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June 1, 2006 12:03 AM
Broken: Construction site sign
Ken Feldman submits a picture taken in Brooklyn, New York:
I saw this sign outside a construction site.
So, only unauthorized people are allowed? This is definitely a unique warning sign for a construction site.
Just why do they need security cameras watching me dump? What kind of construction site is this anyway?
No, no. What the sign really means is "No authors allowed in this premises". If you've been published, you had better stay away!
Someone should go to the sign making shop and shout "Immigration" so all the employees "run for the hills."
All This Premises Are Belong To Us!
The construction workers use the power of their BRAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIN.
But they probably don't have much brain power if this sign was put up.
There's definitely something untoward going on in there that they don't want the 'authorised' to see.
What could it be?
Maybe it's a competition to see who can go the longest without dumping (hence the sign)... an ex of mine once did that with his mates... 9 days it lasted before someone broke... ewwww
how would the work ever get completed?
Posted by: shane at Jun 1, 2006 1:29:09 AM
It's a construction site....no one actually "WORKS" at a construction site, they just all stand around until the building starts putting it's self together out of sheer boredom.
Good point Pumpkin Noggin.
Of course. Builders don't actually work, they're just skilled loafers and tea-makers.
I think, the sign is supposed to really say
No Trespassing
Authorized people
only
and the seconed one is supposed to say
No Dumping
24/7 Video
Servalance
Broken either way
PS. I know my spelling sucks
This is a really funny sign. Why the surveilance camera, every construction site I've ever seen, there were plenty of guys just standing around watching what's going on. Mayhaps they be looking for authorized persons, so they can be expelled. But hey, don't blame the sign maker, blame the clod that hung it up. In Brooklynese it should say: "Hey youze guys betta get da fork oudda dare!"
After getting a good chuckle, the husband says," Look at this, Honey."
She read them, smlies and says, "At least they didn't put the 'No Dumping' sign over the port-a-john.
Gotta love the wife.
What's up with all the anti-construction worker talk on here? Have any of you been on a construction site? There are plenty of us who work our fingers to the bone every day so you can work in a dry, climate controlled building, with running water. Yes, there are some guys who just stand around the site and do nothing (typically supervisors) but there are also a lot of workers who go to the site every day, sometimes in the cold, heat, wet, miserable conditions, and work hard. I dare you to spend a week on a construction site, come home filthy and tired - most of you probably couldn't make it after the second day. Ok, the sign is broken, and it was probably a laborer who put it up. But I seriously doubt the guy who put it up bought the sign (his site supervisor probably did and probably didn't pay a lot of money for it, that's why it is full of errors).
Well said 'Another Dumb' .... I also loved the "Immigration" comment. Just more examples of the elitist attitude that *really* exists 'round these parts. The commentary on the postings is often more BROKEN than the submissions.
Not Broken!!
It obviously says "NO" to get your attention, then
"Authorized people allowed in this premises". The use of "this" instead of "these" is an effort to be sensitive to Brooklyn's modes of communication, in which "this", "these", and "those" are often interchangable.
Clearly a well thought out and responsive bit of signage.
Spoool, are you serious? I highly doubt any branch of the city would put forth the effort to change sign jargon to "be sensitive to their modes of communication". Considering how many different interpretations of the signs there have been on this thread proves the signs are broken. Signs are supposed to be blatantly apparent as to what they are trying to tell you. Broken!
Nice one, Spool.
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think your girlfriend might leave you? head on over! as unauthorized people you will be allowed in, and theres no dumping, so your relationship is secure, 24 hours a day.
Posted by: gmangw at June 1, 2006 12:08 AM