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Oct 24th, 2006, 08:45 AM
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We were totally stumped the first time we saw a sign that we were approaching a "humpbacked zebra crossing".
We were disappointed that it was a bump in the road with stripes painted on it.
We were disappointed that it was a bump in the road with stripes painted on it.
Oct 24th, 2006, 08:57 AM
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While walking through a London garden, I saw a sign saying "Polite Notice -- Please Keep Off the Lawn." I always imagined that the next sign would say, "Rude Notice -- Get Off the Bloody Lawn!"
Oct 24th, 2006, 11:47 AM
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My father took a picture in Ireland of a row of hay bales wrapped in black plastic to keep the weather off them - the farmer had evidently been having some problems, as he'd painted in white paint the following:
"Feck off crows" - one letter per bale.
"Feck off crows" - one letter per bale.
Oct 24th, 2006, 03:07 PM
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Patrick, your story reminded me of a photo I saw some years ago of a large advertising hoarding in London in the days before political correctness was in fashion.
The advert was for a car & bore the slogan "If This Car Was A Woman You'd Pinch Her Bottom".
Underneath someone had spraypainted "If This Woman Was A Car She'd Run You Over".
Jim
The advert was for a car & bore the slogan "If This Car Was A Woman You'd Pinch Her Bottom".
Underneath someone had spraypainted "If This Woman Was A Car She'd Run You Over".
Jim
Oct 24th, 2006, 04:41 PM
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Wwe spotted a beauty years ago on the seaside promenade in Brighton. I can't remember the precise wording but this comes pretty close:
"It is unlawful for persons having control of a dog to permit said dog to befoul the pavement by placing excrement thereon."
"It is unlawful for persons having control of a dog to permit said dog to befoul the pavement by placing excrement thereon."
Oct 24th, 2006, 06:15 PM
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I guess at least one of these is kind of common, but they are special to us, because we have a picture of me standing under a Way Out sign, and another, me again, standing under a Very Slow sign at Hampton Court. I'm always very slow, and occasionally way out...
Oct 24th, 2006, 06:40 PM
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We were sitting in a booth in a Dublin pub and the stick-on letters on the window had formerly said "Please take care of your personal belongings". Someone had carefully peeled off the b and e and left the plaintive request: "Please take care of your personal longings".
Also, we were driving in the suburbs of Dublin and came up towards the back end of St. Bridget's church. There was a great big green water tank attached to the back wall and it was labelled in big white letters: 500 GALLONS HOLY WATER. That could cleanse the souls of one heck of a lot of sinners!
Also, we were driving in the suburbs of Dublin and came up towards the back end of St. Bridget's church. There was a great big green water tank attached to the back wall and it was labelled in big white letters: 500 GALLONS HOLY WATER. That could cleanse the souls of one heck of a lot of sinners!
Oct 24th, 2006, 06:59 PM
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All of the above - two others I've seen quite a few times . .
"Caution
Tank drivers under instruction"
And the always reassuring "Oncoming vehicles in the middle of the road"
"Caution
Tank drivers under instruction"
And the always reassuring "Oncoming vehicles in the middle of the road"
Oct 25th, 2006, 04:55 AM
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hdm reminds me of two such "adjustments" I've seen.
50 years ago the double-decker buses in the Isle of Wight had a strange arrangement on the upper deck which meant reduced headroom above the seats, so there was always a sign saying PLEASE LOWER YOUR HEAD. This was frequently scratched over to read FLEAS LOVE YOUR HEAD.
And a few years ago on a suburban train in Sydney, Australia, the sign identifying a blue-lighted "safe space" by the conductor's cabin had been adjusted to "AT NIGHT RAVE NAKED NEAR THE BLUE LIGHT".
50 years ago the double-decker buses in the Isle of Wight had a strange arrangement on the upper deck which meant reduced headroom above the seats, so there was always a sign saying PLEASE LOWER YOUR HEAD. This was frequently scratched over to read FLEAS LOVE YOUR HEAD.
And a few years ago on a suburban train in Sydney, Australia, the sign identifying a blue-lighted "safe space" by the conductor's cabin had been adjusted to "AT NIGHT RAVE NAKED NEAR THE BLUE LIGHT".
