dlo@drutx.UUCP (OlsonDL) (08/19/85)
Sign seen on a restaurant door in Denver:
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| WE ALSO HAVE |
| MENUS IN |
| BRIALLE |
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People who need a Braille menu can't read the sign.
People who can read the sign don't need a Braille menu.
David Olson
..!ihnp4!drutx!dlo
"To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools". -- Jean de la Bruyeregkloker@utai.UUCP (Geoff Loker) (08/19/85)
I saw this sign in Watkin's Glen, New York, a couple of years ago:
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| Back-To-School Special: |
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| Pig Feed - $5.99 |
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I can just imagine all the parents racing out to get some for their
kids.
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Geoff Loker
Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
M5S 1A4
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ARPANET: gkloker.toronto@csnet-relaydkatz@zaphod.UUCP (Dave Katz) (08/21/85)
In article <198@drutx.UUCP> dlo@drutx.UUCP (OlsonDL) writes: >Sign seen on a restaurant door in Denver: > > ---------------------- > | | > | WE ALSO HAVE | > | MENUS IN | > | BRIALLE | > | | > ---------------------- > >People who need a Braille menu can't read the sign. >People who can read the sign don't need a Braille menu. > One of the local T.V. stations has an ad about the plight of the illiterate. At the end, they place a lettered display on the screen reading: If you have trouble reading Phone XXX-XXXX
judith@proper.UUCP (Judith Abrahms) (08/22/85)
> ---------------------- > | | > | WE ALSO HAVE | > | MENUS IN | > | BRIALLE | > | ^^ | > ---------------------- > >People who need a Braille menu can't read the sign. >People who can read the sign don't need a Braille menu. And if the people who put out the Braille menu can't spell... ! Never thought about Braille typos!
crm@duke.UUCP (Charlie Martin) (08/22/85)
In article <198@drutx.UUCP> dlo@drutx.UUCP (OlsonDL) writes: >Sign seen on a restaurant door in Denver: > > ---------------------- > | | > | WE ALSO HAVE | > | MENUS IN | > | BRIALLE | > | | > ---------------------- > >People who need a Braille menu can't read the sign. >People who can read the sign don't need a Braille menu. > > >David Olson >..!ihnp4!drutx!dlo > >"To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools". -- Jean de la Bruyere No, no, no! That's Brialle! It's a little town in the mountains about halfway between Steamboat Springs and Craig, but south a little. -- Charlie Martin (...mcnc!duke!crm)
fred@gymble.UUCP (Fred Blonder) (08/23/85)
> From: dlo@drutx.UUCP (OlsonDL) > Newsgroups: net.bizarre > Subject: Bizarre sign > Message-ID: <198@drutx.UUCP> > > Sign seen on a restaurant door in Denver: > > ---------------------- > | | > | WE ALSO HAVE | > | MENUS IN | > | BRIALLE | > | | > ---------------------- > > People who need a Braille menu can't read the sign. > People who can read the sign don't need a Braille menu. In Alexandria, VA a restaurant has the sign in its window: We serve shrimps and crabs, tall people and some pretty nice people too. There are TWO ways to interpret that sign. I haven't gone in to find out which one is correct. -- All characters mentioned herein are fictitious. Any similarity to actual characters, ASCII or EBCDIC is purely coincidental. Fred Blonder (301) 454-7690 Fred@Maryland.{ARPA,CSNet} harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!fred
mojo@kepler.UUCP (Morris Jones) (08/26/85)
ILLITERATE?
Write for free help.
LITERACY
Washington, DC 20202
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Mojo
... Morris Jones, MicroPro Product Development
{dual,ptsfa,hplabs}!well!micropro!kepler!mojosutin@astrovax.UUCP (Brian M. Sutin) (08/29/85)
Seen in a San Diego restaurant men's restroom door: Please Wash Your Hands ( Or At Least Lick Your Fingers ) Brian Sutin Princeton University -- astrovax!sutin
jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) (09/05/85)
> People who need a Braille menu can't read the sign. > People who can read the sign don't need a Braille menu. This reminds me of a sign at the 21st Avenue crosswalk outside Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. It is a specially-designed crossing for blind people; there is a beeper that beeps when you are supposed to cross the street, and right under the beeper is a sign that says "please cross on the North side of the street." -- Shyy-Anzr: J. Eric Roskos UUCP: ..!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!peora!jer US Mail: MS 795; Perkin-Elmer SDC; 2486 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32809-7642 Uryc! Gurl'er cnvagvat zl bssvpr oyhr! Jung n qrcerffvat pbybe...