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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I initially gave the local sign painter a 67% accuracy rating for having six of the nine letters oriented correctly. Then it occurred to me that three of the letters are bilaterally symmetrical about the horizontal axis, so those don’t count as correct (since either way is correct.) If we argue that the K should get half credit for being asymmetrical about the vertical axis, we must note that the A is symmetrical about the vertical axis, so that one only gets half credit too. By that reasoning, the A and K together only get one point when combined.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If we take those out the K, the I and the O, we have six remaining letters, only three of which are correctly oriented. I would hafta give that job a 50% success rate, or epic fail. Placing the stencils at random have an even chance of meeting or exceeding this pathetic performance. I would offer an epic fail rating even before noting that the area adjacent to a handicap space must be demarcated in blue rather than white.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Note that if the intention was to convey to the occupants of the building the puzzling message GNIKRAP ON, then five of the nine letters are in the correct orientation. If so, the sign-painter’s success rating is five of nine or 55.6%, which is still grossly incompetent, but an improvement over 50%. All she needs to do is define the phrase. Perhaps it is a message that urges performers to continue with the entertainment form considered to be derived from and a subset of rap music associated with the obscure Gnik culture of Tannu Tuva. This would offer an explanation (even if wildly implausible) that the message GNIKRAP ON was the original intention, with only four of nine letters in error.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=528 height=327 style='width:5.5in;height:3.4062in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D768D5.4042A070"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Do pardon please. I am struggling to not think about that horrifying building collapse in Florida. Silliness is a well-known psychological escape mechanism.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>