| Whatever happened to skywriting? I'm sure that's | | | | was a local kid done good. He probably used to |
| what it's called. You know, its when a plane writes | | | | shovel your walk and then refuse your two bits, |
| out a message with such exquisite penmanship and | | | | because that's what skywriters did. And now he's |
| flight mastery that an entire town will be stopped in | | | | thousands of feet up, scarf proudly billowing behind, |
| their tracks in order to admire the great | | | | putting up the good news of Larry's tires having a |
| manifestation of human conquering nature, and | | | | labor day sale or maybe to tell all that Steve loves |
| simultaneously delivering a sharp message no doubt. | | | | Molly. |
| I'm picturing it now. Two rascally nine year olds stop | | | | Yes, that's what I'm thinking about. We didn't have all |
| happily shooting bottle rockets at a cat to stand | | | | this terrorist talk. We only needed to worry about a |
| awestruck at the sky. Old man Smith puts off | | | | nuclear-armed Soviet Union aggressor; but hiding |
| sweeping the sidewalk in from of his general store, | | | | under our desks seemed to reduce that old threat. |
| admiring greatly the bold blue sky embossed with a | | | | Nowadays, we've got dirty bombs and even dirtier |
| lovely serif font. Two quarreling drivers stop accusing | | | | intelligence agencies. Is it a coincidence that |
| one another as to who caused the accident they | | | | skywriting has fallen out of favor? I don't think so. |
| just were in and agree with one another, if only | | | | So, let's bring mobile outdoor advertising back to its |
| briefly, that skywriting can really brighten a day. It | | | | roots. Everyone loves a good billboard. |