Symbols, do they matter?  You bet they do.  They call us to action of some kind.  This is what the prophets used to connect with their listeners.  They spoke of eagles and horses, lamps and fig trees.  They all meant something.

See if you can figure out the meaning of this story by interpreting the symbols.

I saw a man with a swirled dash on his shoe (Nike).   In his arm he carried a box with flying windows (Windows PC) of various colors.  In the other hand was an apple (Mac) but it had a bite taken out of it.  He had to go fast as he might change his mind.  After awhile he saw a large wooden rectangle on a tall post (a billboard).  On it was painted a triangle with growing lines (Wifi).  Next to it was large yellow arches (McDonalds).  Suddenly a yellow light pierced the sky and in it was a black bird (Batman).  It was just the help he needed!  The light pointed to a building and man went there.  Inside was a box with a triangle of green arrows (recycle).  He sighed for a minute.  He saw a blue box with a “t” inside (Twitter) and another darker blue box with an “f” inside (Facebook).  They both had a circle around them with a diagonal slash (Do not).   So he put them in the large box and went home.  Freed from his addictions.

The basis:  A man recycling his computers because he has addictions to Facebook and Twitter.