Two separate items share at least one word, and so can be combined to create something new. Based upon the clue below, do you know what the new thing is?

An ice cream topping’s preferred source?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the May 27, 2023 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

Who created Superman?

Writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster.

But besides Superman, Action Comics #1 was also the debuts for Chuck Dawson (a western), Zatara the Magician, Pep Morgan, reporter Scoop Scanlon, detective Tex Thompson and the serialization of Marco Polo’s adventures, among other features. Only Zatara, father of Zatanna the Magician, had any kind of a long career besides Superman.

WHO ARE WE?

Can you identify the people (real or fictitious) based upon the clue below?

We completed the first successful ascent of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953; making 2023 the 70th anniversary of that historic event.

(Sir, knighted later) Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay of Nepal.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 6, 2019

😎FUN FACT
When the colorizing old black and white movies fad began, there was an uproar over not only the process in general, but the possibility of the Kansas framing sequences to MGM’s The Wizard of Oz being redone. Thankfully common sense and history prevailed.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {Wally Cox, Adam West} and we are not going for the obvious.
02. {Glen, Neve}

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
What is the biggest (as of June 2019) one hit wonder of all time?

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 29, 2019 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
What is heavy going forward, but not backwards?
TON (not backwards)

BEFORE AND AFTER
Two separate items share at least one word, and so can be combined to create something new. Based upon the clue below, do you know what the new thing is?
Superman’s favorite flower?
Man of Steel Magnolias.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 2, 2018

😎FUN FACT
Portland, Oregon was named as the result of a coin toss. The alternate name that lost was Boston, Oregon.

REBUS
Something is represented in the image below. Do you know what it is?

DELIVERY
   NIGHT

TRIVIA TIME⌚
In what sport does the defense control the ball throughout the game?

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX 📦 and discover the results from the May 26, 2018 Puzzle Corner.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset have something in common. Do you know what it is? And yes, we know all of them are fictional characters.

01. {Lois Lane, Della Street} = Both ladies have road related surnames.
02. {Superman, The Cabbage Patch Kids} = All were adopted.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you form out of the letters in the word MEMORIAL?
A, aero, ail, aim, air, ale, alm, am, ammo, are, arm
Ear, elm, em (a printer's measure), era
I, ire
Lair, lea, lei, liar, lie, lime
Ma, mail, male, mar, mar, me, meal, memo, mil (wire thickness), mile, mime, mire, mole, moral, morale, more
Oar, oil, oiler, ole, or, ore
Rail, ram, real, realm, ream, rile, rim, role

More than the 53 listed above might be possible.

HAPPY LEAP YEAR DAY! FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Today is February 29th, 2016; the actual day of Leap Year.

The Earth actually needs 365.25 days to make one complete orbit around the sun.
We gather all those .25s and make an extra day with them once every four years to keep the calendars up to date with the rest of the universe.

But that doesn't mean that today is also not without its special moments.

In some cultures, today is also known as Sadie Hawkins Day (originating in Al Capp's classic comic strip Li'l Abner), where it is socially acceptable for a woman to ask a man out on a date, or to propose marriage to them.
Although in Greece, it is considered unlucky to actually have the wedding on a leap year.

Fans of the television show Quantum Leap celebrate their favorite program
today.

Before the milestone event known as the Crisis On Infinite Earths, DC Comics always said that Superman's birthday translated from the old Kryptonian calendar to February 29th on ours.
No word on when it occurs since all the cosmic resets that publisher has had.

So whatever is on your agenda, enjoy your extra day!