Persistence pays off

Our controversial yard sign that attracted so much Saturday night outrage is still posted.  It had no visitors this past weekend, showing that persistence, and having a tough sign is what it takes.  The sign if constructed of a heavy canvas material, and it does not easily tear except for the side seams and then those are easily stapled together.  Lost the wire stand one Saturday night, but our neighbor, the local source of political and cultural commentary signs replaced it.  But in a couple of weeks a new flood of students will arrive and new opportunities to annoy them will arise. And the fellow who lost his Cubs cap never came back to get it. 

A little something to annoy everyone?

Last night the Phactors were awakened by a minor commotion in our front yard.  It was just a couple of yahoos trying to destroy the sign in our front yard put there by Mrs. Phactor and the F1.  Of course every yard sign is designed to annoy someone to the point they feel their freedom of speech allows them to trespass for the purpose of denying you your freedom of speech.  Take your pick of the annoyances.  But it would be nice to know exactly what statement ticked them off so much.  BTW they were unsuccessful, the sign is tough, and is now re-positioned so as to annoy someone else.  When you live between two college campuses, you get students who want to engage in such intellectual dialogue.