A sinister pattern is emerging in connection with the US Commemorative State Quarter program. Consider, please:

• the recent catastrophic collapse of the rock formation called the "Old Man of the Mountain", depicted on the New Hampshire coin ...
• multiple misfortunes associated with the Indianapolis 500 automobile race, both financial woes and safety problems (Indiana) ...
• the inability of the latest Kentucky Derby winner to sire any descendants (Kentucky) ...
• the death some time ago of the Charter Oak, featured on Connecticut's quarter — and the destruction last year of the Wye Oak, a final-round candidate for Maryland's design ...

Where will this Curse of the Quarter strike next? Is the famous painting (New Jersey) of Washington crossing the Delaware starting to peel? Will the (Maryland) Annapolis Statehouse dome crack? Might the (New York) Statue of Liberty drop her torch? ...

TopicHumor - TopicRecreation - 2003-05-17

(correlates: 2008-08-21 - Wye Island, PoorDesigns, MoveOn, ...)