Signs

There are a few signs that have caught my attention since arriving here in France a bit over a year ago – allow me to share some of my favourites with you:

Sign No. 1

Found:On the wall in a TER (regional train that I take to school)

Nothing too funny about this – I just think dude sitting down is really fat – but at least he’s not leaning over and dumping his drink on the floor like the skinny guy in the seat in front of him.

Sign No. 2
Found: in the one of the cheap university cafeterias where I often eat lunch. There are two of them close to my school- one with an outdoor patio and one that feels like a Soviet-designed 1960’s mental institution.

Translation:
“I always prefer fresh fruits and vegetables over grilled (meats)”
-Joan of Arc

Sorry – there is just no way this is not funny

Sign No. 3
Found: on the door of the train

Just think it’s funny that
1) you have to tell people to not open the door of a moving train
2) isn’t this the same danger sign that is used for ‘the floor might be a bit slippery – I just mopped” ? Seems like this might be a bit more grave of a situation.

Sign No. 4

Found: in the train (hmm -sensing a a theme here)

I just think this is a funny way of saying “turn off your phone here”

Sign No. 5

Found: in the classrooms of my business school.

Why it’s funny to me: 1) the ‘no food’ sign is a hamburger and a soda – not really the typical icon of food that you would use in France
2) there is a ‘no cell phone’ AND ‘no smoking’ sign together. Which is funny as it means that when phones were common enough to warrant their own mention – smoking in public places was also still common enough to need a mention. I’m thinking in Canada these two missed each other by almost a generation

Sign No. 6