Author Topic: Silly signs (Read 341551 times)

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #1225 on:** 02 July, 2016, 11:30:46 pm »

Quote from: Vince on 02 July, 2016, 10:24:10 am

For col-regs arguments please go to the YBW.com forum where you will be wrong (whatever you say)

very true!

Thor · « **Reply #1226 on:** 09 July, 2016, 08:36:38 pm »

Andrij · « **Reply #1227 on:** 09 July, 2016, 08:59:54 pm »

Sensible sign, silly (English) translation.

hellymedic · « **Reply #1228 on:** 09 July, 2016, 09:39:09 pm »

Presumably the word 'access' would be better and 'allowed' needs a double l...

T42 · « **Reply #1229 on:** 10 July, 2016, 08:30:58 am »

Oh, it's a good try. A lot of Brits would spot the missing L and not the inappropriate "trespass".

Interesting that the roots of the word simply mean "passing across": English has added the sense of prohibition. Anglo-Saxons probably heard it first in Norman mouths when being kicked out or worse. In French it means "to die" - the "passing over" of spiritualists and the like. Someone French with a smattering of English might find that sign quite amusing.

When the Angel of the Lord slew the firstborn of Egypt during the first Passover, was he trespassing? Maybe not, but they did.

Kim · « **Reply #1230 on:** 14 July, 2016, 08:57:49 pm »

On the less-than-epic B4089 near Aston Cantlow

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1231 on:** 09 August, 2016, 02:18:52 pm »

If you do this too much you will qualify for the next sign:

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1232 on:** 13 August, 2016, 04:43:46 pm »

Blodwyn Pig · « **Reply #1233 on:** 14 August, 2016, 06:43:50 pm »

Kim · « **Reply #1234 on:** 14 August, 2016, 06:51:05 pm »

Objection - perfectly sensible sign, unless hung above a dog spend or something.

Pingu · « **Reply #1235 on:** 17 August, 2016, 08:04:37 pm »

IMG_7155_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1236 on:** 18 August, 2016, 12:06:09 pm »

Enigmatic sign that appeared briefly outside the Modern Languages section of the University.

Kim · « **Reply #1237 on:** 18 August, 2016, 12:12:29 pm »

Looks like the sort of thing you might aim FRIKKIN LASERS at...

T42 · « **Reply #1238 on:** 18 August, 2016, 01:06:21 pm »

In mourning for Bristol Rovers?

billplumtree · « **Reply #1239 on:** 18 August, 2016, 01:17:57 pm »

In the absence of a thread for Sinister Signs,

Ham · « **Reply #1240 on:** 18 August, 2016, 02:04:35 pm »

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1241 on:** 18 August, 2016, 04:36:06 pm »

Quote from: billplumtree on 18 August, 2016, 01:17:57 pm

In the absence of a thread for Sinister Signs,

Looks more like a pig to me!

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #1242 on:** 18 August, 2016, 05:47:04 pm »

You mean a sheep...

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1243 on:** 18 August, 2016, 07:52:16 pm »

I mean a pig. The pink shape leaning against the plank of wood which is leaning against the outside stairs looks to me like a silhouette of a pig.

clarion · « **Reply #1244 on:** 19 August, 2016, 01:02:58 pm »

That must be the result of a hideous experiment on an ovine!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1245 on:** 19 August, 2016, 01:04:25 pm »

Making a pig's ear of it.

T42 · « **Reply #1246 on:** 19 August, 2016, 02:25:47 pm »

Looks to me like someone's sawn the Pink Pather in half and thrown away the bits.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1247 on:** 21 August, 2016, 01:33:41 pm »

Silly because it applies to almost every road in Britain. Including the tanks, given the size of many cars nowadays.

Also because it's not clear what it means. Is it warning of tanks, and therefore also mud and potholes? Or mud-filled potholes? Or is it warning tanks to beware of mud and potholes (or of mud-filled potholes)? Presumably not as that's what tanks are supposed to drive through. But the semi-colon hints at some connection between tanks and mud beyond merely being in the same place.

In fact, the road was in better condition than most country lanes.

Canardly · « **Reply #1248 on:** 21 August, 2016, 01:42:49 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 18 August, 2016, 12:06:09 pm

Enigmatic sign that appeared briefly outside the Modern Languages section of the University.

Old fashioned reflective survey target?

tonyh · « **Reply #1249 on:** 25 August, 2016, 10:16:11 am »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 21 August, 2016, 01:33:41 pm

....the semi-colon hints at some connection between tanks and mud beyond merely being in the same place.

.... and related to this excellent analysis, if "Unexploded missiles do not leave the carriageways", does it mean that it's safer to keep off the roads?