Missed Chance

SIGN SIGN

MISSED CHANCE

If this is an advert then  I doubt if it ever quite succeeds.

Varying sizes of font are what this odd sign really needs.

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'Bottomless Pit' may catch the eye, but it would be even better

If the words were written in a more outstanding letter.

BOTTOMLESS PIT!

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The '65 feet deep' should be as small as it can be,

So that people have to squint to see what they should see.

65 feet deep

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Looking at this sign I find it strange and quite surprising.

Someone has missed the chance of doing clever advertising!

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TENTACLES

Have any of my readers seen

An octopus eating a submarine?

Well, neither have I, and I'm very glad

That that's not an experience I've had!

But........long ago, in my childhood days,

And going through an enquiring phase,

I saw a picture in a book,

Which certainly made me stop and look.

There was an octopus, larger than life,

With a submarine in a lot of strife.

It's tentacles embraced the craft,

Up and over, fore and aft,

And, worst of all, one eye looked in

Through the porthole at the men within!

I was horrified by the sight

Which gave me nightmares every night.

I felt sure an octopus  would pursue me

And do the most terrible tortures to me.

My illustration is not quite right

But it represents my terrible fright.