Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Vol. 44, No. 6, June 1999

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The following photograph and story, from the January 31, 1999, edition of the Bryan-College Station (Texas) Eagle, was sent us by J. F. Peirce, a frequent Mysterious Photograph winner and runner-up. Joe Michael Feist, is the Eagle’s managing editor. — Ed.

I just love a good mystery. Like what’s in Spam, and would you eat it if you knew. Or why it’s illegal not to wear a seat belt, but it’s OK for women to apply mascara at 70 mph.

But boy, there’s a much better puzzler going on right now in the Bryan-College Station area. Seen those billboards all over town? You know, the ones out on F.M. 2818 and on Texas Avenue, with a big red lipstick smooch and the words “Your Wife Knows.”

Ever wonder about those signs? You’re not the only one, believe me.

Now the best thing about being a journalist for me — and this is a dirty little secret — is that I get to stick my nose where it don’t belong. (English teachers: I know that should read “where it doesn’t belong,” but it sounds better to my ear to say “where it don’t belong.” Save your stamps, please, unless you’re praising.)

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