Read The Sign


This sign was seen in the door of a dilapidated shop:

CLOOPSEEND

It was not the name of the shopowner, what does it mean?
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Answer:
It is the letters from CLOSED and OPEN intermingled, from 
one of those signs that the letters slide into place by 
pulling a tab, and not quite in the correct position.


     O P E N
  C L O S E D

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    Viewer 
looks from here.