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Mrs Pingu

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1475 on: 05 February, 2019, 09:12:09 pm »
Which way?


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That junction is a bit horrid at the best of times.
I had the misfortune to take a Motor-Car into town yesterday, and that set of roadworks had caused the most monumental gridlock I've ever seen!

It was the same on the way home yesterday, Market Street nortbound. Fortunately I was cycling so could just pootle up between the lines of static vehicles.
It took my boss 2 hours to get home past that the other night, a journey of 30 mins for me on the bike (although not on that shitty road). Arf,
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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1476 on: 08 February, 2019, 12:03:06 am »
This week in stickers on the back of cars:

"Disco is not dead", sadly not on a clapped-out 90s Land Rover.

"Eat, Sleep, Dressage"  (I'd no idea it was an endurance sport.)

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1477 on: 17 February, 2019, 06:47:42 pm »
Cows move - who knew?

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1478 on: 19 February, 2019, 11:56:51 am »
Does the ticket machine only take Descartes?

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1479 on: 01 March, 2019, 09:41:36 pm »
Triffids?


Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1480 on: 02 March, 2019, 05:39:45 pm »
Tree of tears.
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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1481 on: 06 April, 2019, 12:28:36 pm »
"Any golf bought for cash" on a generic commercial unit.

I thought this was one for the grammar thread, until I passed the hedge and saw the several of well-polished Volkswagens parked outside.

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1482 on: 09 April, 2019, 06:11:13 pm »
NO AIRBAGS
WE'LL DIE LIKE REAL MEN

On some kind of 90s-looking Volvo, which also appeared to have a two-tone airhorn cable-tied to the roof bar.  Toxic masculinity is weird.

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1483 on: 10 April, 2019, 08:56:37 am »
Hell, if you can't afford a modern car irony is the next best thing.

In the 80s/90s there was a campaign to get more French cars on the road, with "Je roule français" stickers. We saw one very rusty old Peugeot with the back painted blue, white and red bearing the joyous inscription "Je rouille français" (I rust French).
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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1484 on: 10 April, 2019, 12:49:40 pm »
See also "Véhicule d'Anges Heureux" spotted on the back of a 2CV longer ago than I like to contemplate.
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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1485 on: 10 April, 2019, 06:52:51 pm »
NO AIRBAGS
WE'LL DIE LIKE REAL MEN

On some kind of 90s-looking Volvo, which also appeared to have a two-tone airhorn cable-tied to the roof bar.  Toxic masculinity is weird.

Interesting, when you realize that Volvo was one of the first company to introduce safety devices like seatbelts, airbags, etc., long before those devices became mainstream.

A

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1486 on: 10 April, 2019, 07:32:19 pm »
NO AIRBAGS
WE'LL DIE LIKE REAL MEN

On some kind of 90s-looking Volvo, which also appeared to have a two-tone airhorn cable-tied to the roof bar.  Toxic masculinity is weird.

Interesting, when you realize that Volvo was one of the first company to introduce safety devices like seatbelts, airbags, etc., long before those devices became mainstream.

My thoughts exactly!

Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1487 on: 11 April, 2019, 12:58:03 pm »
NO AIRBAGS
WE'LL DIE LIKE REAL MEN

On some kind of 90s-looking Volvo, which also appeared to have a two-tone airhorn cable-tied to the roof bar.  Toxic masculinity is weird.

Interesting, when you realize that Volvo was one of the first company to introduce safety devices like seatbelts, airbags, etc., long before those devices became mainstream.

A

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Pingu

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1488 on: 21 April, 2019, 07:49:22 pm »

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1489 on: 21 April, 2019, 09:14:18 pm »

T42

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1490 on: 22 April, 2019, 07:52:00 am »
Bof. One cat more or less, who cares?

(pulls bunker door closed and cowers in a corner.)
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Pingu

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1491 on: 16 May, 2019, 09:20:55 pm »

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T42

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1492 on: 17 May, 2019, 08:22:19 am »
In that context the traffic lights are pretty silly too.
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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1493 on: 21 June, 2019, 02:36:33 pm »
Spotted in a pub bog on a recent visit to Brum


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Surely 'Hard on' is more normal and, well useful?
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Pingu

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1494 on: 01 July, 2019, 12:06:47 am »
Beware of Danny MacAskill.


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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1495 on: 01 July, 2019, 10:44:03 am »
Is that the Dutch word for Scheiße?
;D  Andrij.  I pronounce you Complete and Utter GIT   :thumbsup:

T42

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1496 on: 01 July, 2019, 01:26:25 pm »
My favourite line in German was ever "Halt!" rief der Polizist. "Oder ich scheiße!

Goethe, don't y'know.
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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1497 on: 19 September, 2019, 11:43:25 am »
If we're including stickers on cars, I was tickled by this one we saw in LA

Mrs Pingu

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1498 on: 21 September, 2019, 06:11:36 pm »
Do not clench. It only makes it worse.

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #1499 on: 22 September, 2019, 10:06:45 am »
is that where they're hiding the plans for the next hyperspace bypass?
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