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Loop Signs Warn Of... Falling Mice?

By Mae Rice in News on Jan 25, 2016 3:30PM

For a while there, ice was doing nothing besides growing ever-stronger and threatening to conquer Chicago. Thanks to the recent spate of livable weather, though, these falling ice signs that don’t take themselves too seriously have been cropping up across the city (again—Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg first noticed them last winter).

I spotted one Friday across the street from Art Institute, and one has cropped up on Imgur:


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These signs present a multiple choice quiz we can all pass, and prominently feature my last name, making me feel special. I am strongly in favor of them. If they ever decide to add a fifth options, my vote is for “Vanilla Ice.”