Posted on 12/12/2019 8:15:42 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE, WI — Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation got into the Christmas spirit with less than 15 days to go until the big day — sharing a photo of a festive highway sign on Wednesday, Dec. 11.
The sign was a nod to “A Christmas Story” — a holiday classic.
It read: “Life is fra-gee-lay. Slow down.”
In the movie, Mr. Parker brings home the infamous leg lamp, and notes that the box says, “Fragile,” which he takes to mean, “Fra-gee-lay,” which, “Must be Italian!” Mrs. Parker quickly corrects him, noting, “I think that says FRAGILE, dear.”
This wasn’t the first time WisDOT officials have tried to help drivers get into the holiday spirit.
On Thanksgiving, highway signs in Wisconsin read: “Arrive later to the in-laws. Slow down.”
The day before Thanksgiving, signs read: “You are not a turkey. Don’t drive basted.”
On a snowy Halloween 2019, signs read: “Hocus pocus, drive with focus.”
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In Illinois they have this one:
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Pretty cool. I wonder what % of drivers knew the reference.
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Diana, dear, you are a stitch. LOL
McGavin really had to STretch to make the warning “fragile” sound Italian.
Being Italian decent, I scream about his pronouncing every time.
Thanks for the Christmas memory.
Have a Blessed Christmas.
That’s funny. Movie is the worst ever in my opinion but that’s funny.
Nine years ago my wife told me about a leg lamp. I told her to go buy one. Then I bought a cd of the movie a Christmas Story and a log book. We took a picture of us in the dining room next to it. Then left the lamp on the table as a center piece that year. I wrote the story in the book and the rules for the lamp. It was to be passed along every year at Christmas, the receiver had to display it through the Holiday, watch the movie, then get a family photo, log their thoughts after watching the movie. The next year it’s passed on to the next family. As I said this is the ninth year. My niece and her family have it this year. The last line of the instructions are “don’t complain at least it’s not a fruit cake”. Merry Christmas.
Ralphie: Only one thing in the world could’ve dragged me away from the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window.
In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.
The Old Man: ...smick melly whop walker! Drop dumb fratten housestickle viper!
Mother: All right. Now, are you ready to tell me where you heard that word?
Ralphie as an Adult: [narrating] Now, I had heard that word at least ten times a day from my old man. He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium; a master. But, I chickened out and said the first name that came to mind.
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