Danger Deep Water

I have kept this sign separate from the others because it is really rather ironic.  In Hong Kong, on the main street which is bustling and busy and hugely populated, there is a quiet little park.  The park is surrounded by highrise buildings and peoples washing hangs out of windows at all heights.  There is little sun that actually finds its way to the ground, through the smog and dust.

There is a man, who appears to be employed full time, cleaning up and picking up any rubbish and leaves and general items that find their way into the area.

The tranquil park has two little contemplation huts, some seats, a checkers board and a water area with a bridge.  It was really rather sweet.   By the bridge is this sign.

The water in the pond that they do not want terrapins or fish in would have been about 20cm deep.  Now I know that Asian people are not tall, but seriously?  Danger Deep Water!!!!! 

More Signs That Caused a Chuckle....

 This is a sign written by a dyslexic person which marks the house of the local thugs.  If it had been correctly written it would say........????










Okay, so it is okay to bring your dog, as long as it is on a leash, but you cannot bring your alcohol (despite the boys running the little paddle boats in Prague, drinking at the counter)  You cannot bring the evils of hard drugs or marijuana and you certainly cannot bring the device that has broken down honourable civilisations across all Europe- a Segway!

Take your drugs and you will be absinth for the rest of the day... ???

 Ouch, no Bad Gogging!

 Dunno about this one, too obvious but interesting.  Found in Germany and perhaps something to do with directions to the Pied Piper??

 A whole market...!!!????  Seriously??  And care for some Digitalkabinen?

 A rather unfortunate name for an Osteopathe Do??

Dunno, but Troll is probably not this persons first name??

 And what would inspire you to go along to this particular art shop and purchase a piece?

 Or go along to La Grande Messe and expect it to be organised?

 Or have a Babie Wedding?  smacks a little of my big fat Gypsy Wedding to me.

 Nothing to be said here.  I don't know what they are advertising and I don't want to find out....

This is the name of a shop in Hong Kong- Pig Nose Dear.  Again, I am unclear what they sell, but I don't think it is donuts....

 In case you forgot "Keep your Fingercroxx"

 Headstrong?  This is the T-shirt for you!

Wankee Sports- so  now it is a competition??

Thoroughly Inappropriate Mocking of Religious Statues And Their Modern Day Equivalents.

 I know, it is not okay to mock other peoples religion or beliefs but some of these just can't be left unmocked.....

Were propeller caps a fashion in 1357 when this particular bridge was constructed?
Perhaps they got them as a joke and posed with them, certain the sculptor would not use them?

Maybe the sculptor was not so bright?

Now I know where the 1970's habit of making paper chains at Xmas time came from...

and here is some random kid who liked the idea

Here is Jesus, showing off his paper chain, carefully torn so it can reach from here to............... here.

And finally,  here is France's early modelling of headbanging, in the mosh pit. 

I Totally Taught My Dog To Beg..??

My question is- how can you not afford to house, feed and dress yourself and yet you can have a perfectly healthy, collared dog???  I don't really get the beggar thing and how people can be that destitute to have to beg on the street.

In Paris, I saw a woman who was limping and half bent to the ground.  She had a bandage around one leg and was struggling to walk.  As we went passed in the bus, she was making her struggling way up the bridge, toward the other end.  As the bus passed, the tourists all walked around her and away and then- SHE STOOD UP STRAIGHT AND DIDN’T LIMP- almost stomping her way to the end of the bridge with some heavy ‘how dare they not give to me’ attitude!!

I saw another guy in the underground, clearly homeless, taking a handful of random tablets…

Later, I saw another woman with her polystyrene cup sitting atop a “Vans” box, to give the cup some height.  Probably not the look she had intended.

I think the really hard part is when the beggars are prone on the ground with their arms out in front and their foreheads sitting on the pavement!  There were heaps of those ones, but what brings them to this situations and how …..??  I know this is probably a bit naïve, but how can you lie and beg like that and think it is better than making eye contact and trying to maintain some sort of pride???

The smarter beggars were outside the Churches.  How can you  not go into a Church and be all pious and holy and then come out and go ‘so totally NOT giving my spare money to these poor wretches!! 

It was actually pretty yuck, because we are just not use to it and the worst thing is some of them must have been real but the Vans box and the lack of hobbling put you off offering spare dosh to any of them.

When Posers Need a Sign....

Whilst looking for a particular photo, I found this rather unfortunate combination of sign, arrow and person....

I guess you can also add to the unfortunate combination, the snap happy camera woman that took the photo. 

He appears to be doing some sort of Salsa move with his Segway!  A step, ball, change move with the left arm extended to add flourish.

Total Pozor......

Just How Long Has the Remote Ownership Been a Problem?

We have all fought the battle of the remote and who ever holds it, rules the TV!  It would seem this problem has been around for a very long time!  Searching the museums of Paris produced the Goddess of the Remote, proudly holding a remote in both hands and although looking tranquil, she is actually wearing her ‘don’t mess with me’ face.  

Is it just me, or is the body language with one hip and one knee forward, while arms are raise, just a little passive aggressive...?  Jeez woman!  You have been hanging onto those remotes for about 2000 years, so I think they are yours???!!!!!

We have to consider if she is saying 'I am willing to fight you for this, and it don't matter if my clothes fall off!  I am in this for the win and THESE ARE MY remotes!!'  

I also have to wonder if she is trying to make a bit of a 'South Side' finger thingee with her fingers, as if we are not intimidated enough by her double remote, half naked, bring it on attitude!????

I can only imagine how disconcerting it must be to try to wrestle the remote off a half dressed person!  Also, now thinking about it, could that be a remote in one hand and a....... chocolate bar in the other..?????????  

It is a brave man that fails to recognises the implications and then messes with that particular combination.........?????

Then poor Kate, below- who still can't get her hands on the school TV remote, even sitting next to Shirley, our school skeleton.

Go on Kate.........just reach out....... she won't notice.......... just stretch that hand out.........???

Where is my Map of Paris??

There is a tourist bus that does the rounds of Paris and you can get on and off all day, or actually for several days.  They give you earphones and you can plug into the system and listen to a commentary of the city.  Really worth doing if you are going there.

It was very wet for the first couple of days and the bus is open at the top so water can generally do what water does and pour lower and lower.  The seats downstairs, on the double decker bus were wet in places.  We tried to help by putting out tourist map down on the seat to absorb the water- how helpful!

Eventually, after moving around to chat and to avoid water, we left the wet map several seats behind without even thinking about said map.

Two very well dressed Western Block ladies came and hopped into the seat containing the water absorbing map.  They sat.  They warmed the seat.  They (as it turns out) marinated the rain and map ink.

So one of the ladies hopped up and the map was stuck to her very expensive silver (or taupe) raincoat.  Her Gucci handbag held, in her gold encrusted fingers was balanced out to the side and stylishly the map imitated this left leaning feature.  The two ladies hopped out of the bus to a few giggles (you have to remember we had overtired hysteria by this stage) so map stuck to ladies butt was rather funny.

Then the other rather overly well dressed lady notice the map and from the side, removed it.  ONLY to reveal to the rest of the passengers on the bus that the ink had imprinted a map of Paris on the poor ladies jacket, which set the whole bus alight.

I guess it could be handy if you had recently moved to Paris, to have a map of the city on your best raincoat, but I suspect she was not as amused by it as the rest of the bus was!

Hong Kong Flueeee

The lull in posts is me, suffering from the cold that the woman opposite me had on the flight from Paris to Hong Kong.  It just goes to show you can't hold your breath every time someone sneezes and expect to get away with it!  

It might, however, just be karma, kicking my mocking butt from the earlier post........ "ever heard of  pseudoephedrine"????  

More posts to come..... (not about my stinky cold, of course!)