Heading west on the Outer Loop of the Beltway, you encounter a spectacular view of the Mormon Temple

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near the Georgia Avenue exit. Every so often, a railroad overpass near the temple is painted with the words "Surrender Dorothy". (The place really does look like Oz.) Anyway, the local news crews always send out a team to film it, it makes the evening news, and everyone has a good yuck before it's painted over in a day or so.
Based on the $20,000,000 the Mormon church spent trying to force Prop 8 down the throats of Californians, don't be surprised if the message you see sometime soon on that overpass reads "Hate Lives Here." Now I would never advocate any such defacing of public property, and I would never do such a thing, and besides, I've put all my climbing gear away for the season. But I'm just sayin' ...

[BrklynLiberal]

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[DebbieCDC]

2. Lived in DC for 20 years

ALWAYS loved it when that overpass got it's "Surrender Dorothy" message with the "Emerald City" in the background. Made me laugh every time I passed it on the Beltway

[MikeE]

4. I know what you mean

I never drive, (once every couple of years or so, since I live downtown0, but, once I did see it when I happened to be driving and almost got into an accident I was laughing soooooooo hard

[Happyhippychick]

3. I'm a DCer and your post made me smile.

[nytemare]

5. Oh, how I miss the mid-atlantic.

Hello from a Maryland transplant, who was lucky enough to be stationed at Ft. Belvoir.

:hi:

[ZombieNixon]

6. Oh, man, I remember that.

Haven't thought about that thing for ten years. :)

[Symarip]

7. Egads!

I hate driving by that thing. I have friends that live off of Georgia.

[Arugula Latte]

8. I remember that temple -- creepy. The Mormons really have atrocious taste in architecture.

The one in the Oakland Hills is ugly, too.