A good friend pointed out a very interesting little graphic to me yesterday. It comes from Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s latest anti-litter educational campaign. Take a look (push reload if it’s not moving on your screen):
But what is that thing to the left? It could be a very asymmetrical wastebasket, but it also bears a striking resemblance to this state:
The icon in the Oklahoma slogan has clearly been gif-ified and all the little bumps and irregularities on the borders smoothed out. But even more striking is the placement of this Arkansas-shaped icon: directly to the right of “Oklahoma” just as it would be on the map. And there’s no mistaking that lumpy little yellow ball is going straight from Oklahoma into the heart of Arkansas.
So what happened here? Was this intended? Oklahoma litter campaign = put trash in Arkansas. You’d think someone would have noticed by now and gotten the campaign graphic changed. Otherwise, Arkansas, start monitoring those Okie borders!
Tags: Arkansas, Department of Transportation, education, litter, Oklahoma
January 26, 2008 at 5:19 pm
I’m not sure about that…you could be reading too much into this.
January 27, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Aw, hey – Arkansas has some of the most beautiful land in the whole US. And Oklahoma shares some of that land along the border.
January 28, 2008 at 7:00 am
no, i am 100% convinced that this was intended.
January 28, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Perhaps. But the conspiracy theory is much more fun, no?
January 29, 2008 at 5:42 am
town girl – I agree! I have nothing against Arkansas. But there’s lots of Okies out there who conceive of Arkansas as a second-class state, if you will.