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Fictional Road Signs to Help You Avoid Life’s Mishaps

A little guidance would be nice for most of us as we age

Jane Austen’s Wastebasket
6 min readMar 6, 2024

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Please look both ways before dropping your pants.
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You’re at the Turkey Trot, the annual 5k run that you’ll walk, and then most likely quit early as the lady with the double stroller passes you by with ease. And boom, there he is. That bad boy that you walked away from. He convinced you that his moped was a motorcycle, has a face tattoo that says “Fingerbang”, and swears that one day he’ll have a bank account, baby, one day. But oh, you do love his eyes even though he made your life hell. And right before you walk across the railroad tracks to bad decisions you see his mother. She has the same face tattoo. This is the sign that you need to get through your life. Remember to look both ways before dropping your pants.

The cop reminds you that ignorance of the law is not a defense. And when you say “I’m not driving, I’m traveling,” he pulls out the taser. You don’t even get out the rest of your Sovereign Citizen whackadoodle crazy before the volts course…

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Shannon Carpenter
Jane Austen’s Wastebasket

Shannon Carpenter is the author of The Ultimate Stay At-home Dad and co-host of Dadhousepod.com @HossmanAtHome. Represented by Chris Kepner of The Kepner Agency