It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #796

12 Responses to It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #796

1. Steve Caplan says:

   15 May 2012 at 12:03

   The sign is pointing east to the Falkland Islands…

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   • Austin Elliott says:

     15 May 2012 at 17:46

     Las Malvinas, cabron!

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     • Steve Caplan says:

       15 May 2012 at 17:48

       Was going to write that, but didn’t want you inglezes to get your knickers in a twist…

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       • Austin Elliott says:

         16 May 2012 at 02:20

         My dear old thing, the traditional undergarments of a pukka Brit of the Empire-building era would have been so multi-layered and stiff with starch as to be wholly un-twistable.

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         • Steve Caplan says:

           16 May 2012 at 15:33

           And for the “cabron” you get a “huevon…”
         • Austin Elliott says:

           16 May 2012 at 19:09

           El Huevon perdura, dude.

           (Actually, I think they translated it as ‘El Nota perdura’.)
2. cromercrox says:

   16 May 2012 at 09:00

   Point of order, gentlemen. the sign is in Chile. I think you’ll find that the whole Malvinas business is all about Argentina. Just sayin’.

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   • Austin Elliott says:

     16 May 2012 at 09:14

     Se habla verdad. Spoil-sport…!

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   • Steve Caplan says:

     16 May 2012 at 11:02

     Over the years there has been intense rivalry between Chile and Argentina, soi don’t think it would be above our Chileno friends to rub their Argentinian neighbors’ noses a bit with such a display. Although I have to admit that it would be a lot more likely in Patagonia than up north in Santiago…

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     • Austin Elliott says:

       16 May 2012 at 14:05

       Yes, didn’t Mrs Thatcher’s friend that frightfully nice General Pinochet secretly lend the RAF the use of his airfields during the Guerra de las Malvinas?.

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3. John the Plumber says:

   17 May 2012 at 00:07

   This is a product of the World-wide Economy Sign Compnay based here in Bacup Lancashire at the back of the Job Centre. – I called in this morning and they gave me the following information.

   For anyone not familiar with the subject of Economy Signs, the ‘Standard Econonomy Sign’ directs both the way there and the way back – using only one signpost. – The ‘Super Economy Sign’ also informs,’We don’t like you.’ – The sign pictured is a ‘Double Class A Super Economy Sign’, in that firstly, two signs are carried on one pole, and secondly, it informs exactly ‘how much we don’t like you’.

   A full interpretation then:

   Background:
   It is a well known fact that anyone from England is not welcome in South America ever since Von Daniken said, they couldn’t have a history of civilistation if they tried, and had to have spacemen do it for them. They thought Von Daniken he was an Englishman, confusing him with Van Morrison not realising he was Irish anyway. His book didn’t sell in Wales so they accomodate the Welsh, as long as they stay out of the way in Patagonia. The Scots are too far away from South America to be considered a problem.

   The Sign
   The basic message of any ‘Class A Economy Sign’ is, ‘You got here this way, now sod off back.’ The sign on the top of the post refers to the ‘lively grey squirrels’ who fancied taking up residence in the tree in the background. – The inference carried in the wording of the top sign, which raises the combination of both signs to a ‘Double Class A Super Economy Sign’, gives the meaning to the bottom sign, ‘Sod off you English rats.we wish you were all dead”

   All in all, a fine example of the art of Economy Signs.

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   • Cromercrox says:

     17 May 2012 at 08:10

     Thank you John, I shall consider myself informed.

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