I have no idea what this means, but the phrase "relax the belly" is painted in the middle of the northbound bike lane on Foothill Expressway in Los Altos, CA (USA).

I asked on the newsgroup ba.bicycles what it meant, but no one seemed to know; so I looked up the phrase on google and metacrawler, but all I found was a page about collecting ejaculate from stallions (apparently getting the horse to relax his belly facilitates the, um, erection) and I thought to myself, well, that's sure interesting, Eric, but it's not what you're looking for. After all, I haven't got a horse and even if I did, I sure wouldn't spend my time jerking him off.


Update: Recently, Foothill Expressway was re-paved, obliterating "Relax the Belly". Don't fret, though. I have took a photo before it was erased that I can e-mail to whoever wants it.