Tell me if you can see what's been done to this sign.
That is a sign for marking the limit of Marquette's Social District, an area where you can buy an alcoholic drink from a participating vendor and then take it with you, strolling the streets and looking at the wonder that is downtown. It was especially popular this past summer, and if it wasn't, you know, December, I'm sure it would still be going strong.
(Although, as a caveat, I should add it's supposed to be 50 degrees & sunny today so it wouldn't surprise me if someone DID take advantage of it in the next few hours).
Anyway, on many of the Social District signs around downtown someone has taken a sharpie and made one slight change to it. Figure it out yet?
That's right. Someone has taken the phrase “please drink responsibly” and crossed out the word “responsibly”. Oh, what a wacky, wacky sense of humor that person has, right?
8-)
I've noticed at least four of the signs “changed” like that around downtown, and I'm sure there are many more all throughout the district (which is not only downtown Marquette but up Third Street, as well). In all honesty, I'm surprised that something like this hasn't happened sooner; after all, there are a bunch of people around downtown late at night who may---just may—have had too much to drink, and, well, when you combine alcohol, a sign, and a sharpie...
You know what you're gonna get.
So if you're around downtown Marquette and partaking of the Social District, take a gander at the sign and remember to do both—drink, and drink responsibly.
After all, someone with a sharpie wants you to.
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