August 3, 2005

Beware, backpacked little person who can't yet read

After breakfast with my pal and man-about-town Kevin Armstrong, Vancity sightings of whom are as rare as the sasquatch, I am rendered snotty, blubbering and sneezed-out by mysterious airborne histamines. Thus I'm poaching again from my sister, who found this London Underground service announcement, dated July 26, which actually reads:

NOTICE TO ALL PASSENGERS: Please do not run on the platforms or concourses. Especially if you are carrying a rucksack, wearing a big coat, or look a bit foreign. This notice is for your own safety. Thank you.

I love how the modifier "a bit" softens the word "foreign." I wonder if their public relations department worked all night on that posting.