Worn out words

I know T.V. is a time waster, and I know Seinfield is ancient history, But from time to time I think of the episode that included Jerry and his wise guy reaction to a rental car non-reservation.

Seinfeld. I made a reservation for a midsize,. . . .
Clerk: We have no midsize available at the moment.
Seinfeld: I made a reservation. Do you have my reservation?
Clerk: Yes. Unfortunately we ran out of cars.
Seinfeld: But the reservation keeps the car here. That's why you have the reservation.
Clerk: I know why we have reservations.
Seinfeld: I don't think you do. If you did, I'd have a car. You know how to take the reservation, you just don't know how to hold the reservation.
And that's really the most important part of the reservation-- the holding. Anybody can just take them.

So many words have lost their meaning Either through overuse, dishonesty, or ignorance. They need to be explained to the user like Seinfeld did: Do you really think there is a SALE when they put up a sign that says so? Everything is on sale.

There has been a "Deaf Child - Caution" sign down the street here, looks like it's been there for for twenty years. I haven't talked to anyone who remembers who the child was it was protecting. But of course nobody in the neighborhood would think to take it down, hoping it might slow the traffic. The town has forgotten it, I'm sure, and the speeding cars don't really pay any mind to it anyhow, having seen the Seinfeld episode, so it will probably be there many more useless years.

PS: Did you know you can Goooogle any TV show, including the dialog, since Big Daddy Google even looks at the closed captions and presents you even with thumbnails from a search: Go to video.google.com and search, or type something like this right into your browser: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=seinfeld no soup for you