@pluralistic Long ago, I read a Bill Stickers poem, probably in some anthology, and could not find any reference to it in a search just now. From memory, the poem went something like this:
"Bill Stickers Will Be Prosecuted"
The evening papers run
But the thing I want to know
Is what's Bill Stickers done?
Anyone recognize this or know the source?
(EDIT: found it; see later post in thread.)
@_the_cloud @pluralistic Another street sign I saw (in Melbourne Australia) many years ago:
"Blind Elderly People Crossing"
which seems like a horribly cruel thing to do.
@uncleslacky That's because the bright children know to look both ways before crossing the road. @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic
@uncleslacky @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic Where I lived in the 70's, there was a huge black & white roadside sign near a Youth Club, stating:
DEAD SLOW CHILDREN
without any punctuation or other semantic paraphernalia.
@uncleslacky @aebrockwell@qoto.org @_the_cloud @pluralistic @shelldozer In America I once saw a sign next to a freeway saying "POLICE PATROLS DRIVE CAREFULLY".
@shelldozer @uncleslacky @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic
DEAD SLOW CHILDREN is obviously a sign of the zombie apocalypse.
@davidtheeviloverlord @shelldozer @uncleslacky @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic One I collected at Font Police last year:
https://fontpolice.tumblr.com/post/769998988552355840/misaligned
@uncleslacky @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic I like the one near me that says “Beware Deaf Child”. Not children. Just the one kid and his or her personal street sign
@uncleslacky @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic Also the sign is at least 30 years old
@aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic @uncleslacky
There's one of those on my street. But I like this one in a neighboring street better.
@aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic
God help me, this Don Martin cartoon has been stuck in my brain for 35 years
@aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic @jaythurbershow I was a Don Martin fan in the seventies and still recognize his style from the first panel 😄
The hinged feet are a bit of a giveaway though
@jaythurbershow @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic Yeah, it's great to poke fun at disabled people.
@jaythurbershow @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic Our "heavy plant crossing" signs never cease to amuse either.,
@etchedpixels @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic
I once waited for three hours in a restaurant bathroom for an employee to come and wash my hands before I could eat. I'm lucky I didn't starve to death
@etchedpixels @jaythurbershow @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic The triffids have to cross *somewhere*.
@aebrockwell @pluralistic I took this photo in Scotland. Apparently elderly people had become such a road hazard that the council felt that they needed to put up a sign.
@_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic my cheery old tour guide pointed out this sign and she described it as "here's a sign warning you that women will steal your grandad's wallet"
@dresstokilt Exactly where my mind went when I saw that. "Whut? Warnig: Elderly Pickpockets".
@bigbong @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic We have Penguin Crossing signs in New Zealand.
@_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic But I am trying to figure out the need for the words. Being able to recognize the silhouette would seem to be an important skill to have when driving.
@_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic The British street I live on has a toad warning sign.
@JamesBaker @aebrockwell @pluralistic Is it a plague of toads, or just the one toad that requires its own warning?
EDIT: after a search for "toad warning sign," I was enlightened and apparently it's the former. Loads of toads cross roads during migration, and there are human "toad patrols" to help them do it safely.
@_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic isn't 40 plus years old 'elderly' in Scotland
@_the_cloud This one seemed strange to me… I suppose one is entitled to hang out at any age. @aebrockwell @pluralistic
@jonfairbairn @aebrockwell @pluralistic That sounds dangerous! One might fall on top of you.
@aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic There was/is a sign on a council estate near where I grew up that had a sign reading "Slow Children Playing".