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Re: OT: Signs (WAS: Re: Interjections)

From:Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...>
Date:Sunday, February 1, 2004, 23:24
I once read in Southern France:
"DEFENSE AUX CHIENS D'URINER CONTRE CE MUR"
(Dogs are forbidden to piss against that wall),
meaning that we have the most clever dogs in the
world, since they can read that (but they do as they
like anyhow, meaning that there are even more clever
than one could think first).

I also very much like the inner Paris Underground
information screens. There is some message appearing
on them, so everybody rushes closer to see what
happened, and then reads:
"THIS MATERIAL IS TEMPORARILY OUT OF ORDER. WE DO
APOLOGIZE".


--- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> On the subject of signs, the more amusing signs seen > here in Aix-la-Chapelle > include: > > MANICURE & PENICURE > > YOUTH CENTRE FOR THE YOUNG LESBIANS AND GAYS IN > AIX-LA-CHAPELLE > > Mystifyingly, there does not seem to be any youth > centre for older > homosexuals ... > > > Andreas
===== Philippe Caquant "Le langage est source de malentendus." (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/