Thursday, September 3, 2009

Sukhothai - signs







A few signs around town. The 'please stop copying' sign was directed to the restaurant next door, which the restaurant displaying the sign felt was copying their concept. I had never previously seen a sign at a restaurant directed towards another restaurant.

The big red 'x' had us confused - some signs use symbols to make their message more universal and succinct, but we have no idea what this sign meant. Presumably, it means 'no' or 'prohibited', but... what is prohibited? What shouldn't we do? It confused us, and made me a bit anxious. I imagined doing, well, anything, and having someone walk up, and say 'didn't you see the sign'?

And no, my in-laws didn't pause for even a moment before merrily leaping onto the 'decayed' balustrade and striding across. It takes more than a few dodgy boards to keep them on one side of a river.

1 comment:

Matthew Bey said...

well, it looks like a shallow river.

i like the "if you need help call 1155 every 24 hours." at least they're realistic about their response times.