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August 27, 2004 12:01 AM
Broken: (Just for fun) Cableway sign
One more from Terry Jones... he found this sign at the aerial cableway to Table Mountain in Capetown, South Africa.
Terry writes: "I've always wanted to hear a hooter."
It reminds me of my favorite line from the movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang":
"'You'll find a slight squeeze on the hooter an excellent safety precaution, Miss Scrumptious" -- Caractacus Potts
I bet when they saw 'Hooter', they were thinking of the restaurant... Which is why this is just for fun.
... in places that aren't South Africa.
It's bad enough that half the stuff here isn't anything vaguely resembling Broken, but if I want to laugh at silly foreigners not speaking English like Americans do and signs that might look like they're talking about breasts, I'll go over to rotten.com's Daily Boners.
Oh my word! A website run by an American, in English, has generally English-language American-centric content! What a shock!
Actually, I live in the UK. Not South Africa. I speak English as my native language.
But thanks for playing.
Uh, yeah. If you were paying attention, Ciaran, Astounded never said YOU live in the US. And Mendel, who's laughing at silly foreigners? This is a post about how differences in language can sometimes be amusing. LIGHTEN UP.
He is right about how stupid most of these posts are, though, whether or not you agree with his opinion on making fun of foreigners.
What I don't get is why you would want to go to the "top station" if high winds were approaching
????
Ignoring the arguments over which country is in posession of a more accurate version of English, I'm wondering if one can place their ear against the hooter to better hear it...
Oh my word! A website run by an American, in English, has generally English-language American-centric content! What a shock!
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I realise this was just for fun, so I won't be like others and ask why it's here. But what I don't understand is why "hear a hooter" is so funny... the sign doesn' seem to be funny to me when I read it.
Or am I just being dumb and missing something?
Posted by: Ciaran at August 27, 2004 08:33 AM