This maple syrup sign is er… interestingly designed
“Something seems off in this one” says OneBakingPanda over on Reddit.
And is it on purpose? Probably not.
Matt Gordon, the VMSMA’s executive director, admits that no one in the association remembers much about the origin of the “Sold Here” sign, which has been in use for at least a decade. For obvious reasons, no marketing firm or graphic designer has come forward to take credit, or blame, for the phallic faux pas.
Gordon can say, however, that the sign was created for the exclusive use of VMSMA members, of which there were 986 in 2012. They make up only a fraction of the estimated 2,000 to 4,000 sugar makers in Vermont, who collectively produce about 1 million gallons of the sweet stuff, or about 40 percent of the nation’s total maple sugar production annually. But, adds Gordon, no one in the VMSMA actually goes out and enforces that policy.
Source: Reddit
