I thought it would be nice to celebrate human cultural diversity today. To do so,
I've chosen the symbols you will see when entering public transportation in the
U.S. (on left) with the one you will see under similar circumstance in Germany.
I've chosen the symbols you will see when entering public transportation in the
U.S. (on left) with the one you will see under similar circumstance in Germany.
(Thanks to friends just back from Germany for this keen observation. ~Dada.)
10 comments:
NO Ice cream???well...that is just wrong on soooo many levels...hmm, maybe if it Haagan Daz ?
I could just predict someone in a US Court of law, arguing the fact the "no gun" sign indicated *a hand gun*, there was nothing specified about
AK- 47 automatic rifles, therefore, they must be allowed. The kind of lawsuit that yields coffee cups to have an imprinted message: WARNING: Hot beverages may be hot. Thanks, Einstein!
Hmmm, well, blogging this today I got a sudden craving for ice cream. As a result, I later suggested to Mrs. dada we drive into New Mexico for lunch at our favorite little brewpub with great beers and greater patrons, i.e., the crowd there is decidedly liberal. Then I said we would drive home and each buy a pint of Ben & Jerry's of our choice.
Now got democracy raises a good question. Is ice cream ok on German public transportation so long as it's not a triple scoop cone? We talked about this with our just returned from Germany guests and, without any ice cream on hand to test if triple scoops are perhaps messier, were unable to come to any conclusion. However, we decided triple beers was not a problem (we had some good India Pale Ales on hand), and concluded that's why there are probably no signs prohibiting triple beers on buses.
So, it IS ice cream (specifically triple-scoops)? I couldn't figure it out. I was thinking maybe turn it upside down & it looks like a dunce hat built for 3 (or an owl). Rightside up, it looks somewhat like the olympic symbol, where the other 2 rings fell into the eternal flame torch thingie. Jeez, if I'm this spatially impaired, I guess I shouldn't visit Germany -- I can just see trying to explain why I was feverishly trying to hide my extra-large dunce cap as I boarded the bus.
Now of course you must be correct, Germany would NEVER outlaw triple beers -- Prosit! Or if your brewpub had some Trois Monts -- A Votre Sante! ~~ D.K.
Your readers are so fast on the draw. When I first saw your post about five minutes ago the first thing I thought of was "no ice cream." Or did it mean no triple scoops, which are so messy? OK, you'll have to tell us the name of the pub over in NM. We're planning a trip soon over to Las Cruces, one of our favorite places in the SW. So, it would be nice to know of your favorite NM hangout.
How many rightwingers think the sign on the right means no rocket launchers? I know it's a stretch but hey, they still believe Saddam attacked us on 9/11 and that all Iranians are evil.
poli: I couldn't get the 'rocket launcher' image from the ice cream cone, but then I am not a paranoid, global domination right-winger aspirant. I even rotated my perspective 90 degrees to the left...NO! 90 to the RIGHT! still NO!
I confess, my friend from Germany who sent me the original sign turned out to be a tad small to use here, so I had to make my own from the one he sent. And while it may not be quite as good as the authentic German one used on vehicles of public transportation there, I thought I captured the intent of the orignial. Maybe not. But then, as you imply, we might see it differently if we were demented, "fight 'em there, or fight 'em here!" shills throwing our bill of rights into Bush's flames of fear to save our sorry asses.
eprof2: The name of that LC brewpub is High Desert Brewing Co. and depending on your schedule--and ours (I have jury duty coming up), if you like, drop me a line (e-mail address is in profile) and I'll send you my phone number. And who knows, maybe we'll cross that electronic line!
After all, I'm always looking for an excuse to go to the High Desert.
so funny - really and so sad...
confirmation that we are the terrorists...
now back that that ice cream thingy in germany - geeze no ice cream? i'd have to sneak it in...smile
az: Yeh, it is kind of funny, isn't it? While I found myself laughing at the German prohibition on ice cream, I didn't get near the chuckle from our American public trans. taboo.
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