Community Corner
Should We Eat More or Buy More? Mystery Sign Befuddles in Edmonds
"Consume Until You Are Consumed" banner unfurled on Fifth Avenue South.
Is it a political statement or just a simple prank?
Or maybe a sly observation on the huge crowds packing downtown for the ?
OK, it's not a mystery for the ages. But a homemade banner served as a minor diversion Saturday on a sunny Edmonds day in August.
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The banner hung from the side of a building on Fifth Avenue North, “Consume Until You Are Consumed,” looked down on pedestrians and shop owners, and no one knew where it came from.
If they did, they weren't fessing up.
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The sign, in all uppercase lettering and grammatically correct—no verb contractions made for a more formal, if stilted, statement—was taped to the side of a building owned by Edmonds mayoral candidate Dave Earling. It's a building that houses tenants and is next to Coldwell Banker Bain.
Edmonds police were called to Coldwell Banker Bain’s office, but decided there wasn’t anything they could do about the sign.
Earling was more definitive, however. He said the sign will come down.
In the scheme of things, the mystery sign in Edmonds doesn’t add up to much. But it sure beats another soap-dumped-in-the-fountain story, eh?