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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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    Allen Morris
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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.

      James BakerJ This user is from outside of this forum
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      James Baker
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      #37

      @_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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        #38

        @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic usually see these nearby old folk’s homes

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        • stony karkA stony kark

          @pluralistic @beadsland 🫡

          sport of sacred spherical cowsB This user is from outside of this forum
          sport of sacred spherical cowsB This user is from outside of this forum
          sport of sacred spherical cows
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          #39

          @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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            #40

            @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.

              Raoul De GuchteneereR This user is from outside of this forum
              Raoul De GuchteneereR This user is from outside of this forum
              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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                verbalprimate
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                #42

                @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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                  #43

                  @_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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                    Ken McLeod
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                    #44

                    @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
                      PK 🌻P This user is from outside of this forum
                      PK 🌻
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                      #45

                      @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
                        RocketmanS This user is from outside of this forum
                        Rocketman
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                        #46

                        @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
                          Ashwin DixitP This user is from outside of this forum
                          Ashwin Dixit
                          wrote last edited by
                          #47

                          @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
                              wrote last edited by
                              #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
                                wrote last edited by
                                #50

                                @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
                                        DavidD This user is from outside of this forum
                                        David
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #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
                                          Jón FairbairnJ This user is from outside of this forum
                                          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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