Pac-Man Comes to Minnesota

Recently, around Minneapolis-Saint Paul, road crew drew huge dots on the highway in order to give drivers a visual cue about how far apart to stay (to reduce tailgating). But some intrepid urban artist added his own touch.

Sheriff Gary Miller cruised east from Buffalo to the stretch of Hwy. 55 with large, white ovals painted by the state to slow tailgaters by showing drivers how far apart to stay. About halfway through the stretch he saw the unauthorized addition: a giant rendition of a yellow Pac-Man, the jaws from the 1980s video game trailblazer, attacking an oval dot on the pavement.

"I drove that road the other day," an amused Miller said, "and drivers were bunched up to figure out what it was ... It's definitely a Pac-Man eating a dot."

Reaction appears mixed at present. But I'll be surprised if it does not eventually become something of a tourist attraction.