So a little back story on this before we begin.  This will help deflect any hate coming my way afterword.  This task looked great and had the possibility for amazing built right into the instructions.  All I needed to do was find the right sign(s) to alter.  Unfortunately, most signs did not leave much up to hilarity. 


What was I gonna do?  Change it to BAKE ROUTE?  That's stupid, and in hindsight, perhaps awesome if I also put a cupcake on the bike.  But that is outside the parameters of the task (as most of this praxis is).

I looked around for more signs, saw a broken telephone pole which offered some hope.


However, there wasn't much happening.  A little searching later I came across a sign store, which was amazing, and seemed like the perfect opportunity for misdemeanoring. 


However, all the signs were behind glass, which was held up by brick.  No go there.  That, and they were already pretty freaking awesome as you can see.

I began to worry I wouldn't find anything that I could change for the awesome, but I kept moving on.  Then I saw it.  The sign I knew I had to change, because it was the first one that had the obvious answer plastered right on it.


Now, I know what you're thinking, and you're right.  I am a horrible person for doing this.  That's why I did that whole back story thing. 

There were obstacles in my way, though.  Namely, this sign was a good 20 feet off the ground, and I hadn't had my Jamba Juice with a flight boost that day.  Off to the local coffee shop to find answers. 

And find them I did.  I walked in and saw that the baristas were using the ladder to fix something.  I don't remember what it was, because I was immediately and terribly focused on the ladder.  "I must have that ladder!"  I shouted immediately.  While that drew bewildered looks, it also got me that ladder.


I managed to recruit the help from one of the locals who makes brownies for the coffee shop (delicious, btw), and she agreed to help me vandalize the town.


-Badgirl80. she refused more awesome monikers like "ladder lady" because Ladder lady is, in fact, a stupid name


We headed over to the sign (seriously less than 50 feet away, ok maybe 75) and quickly set up shop, or in this case, a ladder.

-The sign is way too high up

She got to working on the double sided tape, because I looked like an idiot trying to peel it for 5 minutes.


Needless to say, she was much more successful at that than I.
Ascending the rickety ladder of OSHA failures, I realized this may not end well.  Specifically, with me falling on the hood of some car.  I pressed on though, and plastered the crude "A" in the middle of the sign.  After I climbed down to get the shot, I noticed that physics was not my friend this night.


No matter what I did, the reflection completely blocked out the letter.  Thus, it was back up the ladder of terror.  This time I got the shot!  Hooray!  I can get down now!
-That's an "a" in case you couldn't tell


Happy with being alive AND completing a task we headed back to celebrate my idiocy.

-all 62.423 feet of heading back (it's on the left)

I felt somewhat off though.  The joke is certainly funny, but it stung in an Archie Bunker sort of way.  I decided to head back out and find some more stuff to alter, so as to end this on a light hearted note.

Granted these next mischiefs may not match the task verbatim (considering I alter two letters each time), but they allow it to be enjoyed by the whole family.

First, we saw a newsstand outside a local restaurant (Great food if you're ever in Louisville btw)

Seemed like an obvious enough choice, and it already rang of stinky stinky misogyny.  A quick change later and...

Haha, fun was shared by all.
I figure one more fun sign should all but erase the memory of that first joke.  We headed back out, and almost immediately ran across this.

Proving that I can do more than just make pithy stererotype jokes, I do one for the whole family.

Bing Bang Boom.  Two letters replaced with one, and the sign becomes instantly more delicious.  I seriously want to see the results of testing that alarm system.

To console my near vacant conscience, we head back to the coffee shop for approval of the silly letter replacings, only to find that a show is about to start. 


I am hesitant to share my pictures at first, but it turns out that EVERYONE in Louisville is extremely friendly, and they all appreciate a good laugh.  I find a couple who are basically the subjects of my two jokes and share my fun.  It would seem that they legitimately enjoy the prank, and commend my bravery of heights.


Overall, it made for a good night of tasking.  This could be due, in part, to the fact that cops passed us 8 seperate times, and not one bothered to stop to see what we were doing.