This morning, Zegnatronic Man and I must have come in on the same train. For those who just tuned in, for about four years now Frank Chiu has been seen marching about the Financial District with a protest sign. At first his sign was handmade and said various things, usually calling for the impeachment of a lot of former Presidents (plus Franklin and Hamilton). Then he had a slick one professionally printed, saying<\/p>\n
\n IMPEACH CLINTON!
\n12 GALAXIES
\nGUILTIED TO A
\nZEGNATRONIC
\nROCKET SOCIETY\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\nBut he was never satisfied with it for long, and frequently altered it with stick-on letters to say megatronic<\/i> or altratronic<\/i> or impeach [someone else]<\/i>. Now he has another fresh sign (not as well designed as that one) which reads:<\/p>\n
\n MCALISTER
\n12 GALAXIES
\nQUINTRONIC PROFANED PERJURIES
\nAGAINST THEM RULING
\nTHE UNIVERSE AND
\nZEGNATRONIC
\nECLESIASITES\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe back of his sign is available for advertising. The first one I remember was a love message; then a sandwich shop. There are two now, a fortune-teller and a website<\/a>.<\/p>\n
As he paused to put on his jacket, he grinned. I had not seen him grin before. It was a grin that might say, “Oboy, another day of playing this great joke!” Or perhaps, “This is the day my message gets across and They<\/i> start paying me the movie star salary I deserve! I can feel it!” Or maybe he was just enjoying the sunshine. <\/p>\n
Later<\/i>: The next day I saw him twice, and he had changed his sign between the two sightings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This morning, Zegnatronic Man and I must have come in on the same train. For those who just tuned in, for about four years now Frank Chiu has been seen marching about the Financial District with a protest sign. At … Continue reading