zz1sm@sdccsu3.UUCP (06/11/83)
Nor have I seen electric passengers who carry vehicles...
jjm@hou5e.UUCP (06/13/83)
My, how silly it was for that first person to misinterpret the sign at Heathrow Airport. Look at how many of us realized the true meaning, judging by the number of identical responses about electric passengers. (Do electric passengers dream of android sheep?)
trb@floyd.UUCP (06/13/83)
On a pack of matches: KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN Andy Tannenbaum Bell Labs Whippany, NJ (201) 386-6491
thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (06/14/83)
Furthermore, I haven't ever seen any electric passengers carrying vehicles ANYWHERE!
mark@umcp-cs.UUCP (06/14/83)
I was obediently reading my matchbook one afternoon when a child approached. Terrified, I ran to get away. In my haste I dropped the matchbook but could do nothing when the child picked up the matches and burst into flames. -- Mark Weiser
dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (06/14/83)
ENOUGH ALREADY! I've had umpteen mail messages, not to mention six or eight news postings, about electric passengers carrying vehicles. Don't you all know that the British are, if nothing else, grammatical? If they meant to prohibit electric passengers from carrying vehicles, the sign would have said "No electric passengers..." etc. The use of "electric passenger" in the singular makes it clear what the prohibition applies to. Dave Sherman Toronto ...utcsrgv!dave
toms@syteka.UUCP (06/14/83)
How many electric apassenfgers does it taeke to change a paddy o'furtniture joke?
rlh@mit-eddi.UUCP (Roger L. Hale) (06/15/83)
<second try. Idiot news interface, grumble, grumble.>
... The child picks up the matches and bursts into flames:
-- HEY!! JERK, come back here! You got no sense, or nothin?
You don't know, it says KEEP AWAY, you Better keep away?
What 'r you doin still stickin around??
What it says is KEEP AWAY FROM ME!! What's a matter wit chew?rcj@burl.UUCP (06/15/83)
Someone asked in this newsgroup why they even put No Smoking signs and rules on public transit. I hope this was tongue-in-cheek, or I will be glad to show the moron why they do it by wearing a gas mask while riding on his favorite commuter train and sending dioxin fumes his way. Cigarette smoking is not only hazardous to YOUR health (a la Surgeon General), it is also hazardous to MY health if I am around you. -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3814 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ floyd sb1 mhuxv ]!burl!rcj
newman@utcsrgv.UUCP (Ken Newman) (06/16/83)
the next person to submit an article about the damn sign in London's Heathrow airport will be dragged backwards by his thumbs through a patch of rosebushes by an enraged Wookie, then slid down a 25-foot razor blade into a vat of iodine.
tim@alberta.UUCP (06/18/83)
Or how about the one I saw in a VIA Rail Train (Canada's train service) that said: No Smoking Rules Strictly Enforced Strange. Why do they even have them?
tim@alberta.UUCP (06/20/83)
Just to clear up any confusion, I am not a smoker and I do not appreciate people smoking anywhere near me. Take another look at what I quoted: NO SMOKING RULES STRICTLY ENFORCED In actuality, VIA rail is very good about their smoking rules, and even seems to favour non-smokers. Tim Breitkreutz (alberta!tim)
filed01@abnjh.UUCP (06/28/83)
The first sign that I saw in Heathrow airport was
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| WAY OUT ----> |
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It's not for strange visitors. but means exit.