Smokey Bear Is A Jerk
Posted: March 9, 2015 Filed under: favorites, Foolishness | Tags: comedy, humor, only you can prevent forest fires, postaweek, smokey bear 15 CommentsI was driving along a rural road on Saturday. It was a pretty ride, through a heavily treed area. It was at the entrance to a fire road, appropriately enough, that I saw the sign with Smokey Bear’s image on it. Next to Smokey was his famous slogan:
“Only you can prevent forest fires.”
Over the next few miles I considered how awful forest fires are – the trees and animals that are lost; the cost in destroyed property and lives. I’m a live and let live kind of guy. But if you asked where I stand on forest fires, I’d say that I oppose them.
It’d probably be a safe assumption that someone who is against forest fires is also pro-Smokey Bear. That’d be a safe assumption; but in my case it’d be a false assumption.
I think Smokey Bear is a jerk. Read the rest of this entry »
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