I was driving down the street the other day and spotted these Texas flags flying upside down over a small used car lot. (Sharp eyed observers might quibble about the number of flags on display, but six flags over Texas has a certain familiarity to it, so let's go with that.)
The one on the right is the same photo flipped to show how the flags are supposed to look.
If the flag of the United States is flown upside down it's supposed to be a signal of distress, a cry for help. So what was this salesman trying to say? "Stop me before I sell this Silverado below book!"
The Texas flag gets flown upside down so often by mistake that as a distress signal it would be as ineffectual as those "baby on board" signs were.
To get it right, the white stripe goes on top, but that's too hard to remember. However, the star makes it easy. The point of the star always points upward. If you didn't know that already, it seems obvious now, doesn't it?
Added later: [Maybe he's warning against riding the roller coaster. Robo-ed.]
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