Tonight I'm again trying to give some relief from a lot of the terrible news we've been wading through. So, sit back, enjoy a beverage, and prepare to just take a break.
After hitting a deer 3 times, Donna called on state agencies, local officials, and even this Fargo radio station with a simple request: Move the Deer Crossing signs from high traffic to low traffic areas so deer will cross roads in safer areas. No. Not. Kidding. Really. Srsly.
While the radio hosts were unbelievable in controlling their laughter, I'll be in full guffaw mode below the Orange DK Creamsicle and have an update.
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Yes, she really believed that the deer can read and understand road signs! Or, perhaps, that the signs somehow attracted deer to cross the road where the signs were placed!
In her mind moving the signs would solve the problem for both deer and drivers. She simply couldn't understand what kind of moron would post Deer Crossing signs along busy highways when there were plenty of remote areas the deer could cross roads more safely.
I can only imagine the reaction to her phone calls and letters to agency officials and politicians. I would have loved to have been a fly on those walls. Bwahahahaha! From the sound of her call, it seems that nobody took the time to explain to her why the Deer Crossing signs are positioned in the places they are located. (Donna: Psst! It's to let drivers know that it's a place deer frequently cross the road).
Eventually, she got clued in and that was likely after she became famous in the area as Donna the Deer Lady. Friends, neighbors and others likely educated her on those signs. She also sees a lot of people in her job as a receptionist in a clinic (thank God she's not a doctor). She managed a follow up call to the show at a later date and it's hilarious, too.
So, this story has a happy ending with Donna being famous and even getting a Donna the Deer Lady tee shirt from the radio hosts (plus a lot of Deer Crossing signs in her mailbox and plastic deer placed in her front yard).
And you wonder why there are sooooo many people voting for Republicans. This is the kind of person they throw the chum for.
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