Only in Asheville, North Carolina do you have this remarkable example of (probable) Unintentional Humor.
On our way downtown yesterday afternoon, we found ourselves at the intersection of Southside Avenue and two other streets. To the left there was Coxe Avenue:
And to the right? This:
[No, it’s not Photoshopped. You can look it up on Google Maps.]
So, what was this? Some road architect’s sense of humor? The boundary between Asheville’s African-American and Asian communities?
Things only got more surreal when, a block north, we saw a vehicle from Tennessee with this license tag [click to embiggen]:
What county was that tag from? You gotta be kidding...
Yes, indeedy. Just one block from the corner of Coxe and Short Coxe, we saw a car from County Cocke!
On our way downtown yesterday afternoon, we found ourselves at the intersection of Southside Avenue and two other streets. To the left there was Coxe Avenue:
And to the right? This:
[No, it’s not Photoshopped. You can look it up on Google Maps.]
So, what was this? Some road architect’s sense of humor? The boundary between Asheville’s African-American and Asian communities?
Things only got more surreal when, a block north, we saw a vehicle from Tennessee with this license tag [click to embiggen]:
What county was that tag from? You gotta be kidding...
Yes, indeedy. Just one block from the corner of Coxe and Short Coxe, we saw a car from County Cocke!
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