tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265758111946440722.post9046625073160547823..comments2023-07-12T02:48:20.029-05:00Comments on Going 40 in a 20 Zone: Worst billboard ever (besides the anti-abortion ones)Scott Rohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09849255157125487663noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265758111946440722.post-24382708026950163552009-01-18T14:40:00.000-06:002009-01-18T14:40:00.000-06:00If this is too far off-topic, please forgive me. ...If this is too far off-topic, please forgive me.<BR/><BR/> phil<BR/><BR/>These reminded me of Steven Heller's latest 'finding'...<BR/><BR/> http://gardenandgun.com/<BR/><BR/>"Call me old-fashioned, but I like to keep gardens and guns separate. I thought everyone did. So it came as quite a surprise when I was sent a copy of Garden & Gun magazine, an elegantly designed bimonthly, which began publishing over a year ago. <BR/><BR/>For those of us snarky Northerners who are likely to make sarcastic comments about the South and the title of the magazine, Garden & Gun is for real. It is a "glossy look at '21st Century Southern America' with an emphasis on Southern traditions, heritage and lifestyle, particularly outdoors," wrote The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette back in 2007. Articles on bird hunting, gardening, sailing, horses, and fishing, among other lifestyle themes, abound. And in case you're still skeptical, Garden & Gun, headquartered in Charleston, SC, is headed by publisher Rebecca Darwin, former publisher of The New Yorker and Mirabella.<BR/><BR/>What does this tell us about magazines today? Well, dual-themed magazines may be the next big thing: How about Health & Wealth, for the aging, upper-middle-class baby boomer; or, for the twenty-something gourmet, Food & Dude; or, for the frequent DWI offender, Car & Bar."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265758111946440722.post-11982805060798860132009-01-18T11:11:00.000-06:002009-01-18T11:11:00.000-06:00Deb, I'll see your "BOOKS GOLD GUNS" store in Sedo...Deb, I'll see your "BOOKS GOLD GUNS" store in Sedona and raise you a "Doug's Bar and Gun Shop" in Wahpeton, North Dakota.<BR/><BR/>Hands down, the scariest place I've ever been in my life. EVER.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, you kind of have to admire the entrepreneurial ingenuity. I mean, convenience packaging of items that consumers often want at the same time (Cheese + Crackers, Booze + Firearms) is what made this country great.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00891080313862925535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265758111946440722.post-12920374076735548222009-01-17T23:07:00.000-06:002009-01-17T23:07:00.000-06:00The last time we were in Sedona, there was a shop ...The last time we were in Sedona, there was a shop with its name in huge letters: <BR/><BR/>BOOKS GOLD GUNS<BR/><BR/>A full service, one-stop shopping kind of place, I guess.<BR/><BR/>At least if that's the kind you are.debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11701744720665792046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265758111946440722.post-30705547974036081312009-01-17T12:13:00.000-06:002009-01-17T12:13:00.000-06:00I don't know - did you ever see the billboard on 9...I don't know - did you ever see the billboard on 94 for some craft warehouse and it is a picture of an older woman with her hand on her face and she is saying,'Gosh, its HUGE!'.<BR/><BR/>That was the one that always make MD and I shake our heads.Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04215089805183934897noreply@blogger.com