Thou Shalt Not Park<\/a>” sign on a church parking lot — this one specifies that, in addition to the secular punishments of being ticketed or towed, illegally parked cars risk suffering the religious punishments of being “judged or banished into the wilderness”.<\/p>\nThis sign appears, if I remember correctly, on Belsize Dr. just off Mount Pleasant Blvd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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