Words are important

"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97) 08/09/2018 at 10:31 • Filed to: None

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Up the road a bit from my house is this sign in which someone in the county sign shop forgot a word, and I’m guessing the guy who installed  it wasn’t being paid enough to care. A block down the same road they managed to include all the words.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 08/09/2018 at 10:34

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“But officer, the sign said ‘ Watch Children’ and the window was open ”

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 08/09/2018 at 10:37

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Oh he’s watching.

For hours and hours and hours, he’s watching

Takuro Spirit > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 08/09/2018 at 10:37

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At least its not insulting

ttyymmnn > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 08/09/2018 at 10:39

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SLOW MEN WORKING

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Takuro Spirit 08/09/2018 at 10:42

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A comma can be important.  Similarly, my grandparents had a sign in front of their place that said "slow grandparents at play.". Eventually I brought a black marker over to visit and added a comma so that it read "Slow, grandparents at play."

facw > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 08/09/2018 at 10:45

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I’d wager that sign was made intentionally, because some felt it was a reasonable omission due to space constraints, and the need for drivers to be able to read signs quickly. Some other sign-maker disagreed.

Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a standard sign in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices .

Takuro Spirit > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 08/09/2018 at 10:57

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A comma is the difference between

“Lets eat grandma”

and

“Lets eat, grandma”

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > facw 08/09/2018 at 11:09

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I’d buy that  if they hadn’t put a second sign with the word “for” literally about 500 feet down the same road.

jimz > Takuro Spirit 08/09/2018 at 11:21

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there used to be some of those in my area. as we’d drive by we’d joke “Well, that’s their problem, isn’t it?”

facw > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 08/09/2018 at 11:22

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The for sign looks newer to me. Probably they just changed their wording at some point, but didn’t consider it important enough to go back replace all of their previously installed signs.