Yer Saturday Chuckle – Things You See While Traveling

| December 9, 2017

On a recent trip, I took a route I hadn’t taken in 20 years. Much of the route was pretty much the same as I remembered. But there was one recent change that caught my eye.

Now, I happen to like roadside billboards. Yeah, some of them can be pretty garish and ugly. But they are a source of info when traveling by car. And some of them can even be fairly entertaining.

Thanks to LBJ’s wife, Lady Bird, and our “nanny state” Congress back in the 1960s with it’s “wonderful” Highway Beautification Act, highway billboards are now somewhat the rarity. But a few do still exist; some billboards in existence when that “wonderful” law was passed and which meet certain criteria were grandfathered.

Here’s the billboard that caught my eye:

Yeah, you read that correctly. “The best fudge is found in Uranus” – the Uranus Fudge Factory in Uranus, MO, that is. (smile)

Seems the place opened about 2 years ago, in 2015. Previously, according to RoadsideAmerica.com it was “Big Louie’s Burlesque Saloon”. So the place has more class today than it did in the past. (smile)

In addition to selling fudge, the place is apparently a general store. There’s also a gun shop, a tattoo parlor, a “party bar and grill”, and some other novelty items.

Here’s one of those “novelty items”. (Yeah, DB Bunghole – I’m throwing you a slow, straight “softball” here. Hop on it!) (smile)

And since they’re in Missouri – heavily influenced by the Democratic Party since before the days of the Pendergast Machine – you know their labor force has a union:

Your guess is as good as mine regarding how they ended up with Local #2. I’d have guessed Locals 1 and 2 would be in Greenwich Village and the Castro District.

On that last trip, I didn’t have time to stop. But I might be back that way again early next year. And if so, I’m gonna have to stop and see the place. Maybe have some wings for dinner.

Not sure I’ll try the fudge, though.  (smile)

Category: Pointless blather, Who knows, WTF?, YGBSM!!

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Hack Stone

That’s the kind of outside of the box thinking that we need at the proud but humble woman owned business that sells software to the federal government needs. Hack sees a corporate tie-in. Buy some software, get some of Uranus packed fudge.

Sapper3307

Did you buy a t-shirt to send to Bernath?

Daniel Bernath’s Bunghole

It is and you should

AW1Ed

“…the place is apparently a general store. There’s also a gun shop, a tattoo parlor, a “party bar and grill”, and some other novelty items.”

One stop shopping!

Claw

Sounds like the kind of place where the doorman says: (insert time worn joke here)

“Welcome to Fudgies. Ya’ll should be able to find room at the bar, but please remain standing. Bubba the Bouncer will be along shortly to shove in your stool.”

Outstanding chuckle for this morning, Hondo.

Deplorable B Woodman

Beat me to it, “may I push in your stool?”

AnotherPat

With apologies to Dr. Seuss:

“Oh, the Places You”ll Go!”

Mick

Great stuff, Hondo.

I needed a good laugh this morning.

Wilted Willy

Hondo, That was really funny! Thank you for starting out my day with a smile!

jonp

ok, still laughing and my wife’s comment is “that’s brilliant”!

Guard Bum

My wife and I took our 14 year old granddaughter there this past summer and it was a hoot. The people working there call out “welcome to Uranus”
when you walk in the door and the fudge is actually quite good.

Our farm is just a few miles from route 66 and this place is just another example of the old time kitchy stuff you see along the route. Its just harmless juvenile fun and I even saw sweet looking little old lady church going types giggle and blush looking at some of the stuff they have there.

We flyover country types are easily entertained!

Mustang Major

Back in the late ’70s, outside of Baumholder, Germany, there was a car dealer with a big sign sign saying “Peter Lips”. Might still be there today.

Claw

Hmmm, the Googly Thingy says Uranus is right across the road from Fort Lost-In-The-Woods.

Bummer, though. Googly images had a poster that said there were midget strippers at Big Louie’s this past October 29th, 30th, and 31st.

Where was I? Even better, wasn’t Hondo AWOL from TAH for a few days just about that time?/smile

Claw

Oops, sorry. The midget strippers were at Big Louie’s for Halloween 2015, not 2017.

Beating my face.

docduracoat

There is always time to stop for some ammo and fudge!

Stacy0311

Sunset cruise of the USS Ranger CV61. Can’t remember if it was VF1 or VF2, one of the F14 pilots was LT Eric Packer.

Care to guess what his call sign was?

Jeff LPH 3, 63-66

Looks like this place is the Butt of all of the jokes people will say as they pass by. Funny Butt nice.

OldManchu

Bradley Manning has sent over a dozen applications to work there.

NHSparky

While not a single sign, this one was erected (pun intended) in my hometown back in NM:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gotweight/1992802926

Perry Gaskill

I’m usually not a fan of outdoor advertising. Still, a few years ago in Northern California I often wanted to buy beers for the shameless ad crew that worked on the account for the local Clover-Stornetta Dairy.

It so happened the dairy had a mascot in the form of a cartoon Holstein named “Clo” and you might be out driving around and suddenly come upon a billboard with a smiling cow and a tag line such as: “Tip Clo Through Your Two Lips”

timactual

If you like billboards, you must love the classic “Burma Shave” signs.

http://burma-shave.org/jingles/

NHSparky

I-15, Baker, CA.

Alien Jerky.

SFC D

Sierra Vista AZ used to have a video rental store. RENT A FLICK. Big sign. Yuuuge. From 3 or 4 blocks away, the L and I sort of blended at the bottom…