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  • Ken McLeod_ Ken McLeod

    @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.

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    James Baker
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    @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic The British street I live on has a toad warning sign.

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    • Ken McLeod_ Ken McLeod

      @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.

      MartinTaudioM This user is from outside of this forum
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      MartinTaudio
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      @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic usually see these nearby old folk’s homes

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      • stony karkA stony kark

        @pluralistic @beadsland 🫡

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        sport of sacred spherical cows
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        @aapis @pluralistic

        That emoji always looks to me like someone being patted on the head.

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        • drawnonglassD drawnonglass

          @MattMerk @pluralistic my hometown of Somerville, MA, is covered in stickers on utility boxes and so forth. my favorite read
          ALL STICKERS
          EXCEPT STICKERS
          ABOUT STICKERS
          BEING PROHIBITED
          ARE PROHIBITED

          Muro deGrizecoM This user is from outside of this forum
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          Muro deGrizeco
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          @drawnonglass

          I am tempted to fabricate and put up signs saying,

          "Private Sign - Do not read!"

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          • InfoseepageI Infoseepage

            @aebrockwell @pluralistic @_the_cloud The Isle of Mull has Otter Crossing signs.

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            Raoul De Guchteneere
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            #41

            @Infoseepage @aebrockwell @pluralistic @_the_cloud
            Kirkwall - Orkney

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            • Cory DoctorowP Cory Doctorow

              Solidarity with Comrade Bill

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              verbalprimate
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              @pluralistic Down by where George Washington went back and forth across the Delaware there is a ‘Watch Blind Cat’ sign.

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              • Ken McLeod_ Ken McLeod

                @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.

                ShadowA This user is from outside of this forum
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                Shadow
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                @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic isn't 40 plus years old 'elderly' in Scotland

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                • Chris BondV Chris Bond

                  @_the_cloud @pluralistic I remember it, or something very similar, but probably from about 40 years ago, so I've no memory of where it's from.

                  Ken McLeod_ This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @Vibracobra23 @pluralistic Found it, finally! After running as a background task all day, the LLM that I've been training for over sixty years came through and remembered where I read it. Knew it was in a book I owned and had read more than once, a very long time ago. Not exactly high literature, but "The Boy's Own Annual" (Vol. 60, 1937-38) was the source of this memory:

                  Bill Stickers will be prosecuted
                  The public warnings run
                  The question we should like to ask
                  Is— what's Bill Stickers done?

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                  • Cory DoctorowP Cory Doctorow

                    Solidarity with Comrade Bill

                    PK 🌻P This user is from outside of this forum
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                    PK 🌻
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                    @pluralistic This thread reminds me of a sign I saw on a road trip when I was growing up. It was placed at the intersection of a road and a driveway, and I immediately started laughing as we passed it. I originally interpreted it to mean it was an entrance reserved for, I dunno, houseplants, and there must be a different entrance for people somewhere else.

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                    • drawnonglassD drawnonglass

                      @MattMerk @pluralistic my hometown of Somerville, MA, is covered in stickers on utility boxes and so forth. my favorite read
                      ALL STICKERS
                      EXCEPT STICKERS
                      ABOUT STICKERS
                      BEING PROHIBITED
                      ARE PROHIBITED

                      RocketmanS This user is from outside of this forum
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                      Rocketman
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                      @drawnonglass @MattMerk @pluralistic ah, normies discovering recursions

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                      • crashboxC crashbox

                        @drawnonglass @MattMerk @pluralistic

                        my laptop at the moment...

                        Ashwin DixitP This user is from outside of this forum
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                        Ashwin Dixit
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                        @crashbox @drawnonglass @MattMerk @pluralistic

                        Finally, someone who has a grasp of Set Theory!

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                        • Cory DoctorowP Cory Doctorow

                          Solidarity with Comrade Bill

                          Dave RahardjaD This user is from outside of this forum
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                          Dave Rahardja
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                          @pluralistic Oldie but goodie.

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                          • Ken McLeod_ Ken McLeod

                            @Vibracobra23 @pluralistic Found it, finally! After running as a background task all day, the LLM that I've been training for over sixty years came through and remembered where I read it. Knew it was in a book I owned and had read more than once, a very long time ago. Not exactly high literature, but "The Boy's Own Annual" (Vol. 60, 1937-38) was the source of this memory:

                            Bill Stickers will be prosecuted
                            The public warnings run
                            The question we should like to ask
                            Is— what's Bill Stickers done?

                            Chris BondV This user is from outside of this forum
                            Chris BondV This user is from outside of this forum
                            Chris Bond
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                            #49

                            @_the_cloud @pluralistic Sterling work!

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                            • PK 🌻P PK 🌻

                              @pluralistic This thread reminds me of a sign I saw on a road trip when I was growing up. It was placed at the intersection of a road and a driveway, and I immediately started laughing as we passed it. I originally interpreted it to mean it was an entrance reserved for, I dunno, houseplants, and there must be a different entrance for people somewhere else.

                              ColmD This user is from outside of this forum
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                              Colm
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                              @pkdmva @pluralistic See also HEAVY PLANT CROSSING which always makes me imagine some sort of triffid migration.

                              (Photo © Paul Glazzard, from https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/644480)

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                              • Cory DoctorowP Cory Doctorow

                                Solidarity with Comrade Bill

                                Jack Yan (甄爵恩)J This user is from outside of this forum
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                                Jack Yan (甄爵恩)
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                                @pluralistic Let Bill Stickers go free!

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                                • Cory DoctorowP Cory Doctorow

                                  Solidarity with Comrade Bill

                                  DudB This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  Dud
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                                  @pluralistic Poor Bill.

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                                  • ChristianB Christian

                                    @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic

                                    Jack Yan (甄爵恩)J This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    Jack Yan (甄爵恩)
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                                    @bigbong @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic We have Penguin Crossing signs in New Zealand.

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                                    • drawnonglassD drawnonglass

                                      @MattMerk @pluralistic my hometown of Somerville, MA, is covered in stickers on utility boxes and so forth. my favorite read
                                      ALL STICKERS
                                      EXCEPT STICKERS
                                      ABOUT STICKERS
                                      BEING PROHIBITED
                                      ARE PROHIBITED

                                      DavidD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      David
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                                      #54

                                      @drawnonglass @MattMerk @pluralistic Loophole:

                                      Print out a multitude of tiny stickers about sticker prohibition, and use them to spell out other messages.

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                                      • Ken McLeod_ Ken McLeod

                                        @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.

                                        Jón FairbairnJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        Jón Fairbairn
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                                        @_the_cloud This one seemed strange to me… I suppose one is entitled to hang out at any age. @aebrockwell @pluralistic

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                                        • Cory DoctorowP Cory Doctorow

                                          Solidarity with Comrade Bill

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                                          Juno Jove
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                                          @pluralistic

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