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Fence company sign asks women to bare their breasts as they pass a fictitious breast inspection stop
By Barbara Hijek October 6, 2010 06:51 AM
The Hercules Fence company's claim to notoriety has little to do with fences, but rather the messages it posts on a roadside sign.
And this week's message is a doozy: During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, while many businesses are awash in pink ribbons and encouraging slogans, the 58-year-old business has taken the opposite tack. The company posted on its sign a message to women that a breast inspection site is 20 feet ahead, and encourages them to display their breasts as they pass by, reports the Ocala Star Banner.
The company manager says the owner decides each Friday to post a message that stays up for the week, complaints or not, according to the Star Banner.
And those messages can be of-FENCE-ive: During the past few years those messages have included jokes about dead handicapped people — just a short distance from a school that serves handicapped children; jokes about killing ex-wives during Domestic Violence Awareness Month; and a notation about President Obama moving into the White House from the ghetto, reports the Star Banner.
Angie DeNoia, a breast cancer survivor who lives in Ocala, said she hopes the store’s owner never has an encounter with cancer.
“Let’s hope your daughter will never be told she has breast cancer, or cancer anywhere on her body,” DeNoia told the Star Banner. “You have cancer and let’s see if you laugh about it.”
