Shared Awning

I passed by many times but only noticed this today, the shared awning. Usually there is just an awning, or if there is printing on the awning it is for a single establishment. But here we have the very clever use of the Get out of Jail Free Mr. Monopoly, the logo of one of the courthouse bond companies up there at our county seat, sharing the awning for the fine Marino Dry Cleaners. I know that at least once somebody picked up a relative out of lock up and their dry cleaner at the same time. Come on, think about it, it had to happen at least once. Wouldn’t that be tale of convenient multitasking worth hearing? I wonder how recognizable Mr. Monopoly is these days, do kids and recent immigrants really know the game these days. You rarely see those vertical stripe prisoner uniforms any more. The logo is a wise crack whose joke may be fading into the past. Still, I like the logo on the sign and the awning, and the little separate alcove formed in the same awning. Maybe if we had more shared awnings there might be less criminals or at least criminals with nicely pressed slacks. Oh wait, we have those already, they’re called bankers.