Honey, I Said the Right Fork - Can't You Follow Directions

This is a one of those I-wish-I-would-have-thought-of-that moments.

Just north east of Los Angeles, Beverley Stane of Altadena, California was the clever one and had the 12-foot sculpture positioned in the medium where South St. John and Pasadena Avenues divide in Pasadena.

She did it as a birthday present for her husband, Robert, who turned 75 on October 29.

“He was hysterical. He loved it,” Beverly said proudly to a reporter from the LA Times.

The idea was born 10 years earlier and festered between Beverly and a close friend of the couple, Keith Marshall.

“Bob had no idea it was coming,” she said.

Now that the deed is done, both the City of Pasadena and the local transportation authority, Caltrans, have been considering keeping the monument because it looks good.

The 12-foot fork is made of wood and painted silver.

A spokesperson for the city, Ann Erdman said that before the fork can stay in the road, there must be a safety inspection to ensure that the fork is properly engineered.

Marshall, who carved and built the fork, would have to pay the costs of the inspection, so taxpayers don’t have to underwrite the cost.