Whacky Signs.

[J. S. Bach]

7 hours ago, PatB said:

Back when JuniorB was in kindergarten, they had a school trip, which I can only admire for its genius and simplicity, consisting of herding all the kids onto a bus, taking them to the depot and through the bus wash, then back to school. Exciting (for 5 year olds), cheap, and the kids were kept contained at all times when off school premises.

Plus, the bus needed washing anyway!

[PeterStiles]

I waited for someone to leave, I pressed them, and they called for the police! What's a man to do to get a drink of water around here?

[Guest]

[J. S. Bach]

????

[Ozexpatriate]

3 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

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It's a Venn Diagram Dave - named for John Venn. The Blue Plaques are by "English Heritage" - this one is a pun.

 

It's funny and it's a wacky sign. So full marks.

 

Edited April 23 by Ozexpatriate

[PatB]

On 20/04/2024 at 19:31, PhilJ W said:

Just as well that the school terror didn't decide to open the windows. 😁

Because Perth is conveniently situated within walking distance of the surface of the sun most of our buses are sealed, airconditioned boxes, largely to avoid the necessity of hosing out melted passengers at the end of every day in summer.

[billbedford]

3 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

It's a Venn Diagram Dave - named for John Venn. The Blue Plaques are by "English Heritage" - this one is a pun.

 

It's funny and it's a wacky sign. So full marks.

 

 

But what beard game did he play?

[Ian Morgan]

2 hours ago, billbedford said:

 

But what beard game did he play?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Venn

 

Edited April 23 by Ian Morgan

[Steamport Southport]

Call that a beard? 

 

I reckon most of the adult male population would win in any "beard games". Just go to a Heavy Metal gig or your nearest hipster coffee shop....

 

 

BTW looks a bit like David Tennent 

[franciswilliamwebb]

1 minute ago, Steamport Southport said:

BTW looks a bit like David Tennent 

 

David Tennant - The Rubberised Horsehair Years😉

[Steamport Southport]

[Michael Hodgson]

On 20/04/2024 at 05:57, PatB said:

Back when JuniorB was in kindergarten, they had a school trip, which I can only admire for its genius and simplicity, consisting of herding all the kids onto a bus, taking them to the depot and through the bus wash, then back to school. Exciting (for 5 year olds), cheap, and the kids were kept contained at all times when off school premises.

There's a lot to be said for sending busloads of kids for an automated wash.

[Hroth]

1 hour ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

So why has he got a hot water bottle there?

Is his rubberised horsehair freezing all over?

 

 

 

[The Johnster]

Friend of mine, Tina, an inveterate stoner and as usual high as a kite on this occasion, was a passenger in my car on a drive home from a band jolly in Cornwall.  The car had got mucky over the weekend and I took it through the car-wash at Exeter services when we got to the M5.  Watching her spliff-induced reaction to the experience (she was a car-wash virgin) was, well, wonderful. 

 

Like, woah, dude, amazing…

[J. S. Bach]

10 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

It's a Venn Diagram Dave - named for John Venn. The Blue Plaques are by "English Heritage" - this one is a pun.

 

It's funny and it's a wacky sign. So full marks.

 

I guess that humor does not necessarily cross the ocean and retain the intended humor.

[Steamport Southport]

3 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

I guess that humor does not necessarily cross the ocean and retain the intended humor.

 

More along the lines of "Some nerds made a science joke that wasn't funny"....

 

I'm afraid most of us didn't get it either.

[jcredfer]

24 minutes ago, The Johnster said:

Friend of mine, Tina, an inveterate stoner and as usual high as a kite on this occasion, was a passenger in my car on a drive home from a band jolly in Cornwall.  The car had got mucky over the weekend and I took it through the car-wash at Exeter services when we got to the M5.  Watching her spliff-induced reaction to the experience (she was a car-wash virgin) was, well, wonderful. 

 

Like, woah, dude, amazing…

 

Back - along, just after I bought my Freelander, I was in the habit of taking my {3-5 yr old} daughter along with me, to the drive through car wash.  She thought it was great fun.  One particular such outing, I had the front windows open, because of the hot summer weather.  I only just remembered to close them as we entered the first, soaping, part, but not before a few small splashes came in through the windows.  Not particularly worried, I grabbed both window buttons and hauled them, rapidly, upwards.  We got a few more drops in, whilst they were rising, which had her in gales of, delighted, laughter.

 

What I wasn't expecting was the immediate start of them descending again, straight after the bump to a halt, at the top.  Obviously I grabbed the buttons and had them on the way up again, accompanied by even louder laughter.  Back up at the top, they started back down again, so I got hold of the buttons and simply held them in the Up position until we were far enough through the wash process to let them go again.  At that point, I raised each window separately and held it there for a few moments, whereupon they stayed up.  Checking with the garage people when I next went to get it serviced, they confirmed that it did that by design, but they hadn't got the first idea, what the purpose was.

 

P.S.  She is over 18 now, but still has a giggle, if we go to a drive through again - 

 

[Ozexpatriate]

1 hour ago, Steamport Southport said:

More along the lines of "Some nerds made a science joke that wasn't funny"....

There's the physicist joke from The Big Bang Theory:

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"A farmer has some chickens who don't lay any eggs. The farmer calls a physicist to help. The physicist does some calculation and says "I have a solution but it only works for spherical chickens in a vacuum!".

 

[melmerby]

3 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

I'm afraid most of us didn't get it either.

I got it and still didn't think it was funny........☹️

[Jeremy Cumberland]

Apart from having no idea what (a) "really strong beard game" might be, and even knowing that John Venn had a beard does not help, I am a little surprised that people who thought it worth using a Venn diagram for the sign didn't seem to know what a Venn Diagram is/does.

 

The things inside each circle form a set, so usually they are all the same type of thing. The labels, if needed, go on the outside. Here is a Venn Diagram:

[jcredfer]

1 hour ago, Jeremy Cumberland said:

Apart from having no idea what (a) "really strong beard game" might be, and even knowing that John Venn had a beard does not help, I am a little surprised that people who thought it worth using a Venn diagram for the sign didn't seem to know what a Venn Diagram is/does.

 

The things inside each circle form a set, so usually they are all the same type of thing. The labels, if needed, go on the outside. Here is a Venn Diagram:

 

Hi, you're diagram, as labelled is quite correct as you have labelled it.  It seems to me that the one on the wall is, in fact, also correct(?), but probably wasn't intended to have the same labels that you chose for yours.

 

It looks like the circles are about Professions which he belonged to, in the left-hand circle and similarly, Beards in the right-hand one, which he was a member of both. {Slightly dodgy grounds, in that that he was shown as a member of both sets, despite other, similarly qualified folks, not being included.}.  The plaque is attached to the house, which gives some implied context to the reason for the plaque.

 

[BoD]

It was just a (clever?) play on the blue circle plaques and Venn diagrams. 
Hardly worth analysing to the nth degree.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, jcredfer said:

The plaque is attached to the house, which gives some implied context to the reason for the plaque.

 

At the risk of further pedantry, it was attached to Drypool Bridge in Hull.

[Vistisen]

 

Now this diagram should not need much explaining

 

[Martino]

8 hours ago, jcredfer said:

 

Back - along, just after I bought my Freelander, I was in the habit of taking my {3-5 yr old} daughter along with me, to the drive through car wash.  She thought it was great fun.  One particular such outing, I had the front windows open, because of the hot summer weather.  I only just remembered to close them as we entered the first, soaping, part, but not before a few small splashes came in through the windows.  Not particularly worried, I grabbed both window buttons and hauled them, rapidly, upwards.  We got a few more drops in, whilst they were rising, which had her in gales of, delighted, laughter.

 

What I wasn't expecting was the immediate start of them descending again, straight after the bump to a halt, at the top.  Obviously I grabbed the buttons and had them on the way up again, accompanied by even louder laughter.  Back up at the top, they started back down again, so I got hold of the buttons and simply held them in the Up position until we were far enough through the wash process to let them go again.  At that point, I raised each window separately and held it there for a few moments, whereupon they stayed up.  Checking with the garage people when I next went to get it serviced, they confirmed that it did that by design, but they hadn't got the first idea, what the purpose was.

 

P.S.  She is over 18 now, but still has a giggle, if we go to a drive through again - 

 

Back in the early mid ‘90s I had a Range Rover (classic) and had it ‘breathed on’ by Overfinch.  Amongst the things they did was to install a mod to the alarm/door locking system that ensured that when you locked it with the remote, if the windows were open they closed.  Worked perfectly. However the system was extended to the sunroof. If it was open when you locked the car, the roof closed. I found out after a snowfall, that if the roof was closed, and you locked it the roof opened.   Needless to say we disconnected that bit.