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Lee Richards: New colors for the government alerts

10. Orange: when it's really bad, but still not really, really bad. Oh wait, they actually did that one. 9. Autumn Maple Leaf Reddish-Orangish: when the nation is threatened by Canada. It may be closer than you think. 8. Grey with Blinky Ligh...

10. Orange: when it's really bad, but still not really, really bad. Oh wait, they actually did that one.

9. Autumn Maple Leaf Reddish-Orangish: when the nation is threatened by Canada. It may be closer than you think.

8. Grey with Blinky Lights: when the nation is threatened by an alien invasion.

7. Textbook Black and White: when George W. Bush has a bad dream about being attacked by third-grade spelling bee champions using a magic and evil weapon they call "Literacy."

6. Pea Soup Green: when the Loch Ness monster finally leaves Scotland and makes its way to the pool in front of the Washington Monument.

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5. Purple and Gold: when the Vikings actually win a football game ... something must be wrong.

4. Antique White: when Congress approves a long-standing motion to mandate the wearing of poofy white wigs.

3. Banana Yellow: when suspicions are confirmed that President Bush has been kidnapped and replaced by a monkey.

2. Neon Banana Yellow: when suspicions are confirmed that President Bush is a monkey.

1. Rainbow: when angered Sesame Street characters plunder and pillage the White House because Bush "makes

us sad."

Lee Richards, senior

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