Pac-Man Lives!

An article from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune says that someone has painted a giant Pac-Man on a heavily travelled rural stretch of highway near there. The dots had been placed on the road by the Highway Department as a way for drivers to maintain a safe distance between them and the vehicle in front of them.

This is an excellent example of one of those times when an idea so amazing and brilliant starts bouncing around in your head that you just have to do something about it. If I could pretend to be a profiler for a moment, I'd say we're looking for a white male, late 30's to early 40's (experienced original Pac-Man fever during formative years), commutes to work on this very stretch of road for 45 to 60 minutes both ways, 5 days a week (tired of looking at the same old same old. Also spends a lot of money on gas and can't afford a better, more durable brand of paint). He listens to talk radio (tired of the same old songs), his car has over 100,000 miles on it and he's probably been thinking about doing this for 2-3 months before finally getting out there and doing it.

Way to go "Giant Pac-Man Painting Dude"! Don't forget to wear reflective clothing and look both ways.