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orleans

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Mon Mar-21-11 11:25 PM
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Caution: Zombies Ahead road sign

"FORT MILL -- Caution: Zombies ahead?

"Two electronic road signs on S.C. 160 near the York-Lancaster county lines were apparently tampered with sometime before 4 a.m. Sunday, said Lance Cpl. Billy Elder of the Highway Patrol.

"One sign read "Zombies Ahead" and rotated to "Watch for Hunters." On the other side of the road, another sign read "Be alert for Tanks."

Read more: http://www.heraldonline.com/2011/03/21/2924374/caution-zombies-ahead.html#ixzz1HIbUk9vo

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petronius

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Mon Mar-21-11 11:36 PM
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1. What impresses me most about this is that police and state officials were able to

discuss a prank without going off into a tangent about terrorism and public safety and think-of-the-children and so on... :)

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Skip Intro

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Mon Mar-21-11 11:38 PM
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2. This was done elsewhere a while back, but zombies in SC (my home state)? Better believe it. nt

Edited on Mon Mar-21-11 11:38 PM by Skip Intro

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sakabatou

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Mon Mar-21-11 11:47 PM
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3. Hehehe

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backscatter712

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Mon Mar-21-11 11:53 PM
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4. Should have put in "Smoker crossing"...

or "Beware of Boomers."

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rucky

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Mon Mar-21-11 11:58 PM
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5. By all means, don't try this at home..

http://jalopnik.com/#!5141430/how-to-hack-an-electronic-road-sign

with zombie or any political messages, either. Tampering with road signs is wrong.

http://jalopnik.com/#!5141430/how-to-hack-an-electronic-road-sign

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starroute

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Tue Mar-22-11 12:27 AM
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6. There's apparently a long history of people doing this

Sent the link to my son and he came back with a reddit search showing two years worth of examples:

http://www.reddit.com/search?q=zombies+ahead&sort=new

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guyton

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Tue Mar-22-11 12:35 AM
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7. Zombies in Boulder a week ago

Guess they're on the move ...

When asked about the signs, Boulder spokeswoman Jody Jacobson said, "The city has received no reports of zombies."

http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_17611315

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orleans

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Tue Mar-22-11 12:41 AM
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8. well, thank god for that, huh? n/t

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Javaman

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Tue Mar-22-11 08:41 AM
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9. Instead of the "witty alerts"

(which is already old news, Austin did it first over a year ago), these "clever" guys should be putting up messages such as "they are watching you" or "fox news lies" or "we are an empire" or "we occupy" or "we are wire tapping you", etc.

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