Punctuation Is Important!

[santaman2000]

The total lack of punctuation changes the entire meaning. LOL:

 

[woodsorrel]

What is the bag limit on pedestrians?

What a great sign! Thanks for posting it, santaman2000.

- Woodsorrel

 

[sunndog]

The warning is because brightly coloured gortex is poisonous

 

[petrochemicals]

Punctuation, err yeah. The signs are to be kept secret, you already know that.

 

[peaks]

So Is the The Use of Inappropriate Capitals.............

 

[Goatboy]

 

[British Red]

A friend of mine insists that signs are literal.

He once went into the JCB "World Parts Dept" and requested two continents and a fjord.

I suspect his belief that "Police Slow" only applies to police will get him into trouble one day though!

 

[sunndog]

Two continents and a fjord!.......the mice will be furious!

 

[British Red]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans]Mice? What do you mean mice? I think we must be talking at cross purposes. Mice to me mean the little white furry things with the cheese fixation and women standing screaming on tables in early Sixties sitcoms[/FONT]

 

[demographic]

Two continents and a fjord!.......the mice will be furious!

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy reference?

 

[British Red]

Oh yes, the encounter with Slartibartfast on Magrithea

 

[sunndog]

yup, a little tenuous but that's how me brain works

 

[bojit]

I love the ones when you drive through a farm in the countryside and the sign says
" SLOW CHILDREN " ;-)

 

[British Red]

To be fair, most of them are

 

[boatman]

"This door is alarmed" got my sympathy until I realised it was only mildly startled.

"Diverted traffic"- My car wasn't in the least amused or distracted by the alternative road I had to take.

 

[Harvestman]

Apart from my favourite, the reassuring "Bridge works", I once saw a sign at the gate to a farmer's field which read

"Lambs keep dogs out"

This seemed an unlikely proposition, but I looked in the field and saw lots of lambs and no dogs at all, so it may be true.

 

[Harvestman]

And of course there is the rather disappointing

"Police do not leave valuables in vehicles in this area"