signs (general)

here are some instructions from Hydra sent to me by andrew. it’s wonky english at its best.

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i was impressed by this painter’s attention to detail. he’s got both ‘painting in progress’ and ‘wet paint’ signs.
i suspect he may also have ‘painting about to start’ and ‘don’t worry the paint is now dry’ signs too.

i was disappointed to see this sign so i looked down the lift shaft to see what was going on:

i was glad i hadn’t stepped in to the lift as there wasn’t a floor:

so, it’s one of those ‘goods downwards quickly’ lifts that we sometimes call ‘a hole’.

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the sign said “please don’t put your feet on the seats”.
perhaps this girl couldn’t read (and the novel in her hand was just a ploy).
apologies for the wobbly photo. but this at least proves it was a genuine tube journey !

here is a photo from dan’s camera phone. i suspect i shall be receiving plenty more of these such things from sunny california.

currently, it seems, children don’t slow down. but they should. as advised by this sign.
on a rare political moment yesterday i talked to someone about politics and the impending general election in the UK.
the best i could offer was that whoever gets in to power could just declare a period of national ‘chilling’ where everyone would just ‘chill’ and relax for a few years.
it would be a kind of intnational sabatical and we’ll return to the international stage beautifully refreshed after the following general election.

quite interesting that these two people look slightly different. the chap going to the museum looks well turned out, while the bloke going to the tube station looks more mysterious.

here’s an intriguing sign which has many possibly meanings.
* was it written in the 60s when ‘cat’ was a funky word you appended to any sentence to be cool ? the ‘old’ referred respectfully to the fact that only rich people could afford cars ?
* are there lots of old cats hobbling around with little catty zimmer frames just round the corner ?
* or is it for cat drivers driving their catty cars ? cats are notoriously fast and unsafe drivers. this is a purr-fect sign for chauf-furs (chauffeurs).

as seen on cartoons everywhere …