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Whoa, they're really open about it over there!
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Subaru "dogs driving" commercial.
Note the disclaimer:
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Subaru "dogs driving" commercial. Note the disclaimer: Professional driver on closed course. Do not attempt.
"Professional driver on closed course." Good thing they only use professional dog drivers - you wouldn't want amateur dog drivers out there.
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This signs deters people who are not familiar with chemistry to stay out of a Louisville, KY fountain. Everyone in the fountain is either illiterate or has average intelligence. Dummies who can read stay dry.
I actually saw an interview on a local news station when they put those signs up and they asked a guy about them his answer was "I don't know nothing about that but it hasn't hurt me yet." And he was serious!
MTA: Not unnecessary, just strange. How do you keep your eyes on the road and read the sign?
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It's a sign, but is it a warning? http://gawker.com/5874304/japanese-department-store-may-want-to-look-up-the-word-fucking
It's a sign, but is it a warning?
http://gawker.com/5874304/japanese-department-store-may-want-to-look-up-the-word-fucking
I don't have a photo, but when I was in Israel in 1999, there was a store having a sale and they had signs everywhere that said "Fuck the Sale". I thought it was pretty funny, especially since so many people there speak English.
Bring it on.
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A gas station outside Billing, Montana:
It struck me as unnecessary, but then a bit amusing as they would not have put it up unless they had experienced some incidents...
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All the unnecessary signs you could ever hope for...
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I think that first one is "you have to pay to play; don't think with your (insert-cute-term-for-manpart)"... something that many, many men between the age of 14 and 40 are guilty of.
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