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March 12, 2003
Yuckfest #2

This one is at least marginally related to information design :). They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, in the hands of some, a picture and a dozen or so words make for some very funny ready.gov satire:

The fun thing is that these pictures are so ambiguous they could mean anything!

diagram of hand washing For example, the government's caption for the image at right is:

Wash with soap and water, if possible, but do not scrub the chemical into your skin.

Our anonymous author's revised caption:

The proper way to eliminate smallpox is to wash with soap, water and at least one(1) armless hand.

Thanks to Randal on the ID-Cafe list for the pointer. See ready.gov for the pictures in context (the one shown here can be found here.

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