I don't know how true it is, but I've heard that a good sign spinner can earn up to 60 grand a year. Sure, they train like athletes and master several hundred different moves, and they must periodically continue to attend sessions to learn new moves as they're invented. But 60 grand? That's obscene. It's more than most teachers, all for standing on a street corner waving a sign around. Aren't they lethal? I keep waiting to read a headline, "Passerby Killed By Spinner With Bong Hits For Jesus Sign." (I threw that in to avoid having a fatwa put on my head.)
posted by John M Crowther @ 6:51 AM
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John What is a sign spinner? We don't have them here that I have seen. roger
Hi Roger, it's just what the name implies, a guy who stands on street corners spinning an advertising sign in order to attract attention to the particular business. It's the modern day equivalent of a "sandwich man" (remember those?) and is bcoming quite the fas.
It could only happen in Hollywood! (((LOL))) We're still in the dark ages here with an absurd little man running around on the side of the road in a chicken suit (grin)
Love the cartoon... (fatwas aside!)
This is actually an homage of sorts to one of my favorite ever New Yorker cartoons, a classic. A bedouin kneels in prayer in the middle of the desert. A limousine is stopped next to him. A well-dressed gentleman leans out and says, "hey, pal. which way to Mecca?"
I was astounded to read that they can make $60,000 a year for sign spinning. Wow! No degree necessary?
Love this cartoon. Terrific drawing. I can see where this one could become a favorite. Definitely New Yorker material. Great commentary as usual.
Jean, we have some of the same little men running around on the corners in their chicken suits as well. Bet they don't get $60,000 a year, says she grinning.
I've noticed a growing number of souls holding signs near the local malls lately, but generally they look like rather hapless folk earning a minimum wage. I believe there is a local ordinance against temporary stable signage and the peripatetic version fits through the loophole. But never seen any "spinning" here. It's all our sad-sacks can do to just hold up the damn pole. TYhen again, I'd feel down at the heels too, if I were out in that hot sun.
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