Paintus Interruptus
The water tower in Sussex, Wisc., had the name of the town on it, but it was to be decorated with a new logo, so workers began putting up primer, covering up the town’s name. They covered the first S, the U, the second S ... and then they encountered a ventilation problem, so they stopped to let the paint dry. “I almost drove off the road when I saw it,” said Jessica Bruss, who has an 8-year-old son and is presumably not completely unacquainted with the word on the tower. Painters will have to cover “SUSSEX” somewhere else on the tower too, and the contractor was unable to promise that the same issue won’t arise there. (AC/WTMJ Milwaukee) ...Evidently he didn’t suss that they should paint from the back end.Author’s Note: See Story 5048 (v3), also in Sussex Wisc.
Original Publication Date: 04 June 2017
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.
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