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12 thoughts on “Can’t you read the sign?”

  1. josh on July 16, 2008 - Reply

    I skated up to the Avalon arcade on Belmont the other day and they wouldn’t let me in with my skateboard, citing the usual bs about insurance liability. What the hell?

  2. Concretin Nik on July 16, 2008 - Reply

    I love that sign. “How to clothesline a rollerblader.” Excellent. Though I just realized, the skater is MONGO!!

  3. Larry on July 16, 2008 - Reply

    i went into the SJ library with my board to pick up my wife and kids and they said i coulnt bring mine in. 34 and still getting discriminated against…where is reverend al?

  4. DEATH BEFORE APPLEBEES on July 16, 2008 - Reply

    the arcade “ground control” serves PBR in cans and has no problem whatsoever if you skate there/bring your board in.

  5. Mac on July 16, 2008 - Reply

    Yeah Nik, it’s a real hassle to skate in Portland now that the cops are enforcing the “arms-out, mongo” rule on skate routes. You can’t turn the board when you’re pushing, and your arms get really tired. Looks wacky, too. The little kids don’t even notice, though… That’s what happens when government legislates skating… forced kookiness.

  6. mikeD on July 16, 2008 - Reply

    Nothing says SKATE HERE NOW!! more than a sign that looks like one of those and when stores refuse me service because of a skateboard it’s like asking, or really demanding, that i session out front right away.
    for some reason i have more of those experiences in cali than anywhere else…

  7. heath on July 16, 2008 - Reply

    My friend and I went into Hot Lips pizza in West Linn, and the manager asked us to leave our skateboards outside. I thought he was kidding at first, and asked him if he was serious.

    He stated, “I don’t even let KIDS in here with their skateboards.” This response baffled me as I am 30 years old, and less likely to screw things up than a kid.

    Needless to say, we ate elsewhere.

  8. Carroll13 on July 17, 2008 - Reply

    Hot Lips?
    Damn, they used to be so liberal.

    Then again, so did Coffee People once, but I’ve had to cover my tattoos since I started working there, because of the current corporate owners of the company.

  9. Wells on July 17, 2008 - Reply

    That skater might be pushing mongo; but the arms are pure Gesmer style.

  10. Greg N on July 17, 2008 - Reply

    Ya its funny, when I was younger and more of a street skater, if I saw a sign that said no skating I would look around for the spot that I had missed. Thanks signs!

  11. Larry on July 17, 2008 - Reply

    i still have a sign i lifted from the school we were always at. a classic black sign with white lettering “no skateboards, skating or bycicles”

  12. the dude on July 18, 2008 - Reply

    that little kid needs way more pads

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