Lake Michigan oddity
As I was walking through the fallen firefighter park between Lake Michigan and McCormick Place I noticed these unattractive icons painted on the walkway. Why exactly is genuflection forbidden here?
Seriously – these are some butt-ugly icons. It took me a few looks to discern that the other one was supposed to represent a swimming person. Apparently you Chicagoans – or at least the ones looking to swim in very cold lake water – have ape-length arms.
As a kid I used to think that this picture was a squirrel begging for food and that they were advising you not to feed the squirrels.
That’s a funny observation. Genuflecting. However, I don’t understand the Ape-long arms comment. That icon has rather short arms. Apes have long arms. ?