The Loon has just reminded me.
On the A1 near Alnwick there used to be an antique place. It was situated just off the main road, and had a small road leading up to it. It might still be there, I just haven't really noticed it of late.

At the entrance there were a couple of things that looked a bit like... actually, I'm not sure what they looked like. I suppose they were a bit like the stone decorative bits people with semi-posh houses have on either side of their gate posts. They were tapered at the the top and had a round stone sitting atop them. Nothing flashy, but obviously there to add a kind of image to the establishment.

Until you got up close and realised that they were, in fact, a pair of traffic cones painted white, with a similarly painted football glued to the top of them. One of which had started to deflate.

Still brings a smile to my face, but then again, I'm easily amused sometimes.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 23 Oct 2008, 21:56, 2 replies)

Heh
I picture a rickety old house, a musty aroma as you grasp the doorknob - and a small, drawn-out squeak as the football-ornament to your left slowly deflates.
Excellent.
(Sundayturkey has the biggest mug of tea, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 2:10, closed)

you're right
...Davros it's still there (well it was in August) with white cones and deflated footballs!
(twiceydrinker hmmm is it pint time?, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 11:17, closed)