Don't Hit Santa Claus!
We were driving along a highway here in Central Texas when we saw the following request posted on a huge billboard:
"Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Please Don't Hit Him!"
We were very shocked. Questions about the existence, or non-existence of this merry old soul aside, the very thought of driving our car into the red-garbed one made us nearly lose control of the wheel, we glanced again, since we were moving at a high rate of speed and saw the next line: Don't drink and drive.
So it has come to that. Heavy drinkers might run over Santa? Small children sitting in the back of the car contemplating their hero's demise at the hands of a thoughtless driver? And if he is in sleigh, flying in the sky, how would he be hit? We found the image somewhat disturbing to contemplate, but shock value is what the advertiser (presumably the Texas Department of Transportation) thought might get our attention. It did. Poor Santa. Next year they will be warning us to watch out for a texting Santa who might be checking his list twice, and not paying attention to his driving.
We don't like our illusions spoiled. We don't like the episode of Futurama with the malevolent gun-toting robot Santa either. Or the movie where a gang of Santa Clauses terrorize people in a truck with machine guns. Some things should not be shown on television.
We will be home reading books for the holidays. And worrying about Santa. Maybe he should park on the roof, or maybe the front lawn. We just found the ad, here it is:
We were very shocked. Questions about the existence, or non-existence of this merry old soul aside, the very thought of driving our car into the red-garbed one made us nearly lose control of the wheel, we glanced again, since we were moving at a high rate of speed and saw the next line: Don't drink and drive.
So it has come to that. Heavy drinkers might run over Santa? Small children sitting in the back of the car contemplating their hero's demise at the hands of a thoughtless driver? And if he is in sleigh, flying in the sky, how would he be hit? We found the image somewhat disturbing to contemplate, but shock value is what the advertiser (presumably the Texas Department of Transportation) thought might get our attention. It did. Poor Santa. Next year they will be warning us to watch out for a texting Santa who might be checking his list twice, and not paying attention to his driving.
We don't like our illusions spoiled. We don't like the episode of Futurama with the malevolent gun-toting robot Santa either. Or the movie where a gang of Santa Clauses terrorize people in a truck with machine guns. Some things should not be shown on television.
We will be home reading books for the holidays. And worrying about Santa. Maybe he should park on the roof, or maybe the front lawn. We just found the ad, here it is:
I LOVE the billboards - there's one on my drive to work & i look forward to seeing it every day.. it makes me laugh - the expression on Santa's face -is sooo funny.
It's HILARIOUS & a REALLY unique wake-up call to any would-be drunk drivers out there.
To ya'll w/ the beef about it, there's a fantastic item you might wanna look into: a sense of humor.
Social points can be successful thru HUMOROUS ads such as this.
Now, ya'll be careful, don't drink, drive, but DO laugh & BE HAPPY! it's good for ya. :) Peace!
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