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Snowglobe of Doom posted:No that would be swimming above the rocks. I'm not sure this wilful misunderstanding of a perfectly cogent sentence that wouldn't confuse a five-year-old is the rich comedy vein you're repping
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Roger Tangerines posted:I'm not sure this wilful misunderstanding of a perfectly cogent sentence that wouldn't confuse a five-year-old is the rich comedy vein you're repping You're telling me you wouldn't at least question the word choice if someone walked up to you and said "don't swim on the rocks"? Funny pic coming shortly, I'm on my phone. e:  e2: holy poo poo I have completely forgotten bbcode, how my phone works, or both. razorrozar has a new favorite as of 14:25 on Jul 6, 2014 |
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 "I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated."
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razorrozar posted:You're telling me you wouldn't at least question the word choice if someone walked up to you and said "don't swim on the rocks"? I am telling you precisely that.
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I remember this being on the news when it happened, and it is genuinely funny. But I am completely baffled that someone whose job is apparently to deal with people who don't speak Welsh would have their away message for their work email address written in Welsh. Did it not occur to him that a good number of the people likely to see that message would not be able to read it ? (Unless this Welsh message was also accompanied by the English translation, in which case, carry on as you were.)
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Roger Tangerines posted:I am telling you precisely that. Did your Dad write the sign or something? I'm sorry we laughed at your Dad's poor English skills. I'm sure he tries really hard at his sign writing job.
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Memento posted:Whole bunch of people posting in this thread without realising if there are rocks above the water line, chances are real good there are rocks below the water line as well. The sign means "don't swim here fuckface, in case these rocks aren't enough of a warning, there's a poo poo ton more of them where you can't see them". Jesus Christ, you goons. It's obviously warning you not to swim when there's ice in the water.
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Random Stranger posted:Jesus Christ, you goons. It's obviously warning you not to swim when there's ice in the water. I prefer my oceans neat.
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Solice Kirsk posted:I prefer my oceans neat. Just be sure not to take them on the rocks.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Did your Dad write the sign or something? I'm sorry we laughed at your Dad's poor English skills. I'm sure he tries really hard at his sign writing job. Nice try at the old Reversal of Fortune, but you're definitely the one getting rear end-hurt over a stupid picture here.
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If only there'd been some sort of warning so we could have avoided all this ...
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 Guys, do not Rocks swim on water.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:If only there'd been some sort of warning so we could have avoided all this ... But that sign is on a post. I'm getting mixed messages here...
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This rock chat reminded me of these signs in Richfield, Minnesota, and I assume MN in general. I used to hang out and smoke and be a gloomy goony high schooler in this one park, and spent many hours wondering about the thought process behind these signs. I guess I kind of get their intentions, but it just seems like such a weird way to go about it. There's a real boy who cried wolf thing going on too. I guess it is correct like 15% of the time?
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If someone falls in, they can say they had a "thin ice" sign on it and be done with it.
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Those signs are always posted near inlets/drainage areas of ponds. The flowing water will not freeze as readily as the standing rest of the pond. Most people would assume that if the middle of the pond is frozen thick enough to hold a person, then the entire pond must be thick enough.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:No that would be swimming above the rocks. This looks like it could turn into a sex thing super easy.
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LoonShia posted:This looks like it could turn into a sex thing super easy. You could say that about anything!
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WastedJoker posted:You could say that about anything! And I have!
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LoonShia posted:This looks like it could turn into a sex thing super easy. People have been inventing bizarre dry swimming machines for over a hundred years and they always end up looking like a combination of a bondage harness and a torture device from the Saw movies:    
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10/10 would swim with.
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May Contain Nuts posted:Two chinchillas? A chinchilla chilling with it's chin on another chinchilla.
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Don't we look down on newbies who post their signs?
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Memento posted:Whole bunch of people posting in this thread without realising if there are rocks above the water line, chances are real good there are rocks below the water line as well. The sign means "don't swim here fuckface, in case these rocks aren't enough of a warning, there's a poo poo ton more of them where you can't see them". Perhaps the sign should be replaced with something clearer? It's in the funny picture thread because many people look at it and go "WTF does that mean?" Not a good property for a warning sign.
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Angela Christine posted:Perhaps the sign should be replaced with something clearer? It's in the funny picture thread because many people look at it and go "WTF does that mean?" Not a good property for a warning sign. If your first thought when you see a sign telling you not to do something is, "hm, this isn't very clear," the problem is not the sign.
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Angela Christine posted:Perhaps the sign should be replaced with something clearer? It's in the funny picture thread because many people look at it and go "WTF does that mean?" Not a good property for a warning sign. I suspect the sign would make a lot more sense at high tide.
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A redditor posted:My daughter's list in case anything happens to her older brother. 
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Okay, that last one on the list made me laugh.
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Please invite other people to this thread to comment on the rock sign.
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Maytag posted:Please invite other people to this thread to comment on the rock sign. Voldemort!
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 Beware of signing Rock. Applaud for singing Rock. 
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Deteriorata posted:I suspect the sign would make a lot more sense at high tide. That would be a very reasonable thing to think but no, those rocks are never more than a little bit underwater. It really is as silly as it looks.
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