Sir, - Just as the first cuckoo is now a hardy annual, so it seems is the ongoing saga of road signs. Most people are familiar with the large areas of Ireland where road signs simply do not exist or are, at least, kept to a minimum.
There is, however, a much more insidious pastime beloved of our bored, but yet talented and energetic youth. This centres on turning signs around to point in the opposite direction to the correct one. This little example of high jinks could be seriously reduced by the simple expedient of using square section poles for mounting the signs, rather than the circular type presently in use. This would at a stroke make it far more difficult for the professional ninny to indulge in this cackbrained pursuit.
Possibly we are not considering this low cost solution to the problem because it has not come from a source with a string of university degrees and who, by definition, must therefore be thick. If accepted as a usable suggestion, I hereby request my fee in guineas, or failing that St Bernard vouchers. - Yours etc.,
Tallaght,
Dublin 24.