My front porch is constantly littered with throwaway menus from local restaurants, none of which I'd ever visit or order from. Every day or so, I toss a half-dozen out.
The other day, I gathered up three from Indian restaurants, two Vegan and a couple of Ethiopian places. I was about to chuck them into the trash can when I noticed an odd one in there…not a menu, it turned out, but a Notice of Filming. I might have mistaken it for an ad and I'll bet most residents do. It's an announcement that several streets in my neighborhood were to be blocked off and used for filming this weekend. The hours involved were 4 AM through 10 PM (I think that's a typo and they meant 10 AM) and then 12 PM through 9 PM. What did they plan on doing? Here's what it says…
EXTERIOR AUTOMATIC FULL LOAD GUNFIRE
(Uzi gunfire & shootout scene)Driving scenes with the flow of traffic. Camera and equipment on sidewalk, in curb lane & across street. Exterior dialogue. Occasional traffic and pedestrian control. Wetting down of the street. Picture car hits prop telephone pole. Generator.
And then there's some stuff about parking restrictions and road closures, as well as phone numbers to call if one has problems or questions. I'm wondering how many neighbors read this thing (I almost didn't) and were unprepared. As it turned out, the action took place a little far from me and as I didn't drive that way, I didn't notice or hear anything. Maybe someone was a bit startled to find a shootout scene with Uzis occurring on their front lawns, I don't know.