Amanda Fortenberry @ loyno.edu  made an observation while driving:

For those of you old enough to remember the Nixon presidential
campaign, Nixon's slogan was "Nixon's the One".  The slogan, by
itself, is innocent enough.

If you've ever driven down an Interstate, you probably know how
sometimes billboards can be placed right next to each other.  There'll
be one advertising a car, and ten feet down the road, there'll be one
advertising cigarettes or something.

Now, back during the Nixon campaign, there were two such billboards
along a highway in Ohio.  The first said "One out of every four
Americans has some form of mental illness."  The second?  "Nixon's the
one."




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Readers response:

P. Drake @ HAC.COM:

     I read your billboard story and it reminded me of a billboard I saw
     last year while driving on the Santa Ana freeway through Los Angeles.
     The billboard was all black with two words in large, white letters;
     STILL GUILTY. It is left as an exercise for the reader to figure out
     to whom the billboard refers.

Elmo @ speednet.com.au:

     Reminds me of a sign over here in Frenchs Forest in Sydney, Australia of
     a sign advertising "Windows 95, Start it up" followed by an Roads and
     Traffic association sign reading "Run the Risk".

J. Koron @ aol.com:

     Those who remember Republican party politics in the 1960s and 70s might be
     interested in a highway sign on the Palisades Parkway in New York/New
     Jersey:

        R O C K E F E L L E R
        L O O K   O U T
        K E E P   R I G H T

     This constitutes directions to a place to park and see a scenic view over
     the Hudson.

John A. Dowell @ bgsu.edu commented on the Nixon's the One joke:


     "Nixon's the One" was his campaign slogan in '68.  In '72, many of
     us were saying:

                In '68 Nixon was the One
                In '72 he was a Bigger One.

Dave C. Doan @ juno.com:

     In KC the billboard that always makes me looks twice is Harrah's Casino.
     "The Loosest Slots in Kansas City".   I first saw this as in the Pitch,
     it was surrounded by an article reguarding prostitution in Kansas City.