Leon J. Podles :: DIALOGUE

At a roadside café we encountered this recently-posted sign:   

My Spanish is not very good, but here is the substance:

Dear Drivers and Travelers:Please be informed that on the road between Guer Aike and El Calafte the personnel of civil defense has detected a plague of spiders commonly known as black widows. We therefore recommend that you not get out of your car and much less open the ventilator windows.

We pulled up our feet, got in our van, and locked the windows.