Cliffs I Have Known

/ johnlmalone

Unstable Cliffs, the sign reads. Stay Clear.

And I think of the unstable Cliffs I have known:

The deputy that has a meltdown whenever I call in sick:

my cousin’s boyfriend who punches holes in the wall

when he is denied,

and the glue-sniffing Cliff I taught in Year 11 who fell asleep

on the tracks coming home from a party and was run over by a train.

They should have come with warnings too. 

36 thoughts on “Cliffs I Have Known”

  3. Poor old Cliffs. Funny how you collect characteristics for names. Most Terrys (male) I have known personally have been obnoxious. Most Peters have been honourable. But, as you rightly lament, none have come with useful signage such as your photo!

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  4. actually funny you mention Terrys: I’ve come across a few most annoying ones, but now as many as ‘Josh’: ‘Josh’ takes the cake but as you pointed out , the name doesn’t come with useful signage 🙂

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  8. I have an older brother named Cliff.
    He loves having his photo taken in
    front of those ‘Unstable Cliff’ signs.
    One day he’ll find out the hard way
    what those signs actually mean 😎

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  11. Signs, signs, everywhere the signs as the song goes.

    They’re not there because anyone cares. They’re there because the Legal Department of the municipality said to put them there.

    I had a friend who got $30,000 because he was walking innocent below and beside a stone wall and it chose that moment to collapse on him. He went on a spending spree with the taxpayer’s money.

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  13. another commentator found that hilarious too; there must be something about that sort of death: it is way out there — I’m going to have to readjust my sense of humour: make it more inclusive 🙂

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