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Showing posts with label warning signs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label warning signs. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

W is for Warnings sometimes lost in translation

"Beware" it says on a fountain near the giant Three Gorges Dam in China.

"Please" it says to discourage people from climbing over the fence at the huge dam itself.

"Watch the escalator" where??? over my head??? This warning is in the Shanghai Museum.

A delicious warning sign at an ice cream shop on the pier in Clearwater, Florida.

Even with a sign in three languages, and staff working nearby, my brother Clint, the family clown,
 had to pretend to ignore the danger warning at this pool in Mexico.

Photos by Richard Schear, Kay Davies and Maria Davies

Posted for the ABC Wednesday meme. Other people, all over the world, have been playing around with the letter W. To see what they got, click