April 26, 2024

Who Said That?

Florida's quote of the day

| 5/15/2015

"So I bought the dinosaur hoping they could find my place without going past me."

-- Alice Beaulieu, who, when she gets calls from customers asking how to find Clayton & Sons Auto Parts in DeBary, tells them to look for the dinosaur

Central Florida businesses need to do all they can to attract customers and get them in the door. But some go a bit further by placing odd, weird and wacky statues and accessories outside their buildings.

 A pair of legs dangle from an antique refrigerator outside Morgan Appliances on Church Street in Orlando. 4Rivers Smokehouse in Winter Park has a bull near the entrance of the barbecue joint. A flying saucer made out of an old, government antenna seems to hover over the roof of Skycraft Parts and Surplus in Winter Park.

Read more at the Orlando Sentinel.

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