Has anyone noticed these white signs around town? What are they for?? There are a few in the medians on Stone Rd in Centreville, some in Fair Lakes- and I live in Gainesville and they are out there too (On Rt 29 & Heathcote Blvd)....??? I tried to google them but didn't find anything. They are white signs with a lower case "n" on them, nothing else...no website, phone number, nothing...just an "n"....???? They are driving me nuts????

The n stands for nigger. The few whites living in those areas (London Towne, Greenbriar, Gaysville, put them up to get back at the "hispanohablantes" or the black peopels who jack their radios, tires, and lawn mower gas tanks

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YOu have got to be kidding me!

THose signs need to come down now.

If people are stealing, call the police.

Yeah, that is f'd up. I almost don't even believe that. Someone post a pic.

I have seen them around but I have a hard time believing that's what they are. I'll try to snap a pic when I see one.

Thats so not true- and really messed up to say.

I'll try to get a pic tomorrow morning on my way to work. I first noticed them around the election so I thought thats what they were, but I dont know....???

I figured they were some kind of upcoming restaurant promotion or something... getting the logo in peoples' heads. It is not a "mean" 'n' by any means, rather a peaceful lower-case 'n'.

pgens Wrote:
>> I'll try to snap a pic when I see one.

SE
>> I'll try to get a pic


I doubt that's what they really are, but I would definitely photoshop your sign pictures into future images. :))

upside down U turn signs?

It's for roN paul, obviously.

Not Ron Paul, but it could be Nader... if you check out his Web site, the green on the site reminds me of the green on the N signs.

http://www.votenader.org/index.html

And I wouldn't be surprised to see a Nader/Paul ticket.



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I'm told that it is for New Life Christian Church.

www.newlife4me.com

I highly doubt it. The colors are nowhere similar (no green in site on that page), and New Life places signs with the logo they already have.

They are still driving me insane!!! Horrible marketing if you ask me!!!!

SE Wrote:
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> They are still driving me insane!!! Horrible
> marketing if you ask me!!!!

nobody did so stfu bitch.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

SE Wrote:
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> They are still driving me insane!!! Horrible
> marketing if you ask me!!!!

Actually it appears to be fantastic marketing, it sure has your attention.

BTW, a friend told me but told me not to tell....

"n"ed flanders for Pres. 2008!!!!!!

A campaign to boost the community spirit of Northern Virginians, perhaps???

i heard they stand for nifty and neat-o... maybe its a campaign to bring back 50's jargon, which would explain the retro shaped boxes their in

I heard it was a local advertising scheme by some guys who make this energy drink called "nitro".

Again, usually when you have an ad campaign the logos on the marketing materials match that on the product, otherwise what good is it for brand recognition? Nitro and the 'n' signs don't look a thing alike.

We're going to need a photo

i decided to steal one on my way to work this morning. lets see what they think of their clever marketing scheme when all their signs are sitting in my garage!!!!
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Yep, that's it. I rotated and cropped it so no one hurts their neck :) Thanks for grabbing one.

Maybe it isn't an 'n' at all... maybe it is a camel :)



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and whats with that color?

that looks like the actual sign is printed on some vinyl sheet or something.. take it off the folding plastic and see if anything is on the back.. ?

or we can just give up and go with Nader of the GREEN party?

ok this just gets weirder.i pulled the vinyl off the frame and someone wrote www.whatisthatn.com on the back. there was also a picture of a fat guy in a spiderman costume. i think i'm going to put the sign back on my way home from work. whatever that n is.... something tells me it shouldn't be messed with.

I bet they planted microchips on the signs and now they know where you live

http://whatisthatn.com/


Check back March 3rd...
UNLESS SE wants to share the meaning first...

+ + + + + + + + + + +HOLY CONSPIRACY THEORIES! + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

It is for New Life Christian Church~ No really, I'm serious. New Life Christian Church.

Whois Search for it proves nothing...

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I don't see it... Their Web site is completely different.

I'm liking the Nader theory best of all so far.

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> I don't see it... Their Web site is completely
> different.

uh - i think that site is anything BUT completely different...


interesting marketing... lol and with the web address on the back - its like they anticipated people stealing it...

are we the first to discover the N?!?!


... and yes, put it back - italian spiderman might get you!



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The page title is "The N || To Centreville and... well honestly, beyond" so I don't think it is a Nader thing. Keywords on the page are

"n, what is that n, n signs, centreville, chantilly, haymarket, fairfax, vienna, mclean, virginia, northern virginia"

so it's definitely a NoVA thing.

newlife4me.com has a different registrant, its contacts seem legit, and the domain server is different. Server IPs are different too... whatisthatn.com is at rackspace and newlife4me is hosted at some outfit in Ashburn. Seems to me they would likely use the same provider. That isn't a certainty but the evidence points away from those being the same outfit.

Babka Wrote:
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> there was also a picture of a fat guy in
> a spiderman costume.

Can you snap a pic of that before you put the sign back?

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> psdfx Wrote:
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> > I don't see it... Their Web site is completely
> > different.
>
> uh - i think that site is anything BUT completely
> different...
>

Uh - I sorta kinda meant that the site was completely different from the n ...

Who wants to take bets that the "N" will be Laaa-Haaaameee. My best guess is that it stands for nataS

Babka Wrote:
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> i decided to steal one on my way to work this
> morning. lets see what they think of their clever
> marketing scheme when all their signs are sitting
> in my garage!!!!


HAHAHAH You are awesome.

This is ghey. I just went to the website, I'm guessing its another smoothie place or ice cream store. But I could be way off, LOL.

If you stare at the N long enough you see a Sailboat


No Space

No Choice

No Jobs

No Logo

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> Uh - I sorta kinda meant that the site was
> completely different from the n ...


uh - i kinda knew thats what you meant.. thats why i said what i did.

SE Wrote:
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> This is ghey. I just went to the website, I'm
> guessing its another smoothie place or ice cream
> store. But I could be way off, LOL.


my vote is for smoothie/icecream/other restaurant

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> If you stare at the N long enough you see a
> Sailboat

/stares at sign
Wow, it's a schooner!

Ha, you IDIOTS, its not a schooner, its a sailboat!

A schooner is a sailboat, stupid-head!

Just ask Duh... it's a 57 foot motor yacht.

Nader

anyone see the goof on the side of rt29 holding up a sign that said "the n is near"?

i passed by twice around 4:30 and he was waving the sign at every car that went by. the dude looked homeless.

It's for New Life Church..... new ad campaign launching next week.

enough with New Life Church thing.... its obviously not them. some dispelled your idea like 20 posts ago.

wait and see...........

maybe it's just a social experiment.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

It seems to be very Northern Virginia focused. I think the "n" might stand for some community outreach concept. I saw a few n signs today when I was running errands in Chantilly. They were by Willard rd off 28. Maybe it is a theme for a happier Northern Virginia. We certainly could use it in rush hour traffic!

I showed one to my Hubby today- he said they were for a"Church". Guess we'll find out tomorrow.....???

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> enough with New Life Church thing.... its
> obviously not them. some dispelled your idea like
> 20 posts ago.

It could be them, nothing proves otherwise. There is stuff that points away from them, but a rebranding or marketing campaign is entirely possible.

I think it is safe to say that KeepOnTruckin and ExpensiveJeans's explanations are full of crap, but consider the sources.

There is a new video up on that site with the "homeless" guy.

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> There is a new video up on that site with the
> "homeless" guy.

holy crap! thats the dude i saw!

802.11N the new wireless connection standard

"Listen to me North Virginia"
Wonder what it is, probably will turn out to be something really lame though.
BTW this is the only place I've seen that people have seen those signs, nobody I know has seen them or paid attention to them

pgens Wrote:
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> I think it is safe to say that KeepOnTruckin and
> ExpensiveJeans's explanations are full of crap,
> but consider the sources.


Yeah i made that up

Sorry, I don't know how to edit a post and frankly i am a little too lazy tonight to figure it out. Anyway, I meant to be more specific


The "n" stands for 802.11N the new wireless connection standard

Lol I reported their youtube profile

The "N" stands for Not For Long when you make those kind of calls. Oh wait, that was my former coach Jerry Glanville's line.

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> Lol I reported their youtube profile


nice

somebody call cox and see if "The N" is being added to their line up..

http://www.the-n.com/

Somebody is making a statement. The n signs are part of a woman movement from the 60's, bra burning. The n stands for "no bra's" but they didn't want to put that on the signs since people might complain.

still waiting on the picture of the fat spiderman...

If it is for a church it begs the question, is there a new church being built somewhere near Centreville that is just about done?

I have seen the signs around Centreville and 28. I know they were building that big restaurant over there off of 29. Is that open yet? Is the "n" for that place?

As for the wireless thing, seems kind of odd that you would be doing a guerrilla marketing campaign for something so techie.

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> As for the wireless thing, seems kind of odd that
> you would be doing a guerrilla marketing campaign
> for something so techie.

Follow this link and read
http://www.airdefense.net/newsandpress/University%20Business_11.06.pdf

It's the same slogan and its the right time frame. You're right though, not sure who or why they would be marketing this way if it is indeed for wireless

So now what, we have to wait around for another month to find out the next bit of info?!

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> So now what, we have to wait around for another
> month to find out the next bit of info?!


We have to wait a month to find out it's the "n" at the end of a wireless system. Big fucking whoop-di-doo!

I heard there were banners on bridges for it today...

There was one on 29/28 overpass this morining but i didnt see it in the afternoon.

Ok its official. The "n" stands for New Life Christian Church.

http://www.newlife4me.com/what-is-the-n/
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> still waiting on the picture of the fat
> spiderman...


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
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KeepOnTruckin Wrote:
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> Ok its official. The "n" stands for New Life
> Christian Church.
>
> http://www.newlife4me.com/what-is-the-n/


AHHHHHHH This SUCKS! I was hoping it was something cool. Whatev.

I thought it was going to be Jesus. It is just this Pastor Brett idiot.

Very funny!


http://whatisthatn.com/

You got everyone going though...

Okay, that will be two orders of John 3:16. Would you like some fries with that?

Thank you, and come again!

meh, cant be worse than those candidates that litter the streets and area with their signs. candidates only want your vote, seems like this church just wanted your attention

Ughhh

I am a member of New Life and I love it. I went in to that church four years ago and I was determined to go once hate it and never come back. It didn't work that way and I am so grateful. We are a really fun church and I have some truly loving friends because of New Life. To say it is another normal church is completely wrong. Check out whiteboydj.com and watch the baby got book video or search for it on youtube. The person who made that video used to be a preacher at our church. I think that video best portrays the fun we have. Hopefully I will see some of you soon.

Another attempt to repackage the same ol'religous propaganda in a new box.

Baby's got Book video..lol. So in order to get the Word out, the church has tied it to a music video that was originally anything but Christian. I bet the church is just hoping the new young hipsters that they are recuiting wont be old enough to remember to original video.

Making religion cool and hip, doesnt make it any less wrong.

" We are a really fun church and I have some truly loving friends because of New Life"

If you dont bring God into this, wouldnt that just make it a nice place to hang out with friends, and did their `faith' make them truly loving people or were they just that way to start with.

Sorry NLCC not to pick on you personally..Im just one of the resident athiests.

I used to be right there with you "Take A Stand", but eventually something happens in life that requires more grace than people can provide. You have the choice to see and accept God's grace or to brave it on your own. I am so thankful to have chosen God. Lucky for me I was able to meet other people who have made the same choice at New Life. Yeah, they try to make religion cool and hip, but sometimes that how you reach people who can't hear the message any other way. It allowed me to hear it. I figure... I've tried being an athiest, and that only brought me fear, pain, and sadness. Now, I have a beautiful family, amazing friends, hope, forgiveness, happiness, faith in something beyond myself, and eternal life. I'm kind of thinking I made a good choice. I hope you stop by and see what we're all about. We love athiests too!

Hey Take a Stand. The reason I say they are some of my closest friends is far more than the social. When I have had some of the hardest things in my life going on they were there for me. They prayed for me, prayed with me, offered comfort and they offered their time. They also followed through with that offer! It is deeply about God but it is also about me walking in and having multiple people greeting me by name and actually care how I am doing. I guess what I am saying and why this matters so much to me, is it is really easy to have a church and to have a preacher try to shove Jesus down your throat and condemn you for either not having Jesus or having Jesus and still messing up. New Life has never been like that to me. The people matter because the building is just a building, but how the people act is a representation of what they believe.

ingenious, i now have a marketing plan for my low capital, low risk, and quite addictive opportunity for a business.
too bad ive failed to notice em.


irreverent to the topic - (moved)
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ive programmed myself to block out most things akin to advertisements on roads. Its quite easy, important roadsigns aren't flashy.
I pay attention to driving, and the erratic driving of all around; those reading billboards and little signs on the side of the road... the ones slamming their breaks on ice, not to mention people trying to text while driving.

while you are all crackin on churches...
religion is just an ornate cane, for people too weathered, beaten, numbed or stoned to keep going on by themselves.

An opiate of the masses.

Not a bad thing, and quite possibly a good thing if not taken to the point of ignorance, and destruction. Think of it as way to help them through the hard times. As long as they keep the ability to think for themselves, and better their quality of living.

We all have something similar, were all drug addicts.

Our drugs may be very different. ranging from Television to Crack. various alkaloids, Phenethylamines,... Tryptamines,

Heroin caffeine, & Nicotine. Dare I say the internet... information. (music, risk,...)

Never smoked? Ever eat a tomato, potato, eggplant or green pepper. Youve had nicotine.

Its all subjective, but we all have our own personal drug.
Maybe you were self medicating your case of curiosity... feeding your need for useless information thats, in all intentions forced to you.

When your legs broken, it sure helps to have a cane.

If you made it this far, you just listened a "drunken ramble" #421


-acidbyte

p.s) thanks cary for keeping this site ad free, private and secure.

KeepOnTruckin Wrote: bump
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> The n stands for nigger. The few whites living in
> those areas (London Towne, Greenbriar, Gaysville,
> put them up to get back at the "hispanohablantes"
> or the black peopels who jack their radios, tires,
> and lawn mower gas tanks
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