We were looking through the room service menu at the
Surf and Sand, and noticed the prices for coffee, tea, and a few other beverages were for rather high-volume orders:

We were looking through the room service menu at the
Surf and Sand, and noticed the prices for coffee, tea, and a few other beverages were for rather high-volume orders:

More in the unfortunate store name series…

(And right around the corner from Leisure World, no less!)
Another gem from Joshua Tree (actually Yucca Valley), courtesy of Jason, who first spotted it:



OK, I’m all for spiritual retreats and the like, but what the heck is “mentalphysics?!?”
(Thanks to Jason for the photo!)
From an email I got this morning:
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 01:55:22 EDT
…
Hurry, the clock is ticking on your taxes! Pay your federal taxes with your Discover Card
Last I looked, the deadline was yesterday. And while it may technically have still been April 15 here on the west coast when they sent the message, I think you’d be hard pressed to find a post office open at 11pm.
Aside from that, I find the idea of putting taxes on a credit card somewhat disturbing, though if you don’t have the money on hand, I suppose it may be the best you can do.

On Highway 62, in Twentynine Palms, we saw this first coming from the other direction. On the other side it says, “Where if not now?”
At first we thought they had just messed up the wording, but when we came back along the same road and saw “When if not here?” it all made sense.