Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Regrets. . .

That I never took a photo of the situation I'm about to describe to you here (which, alas, no longer exists) . . .

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In Our Town, there used to be a large Planned Parenthood clinic at the edge of an even larger open-air mall.  It's sort of a giant strip mall, on the 'plan' of those huge outlet malls, with shops all around the perimeter, and a massive parking lot in the middle.  The PP clinic was in one of the 'strip' buildings that formed the southern edge of the rectangle, and was actually on the 'outside' of the mall (ie, on the side facing away from the huge central parking lot).  Right next to the PP clinic, to the east (ie, to its right as you faced the common front) was a much smaller veterinary clinic.

Thus (and it was especially prominent after dark), an observer would see a large, brightly-lit 'Planned Parenthood' sign, leading the eye smoothly and naturally to the vet clinic's sign, which was considerably smaller, but no less brightly-lit, saying, 'Spay/Neuter Surgery'.

You can't make this stuff up. . .

11 comments:

  1. Your town must have zero zoning laws? That is just bizarre on so many levels!

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  2. Bijoux - Well, now you've got me wondering what you're thinking of; I mean, I know we have zoning laws. . .

    As I said, the situation no longer exists. The PP clinic is still there, but not the vet clinic. I don't know if PP bought the vet out of his lease, or leaned on the landlord to terminate it, or if, you know, the vet just closed or moved somewhere else. . .

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  3. Zoning laws?
    Do zoning laws always make sense?

    Oh... and yeah, that would have been a great picture for starting a conversation.

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  4. Well, generally, outlet malls have restaurants, so the idea of an abortion clinic or a vet beside a Cheesecake Factory is rather disturbing.

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  5. Skip - Yeah. . . a conversation starter. . . that's what I meant. . .

    Bijoux - Well, this isn't exactly an outlet mall; it just looks like one. It does have a couple of restaurants, but I don't think they're by the clinics. And I don't think the PP place in the mall is where they actually, you know, DO the abortions. . .

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  6. a more fitting pairing could scarcely be made.

    pics or it didn't happen!

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  7. Xavier - I thought it was pretty good. And I'm pretty sure I got the original idea to post this from one of your posts, so, you know, credit where it's due. . .

    And, are you gonna go all shooting-star 'confirmed' on me?

    Lime - Glad you liked it. But really, I know that the photo would've been at least a thousand words better. . .

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  8. Flutter - If you and your dog both need to get snipped, sure. . .

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