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Hendersonville Burger King Goes Back to the Future

Hey Burger King, 1999 called, and it wants its promotional toys back. Dude…. Pokemon?  Really? You couldn’t at least get some Thundercats toys or a Howdy Doody doll? Why don’t you guys come on into the 21st Century with the rest of us. I suppose it’s entirely possible that they just haven’t changed the marquee in the last 10 [...]

Marquee Neglect Is Heartbreaking

Hi there.  It’s me… your marquee.  You may not even remember that you had a marquee, but you do. In fact, we used to have good times together, back when you would spell out words and form them into sentences on me. People passing by are looking at me, but you’ve stopped talking to them.  They wonder [...]

Soldiers Don’t Need Daycare

Jim says he works in Hendersonville, and that there is a daycare near his work that had this marquee message for a couple weeks.  It reads, “Please pray for our soldiers we are enrolling for Fall classes.” Um… most daycares focus on offering supervision for little ones… you know, toddlers.  Now, I’m all for stretching the [...]

Jiffy Lube Marquee Ransom Note

Phew.  Man, I’m glad to have that mystery solved!  I’ve been looking all over for that missing oil, but now I know where it is.  It’s at Jiffy Lube. Seriously, this marquee reads a bit like a ransom note.  You almost expect the other side to say, “If you want it back unharmed, you’ll do exactly [...]