"Signs" of Massachusetts Becoming Alabama

The people of Massachusetts and the people of Alabama now have something in common--both of their road systems use Alabama highway signs.

The highway signs in Easthampton, Massachusetts have an Alabama outline. Apparently, someone looked at the federal manual governing highway signs, which uses the Alabama signs as a sample. (First in the alphabet, I guess.) So they showed the guide to the contractor, who apparently isn't too good at geography and gave them exactly what they asked for. The signs stayed up for a week before anyone noticed. As the contractor said, 'the numbers were correct'.

[Via Mac Thomason of War Liberal (lefty) and Braves Journal (makes up for being lefty.) Also, "The Boston Globe" (reallll lefty) has more with pictures.]

Now, can we expect the people of Boston to complete the transformation and start using words like y'all and git-R-done? But, for Massachusetts to really become more like Alabama, it should start by dumping its senators (you know who) and electing some respectable people.

Hey, Alabama. Want a good deal on some slightly used road signs?