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Major Nikon

(36,927 posts) Wed Jun 22, 2022, 04:47 PM Jun 2022

Meanwhile in Poland

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Meanwhile in Poland (Original Post) Major Nikon Jun 2022 OP

Are they saying that cats are slow?? Diamond_Dog Jun 2022 #1

I would say your 2nd choice is the correct one. Fla Dem Jun 2022 #2

In Maryland, there was once a sign saying "Clam Crossing" DFW Jun 2022 #3

In high school, we made up a "cripple crossing" LeftInTX Jun 2022 #4

The alliteration grants you a pass DFW Jun 2022 #5

Diamond_Dog

(41,043 posts)

1. Are they saying that cats are slow??

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Wed Jun 22, 2022, 05:28 PM

Jun 2022

Or, “Go slow because of cats”?

I confess I am dense.

Fla Dem

(27,767 posts)

2. I would say your 2nd choice is the correct one.

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 12:23 AM

Jun 2022

DFW

(60,429 posts)

3. In Maryland, there was once a sign saying "Clam Crossing"

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 02:59 AM

Jun 2022

Some film students made up the very official-looking sign, not far from the shore, and then set up a string of clam shells in an orderly line across the road during a slow moment when there was no traffic. They told me that "some people stopped." They did not tell me for how long.

LeftInTX

(34,852 posts)

4. In high school, we made up a "cripple crossing"

Reply to DFW (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 07:11 AM

Jun 2022

This guy stopped traffic, while I pretended to be "crippled"...

We did this all night one night. This was in 1971 and we were bored. (Sorry for not using handicapped, but that was the word we used back then)

DFW

(60,429 posts)

5. The alliteration grants you a pass

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 08:48 AM

Jun 2022

Too bad it wasn't a bridge over a small stream. Then you could have called it "Cripple Creek," and had a banjo on your back to enhance credibility.

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