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>Tear along the dotted line
In my younger days I owned two chow dogs, both of whom had impressive manes and were a little crazed. I called them Signon the Dotty Lion and Tearon the Dotty Lion.
Today I have only one dog, Boxer Shorts.
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>the instruction which made him think of Jonah and the whale:
Few people know that when Jonah was delivered up from the whale he was immediately swallowed by a gigantic chicken. Thus we have the phrase, "out of leviathan into the fryer."
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On the general 'road' theme I have seen
Joe's Body Works which must be reassuring!
This reminded me of my high school English teacher, who suggested to her her husband, a pharmacist that his store's slogan should be: "We Dispense with Accuracy."
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I don't know if any other country has the stickers on the back of the car which say something like -
"Drive carefully - baby on board!"
I've always taken this to mean - as for the rest of you - drive how you like, you are totally dispensable!
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> :"We Dispense with Accuracy."
Hah!!
And that reminds me of when my first child was on the way and my wife and I were looking through a mail-order catalogue from Mothercare (a UK chainstore). It was only when we got to the small print that my wife got alarmed at the warning:
Allow 28 days for delivery
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I grew up with the sinister 'lollipop ladies' - dear old sweeties who hung around outside schools supposedly controlling traffic, but bearing placards that proclaimed their true intent:
STOP CHILDREN
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...and since my fellow gutter-dweller is reading this thread, I have to mention the street sign I used to drive past in West London:
SLOW! Hump in road
Not an instruction I ever obeyed...
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my fellow gutter-dweller
Oh, OH! You-all are making me laugh so hard, tears are in
my eyes! This is GREAT!
You-all know what? There could be some interesting combinations: e.g., hump in road--dispense with accuracy.
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SLOW! Hump in road
Not an instruction I ever obeyed...
Wonderful!! Thank you Bridget.
I will not deign to make play with your name in the circumstances...
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I'm always fascinated by the sign often seen beside large construction sites: "BEWARE. HEAVY PLANT CROSSING"
I have kept my eyes peeled for a Triffid or an Ent - or even a huorn - but so far have only seen JCBs and bulldozers.
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