Sine of the Times

Here's a new angle on this situation: On the tube yesterday, I saw a sign showing an abandoned piece of luggage on a seat and reading: "Don't touch, check with other passengers, inform station staff or call 999."

In other words, if you just ignore the bomb, maybe it will go away. For the want of a semi-colon, the train was lost.

Of course, the US is as full of badly worded signs as is England. At my old office, there was a sign on a door reading, "This door must be kept closed at all times." Wouldn't a wall have been a better choice than a door, in that case?

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  1. Anonymous5:07 PM

    "Wouldn't a wall of been a better choice than a door. . ."

    Thanks for calling our attention to the misuse of English. Now what the devil is a "wall of been"?

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  2. Anonymous4:27 PM

    Great article! Thanks.

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  3. Anonymous9:58 PM

    Thanks for interesting article.

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