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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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    @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic

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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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      @_the_cloud

      Road signs in Scotland seem to be quite specific at times

      @aebrockwell @pluralistic

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      • DressToKILTD DressToKILT

        @_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"

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        @dresstokilt Exactly where my mind went when I saw that. "Whut? Warnig: Elderly Pickpockets".

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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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          @_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.

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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.

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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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                @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

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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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                    @Infoseepage @aebrockwell @pluralistic @_the_cloud
                    Kirkwall - Orkney

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                    • Cory DoctorowP Cory Doctorow

                      Solidarity with Comrade Bill

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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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
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                                    Chris Bond
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                                    @_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

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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

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                                          @pluralistic Poor Bill.

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