Tuesday, February 26, 2008

"Don't say goodbye, say hello"

Heading west on I-270 in Illinois, the first exit after you cross the Mississippi is Riverview Drive. There are also large green highway signs that Missouri Welcome Center for the same exit.

Heading east on I-270 in Missouri, the last exit before you cross the Mississippi is Riverview Drive. There are also large green highway signs that Missouri Welcome Center for the same exit.

Shouldn't it be a Goodbye Center? Am I being too picking? There, I stabbed myself as punishment. Now are you happy? This sure got ugly fast!

" I say high, you say low.
You say why and I say I don't know, oh no.
You say goodbye and I say hello
(Hello Goodbye Hello Goodbye) hello hello
(Hello Goodbye) I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
(Hello Goodbye Hello Goodbye) hello hello
(Hello Goodbye) I don't know why you say goodbye
(Hello Goodbye) I say goodbye." <-- Nope, they weren't on drugs

1 comment:

stan said...

(Delayed response due to lack of Internet for the last week.)

Two weekends ago when Nicole and I were driving home from Dallas, I noticed the same phenomenon at the Texas/Oklahoma border on US 69/75. I thought it was ridiculous that someone would want to stop by the Texas Welcome Center right before, you know, leaving Texas. Maybe they figure people want to turn the lights out before they leave.

Nicole tells me that Texas is very proud of their welcome centers and has them up just about everywhere conceivable, even places that are nowhere near a border or airport!!!