Sunday, June 26, 2011

The sign of NO

You will all be familiar with the sign of NO. This is the little red circle with a slash through it and a symbol signifying that some activity or another is not allowed.

No smoking, no drinking, no skateboards or cycling, no parking, no camping, no fishing, no rubbish, no swimming, no swearing, no farting, no belching, no laughing - you get the picture.

My friends and I have been running a little competition amongst ourselves to see how many NO's they can find in the one place. We are always on the lookout for a good collection of NO's. Eventually they will find their way into a book of boganisms.

When we go out for a few drinks we compare notes and laugh about the fact that the dimwits with a little bit of power seem to have banned anything and everything - almost everywhere. It's why the joint is now known as wowser central.

Until recently the record was 9. This is what you will find stencilled on the door of a cab in most Australian cities - NO nine times in a row. And in the city rail trains in Sydney. It's pathetic and amazing - half the population can't count past nine, Virginia ;-)

But that record has now been broken - big time.

There is a huge sign - in a public place in a major city in one of the Australian states - where there are twenty seven NO's. Count them - 27 things that you and I are not allowed to do for fear of penalty. It boggles the mind.

I will donate $100 to your favourite charity if you can tell me where it is?

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