Friday, October 19, 2012

The Fork in the Road is Taken

A six-foot-tall fork appeared in Carlsbad, California, at the intersection of Levante Street and Anillo Way on Tuesday. The unnamed artist is a 62-year-old retired teacher who said he was impressed by the joke in The Muppet Movie in which Kermit and Fozzie encounter a giant silverware fork when they are looking for a fork in the road. Carlsbad residents got a kick out of the sculpture, but a city crew removed it on Wednesday. You might say they got the fork out of there. Another resident erected a sign in its places that say "Why the fork not?" which the city also removed. Then residents then began taping real, normal-sized forks to a nearby sign. A spokesperson for the city said the sculpture is a code violation. (via Fark)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

...only the vaguest reference to Yogi Berra's quote: "If you see a fork in the road, take it"

Miss C got it though. Interesting.

Anonymous said...

Copycat lol. Pasadena's had that for years http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/10/pasadenas-18-foot-fork-gets-visit-worlds-largest-potato-.html