Disturbing Signs

In the film "Stranger Than Fiction," Harold Crick, played by Will Farrell, is asked by literature professor Jules Hilbert, played by Dustin Hoffman, to discover whether he is living in a comedy or a tragedy. Crick starts keeping a tally of events that support his living in a comedy or a tragedy. Washburn University is certainly shaping up to be the the setting of a comedy.

It is not uncommon to see large tent on the Washburn campus. The kind usually associated with fireworks stands are regularly pitched on the lawn around the union for one event or another. However, the signage that adorns the tent is a cause for concern about the state of the human race.

Posted inside the tent are the standard "No Smoking" signs. There was really no arguing with these painted ply wood signs, mounted to the two inner tent poles. Smoking while under a large cloth canopy isn't the brightest of ideas, even if the fabric is flame retardant. No, it was not the "No Smoking" signs that is cause for concern. It is the "EXIT" signs.

The small ply wood signs hang from the edges of the canopy, showing the way out of the tent. There in lies the ridiculousness. It's a tent. A wall-less tent. There's no excuse for not finding the way out of a wall-less tent.

The existence of these "EXIT" signs absolutely dumbfounding. A great comedy in the making.