All Signs Point To Confusion

My grandfather, who passed many years ago, loved to tell this story. When he was younger, road signs were not always easy to find. One day, he and a bunch of friends went to Canada on a whim, staying long enough that it was dark when they left.

They got turned around until they finally found a sign… that was too high up to show in the headlights. So, they got the sign down and held it in front of the car.

Success! It read, “New York,” with a distance and an arrow.

Of course, they then started arguing about which way the arrow had been pointing when it was up.