"Polite Notice"s are usually written in white on blue backgrounds and I always thought that the person writing them was hoping to make the casual observer think they were reading a "Police Notice" implying that if you do park in front of this gateway then your car will be blown up by the regional crime squad or something.
Some horse riders do this. They wear luminescent yellow vest-coats with the word "POLITE" in all capitals so that people treat them with the same respect or fear that police horse riders get.
This is exactly why, it's a very old "trick" which of course worked much better in long gone days before standardised design styles and indeed signs themselves
Almost as good as: "But this was precisely the sort of silliness getting rid of this entire exercise was the point of." on Jay Foreman's video about London's 32 boroughs.
I've never understood the purpose of the "Thank you for driving carefully through our village" signs that some UK villages have as you leave. Are they intended for people that have driven carefully, in case they'd been on the verge of trying out a new reckless driving style, but will now continue in their previous careful ways, or are they intended to imbue already reckless drivers with such a sense of guilt that they instantly vow to forevermore drive with utmost care and attention? Equally, "Baby on board" signs on the back of cars. These to me always suggest that had I not seen that sign I would by now be in the process of ramming the vehicle in front of me and attempting to force it off the road presumably on the assumption that while I might be happy with the concept of seriously injuring or killing adults, for some reason I'm vehemently opposed to injuring babies.
I mostly agree, but feel obliged to point out, that ‘baby on board’ signs are meant for paramedics, in case of an accident, because babies are quite fragile, and might break if they don’t receive immediate medical attention after a car crash.
Jon Gritton Yeah, it’s so paramedics know to look for a baby in the car. I think (although I could be wrong) that they were introduced after some bad accidents where the car was crushed so bad that the back seat, where the baby was, was no longer visible. Don’t quote me on that though, it’s been a while since I heard about it. They also work a bit like an L plate, letting you know that the driver might do something unexpected because the baby distracted them.
No offense, but you're a complete tool and the fact that you wrote this comment five years ago means you must also be of a very advanced age. Nah, I'm kidding. Just being annoying. Sorry?
Or saying, "Will all due respect," before saying something disrespectful. "With all due respect, that's bollocks what you just said." The first clause of that last sentence is insufferably American, whilst the second is British.
Should they rather say "reduce your speed if you're driving faster then a certain amount"? Signs have to be short to be not distracting and fast to read
@@MrSqurk We have those in fact we even have special signs for "slow children" which of course are even more important to look out for if they've wandered onto a road.
"there's no such thing as retroactive warning." lol, it's actually one of my habits to say "watch out" after someone's already tripped. Or if they pick up something hot, I'll say "careful, that's hot."
My flatmate used to do this to people, and I found it quite funny. Usually when they dropped something - "Oops, looks like you've dropped your wallet there!" and point aggressively at it without helping them pick it up.
@VespaDesu - You'll fit right in if you're in Taiwan (or another Chinese-cultured place). I used to live there, & they all say "Be careful!" immediately AFTER you have an accident😅😮💨
I've always assumed it was just a nervous sign writer, the sort that always adds extra adjectives in the desperate hope that he will be able to communicate a level of meaning so precise and persuasive that all who gaze upon it cannot but cry aloud. "I never saw it like that before. Come, let us all do as this earnest and forthright sign commands; praise be its writer."
"It was not my Local Boots, except in the sense that it was local to the place I was currently standing, which was in front of it" lol "David Mitchell, PM" has such a nice ring to it... xD
well, i like the written rants and the spontaneous panel show rants all the same. no need to choose one or the other, in fact, i appreciate the subtle differences betwixt the two. another great video , thanks kindly for sharing , cheers from san diego, -we here in san diego throw a "G" on the "no skateboarding" signs as to encourage a bit of cardio for the ever increasing population of rotund residents
David doesn't like when something is named a certain way in hopes of people thinking that that thing is actually such a thing. *Holy Roman Empire has left the chat.*
You were right, Mr. Mitchell. This was an odd thing for me to have chosen to watch. I do not quite know why, but I get special enjoyment from his more awkwardly phrased sentences, such as at 0:13. I think part of why I love them so much is because, as complicated and awkward as they sound, they are grammatically perfect! :)
Eh, sometimes it's useful for when those signs display warnings or traffic information. To know it's switched off can be mildly useful, likewise with average speed cameras.
@Ganjamule I've never understood it. It would make more sense if they said "I liked the bit where....", but they don't, they just write a line from the video, I wonder why?
Whereas I'm diabetic, so I do have that sort of relationship with my pharmacy. I'm in to pick up prescriptions most weeks. But carb counting makes eating out a bit of a pain, so I rarely go to pubs or restaurants. So, it turns out that some of us have local pubs and some of us have local pharmacies.
My local garage - yes actually the nearest one to my house - has a large sign saying "Shop the way you live". So they're inviting me to shop... dangerously?
@Tossphate I used think exactly the same until I realised that they mean they don't make cereal for any other companies/supermarkets. Like how Heinz will make cheaper version of their baked beans for supermarkets etc. I think.
"Advanced warning" will be added to my list of Carlinisms, along with "Emergency situation" and "Final Destination". It's also funny how David says he doesn't know what a retrospective warning is, and the proceeds to describe one 2 paragraphs later.
I could easily rant for three minutes about people who tell other people what to do without any actual authority to do so. Are you trying to actually get them to do something? Or are you trying to express your disapproval of something without actually going through the effort of explaining what it is you disapprove of? If you're hoping that saying Stop will make them stop, I can only assume that this is your first time on Planet Earth, in which case I encourage you to take some time and try talking to a human being at some point until you understand how they work. People are not going to take your orders if the only consequence to not doing that is the disapproval of a complete stranger on the internet, especially one without any information on why they should take the orders that you give. In fact, they will go out of their way to defy you because the human brain naturally responds to such things as a challenge or a threat. If you're hoping to express your disapproval, then just saying things like "Stop" or "Don't" without any indication of what it is you want them to stop is completely meaningless and it would be equivalent, but clearer, if you would just say "I don't like something that you're doing, and also I think that I am better than you.", because that's exactly what everyone sees when they read your messages. Except, unlike "Stop", "Don't", etc., people don't, in addition, think you are too stupid to bother to at least be clear.
Thanks you for your patience is another one (how do they know I'm being patient?) as is the "please wait". Do I have any choice? Anyway, I quite enjoy what are clearly audition tapes for Grumpy Old Men. I suppose David has to think about the future.
We don't have "two for one" in the US. We have "Buy One Get One Free" (BOGO). Our Walgreen's chain is now owned by Boots and the stores have changed to a more Boots-like appearance.
@Pipweed You do know that you can use the internet [the thing your on right now] to 'search' for the 'definitions' of words. Words are those things that you type....and that tend to mean stuff. Or, perhaps in your case, words are those things your keeper types for you on the other side of the locked door of your padded cell. Either way, what he said [translated into cretinous blather] is: you are barely worth the air you consume.
@DrDaveTierney A sign that could normally read watch out for potholes may then read "watch out" giving the driver a paranoid feeling that the person who set up the signs may be out to get them... which may very well be true.
I saw a sign in a supermarket that said, "Together we're using less bags". I grabbed a passing manager by the tie, yanked his face into my knee and said, "It's 'fewer' bags, not 'less' bags". Had the sign-makers opted to be more accusatory, I think they would have thought the phrase, "We're using too much bags" sounded wrong, and yet it fits perfectly with their original choice of grammar. I didn't really assault the manager. The sign probably wasn't his fault.
Sad thing is there's a lot of people who, if you DON'T add "polite notice" will assume the most horrendously impolite things about you. They look at the note, realize it has no emotions to read, and start filling it in with however they were raised.
Oddly enough, I think those 'local pharmacy' signs are geared not towards the casual customer but to the 'power users': the elderly. Those folk who ARE generationally-inclined toward brand loyalty in all things, and who visit frequently enough (to keep themselves alive) to become familiar with the staff. Garaunteed they're spending more than those of us who simply go in for the odd throat-lozenge or headache tablets.
@do0wop Whether he is or not rest assured he writes it all himself. The fact that he changes cameras (3 or four times) would indicate they have many teleprompters or he just does it himself
I'm surprised he didn't give out about sign spelling mistakes or the idea that some warning signs may distract drivers increasing the probability of crashing, then again anyone that easily distracted should be off the road but that method is a bit unfair to other drivers who could get crashed into. Then there's signs which are set up where they shouldn't be, like in a location besides some growing trees or bushes that may end up growing and covering or even hiding said signs. A sign that could
@bladelinger I really doubt he'll run out of things to complain about... I think the sponcer is limiting ( censoring?) what he is able to talk about...
'This is where the Boots which is here is'. My first encounter with the 'Your local Boots pharmacy' was a friend (who lived nowhere near me) telling me his wife worked at 'Your local Boots pharmacy'. My home town now has a 'Boots' and a 'Your local Boots pharmacy' within sight of each other. Am I to assume that the 'Your local Boots pharmacy' is more local than the 'Boots' 2 1/2 minutes walk away is?
@MrSammywow11 I think it's deliberate. This Bulldog crowd seem open to a bit of a slagging anyway considering they stuck with him as a long as they did.
It’s not just signs that do the ‘…your…” thing. On regional news programmes, a few year back, they started to introduce the weather forecast with phrasing like “Now here’s…… with your weather forecast” I stopped watching after a while. Since I didn’t want an extended boring drawl through the weather, only a small bit of which pertained to where I actually was going to be, I found it really annoying, I couldn’t care less about their forecast. I also objected to this patently insincere attempt to make me feel ownership over something I was sceptical of in the first place, like they were trying to make me feel licit would be my fault if it was wrong.
I have a local supermarket to which I am somewhat loyal. In fact, I even have a chemist which I frequent almost unilaterally, I don't know the staff there though, so I guess it doesn't count. (this rambling comment brought to you by 2:38 in the morning. Coming soon to a timezone near you)
People at my work have an annoying habit of prefixing repetitive reminders with "Gentle Reminder". It is obviously a reminder and the fact that you presume that I didn't remember suggests that I am not organized enough to recall it. Its not "gentle", its insulting.
A few years ago, I saw the front cover of a magazine that informed me of something Jennifer Aniston was doing. It said, "Jen pops the question: marry me!" My first thought was: "That's not a question". My second thought was: "I don't care who she's saying that to or why she's saying it."
... And suddenly I'm wondering if there's something wrong with me because I *do* have a preferred local supermarket and chemist at which I have exactly that sort of relationship with the cashier/chemist/owner and which I do actually recommend to visiting friends...
I miss George. Hey, is the 666 in your nick a reference to the # of the beast, or are sixes just pudgy numbers and therefore representative of love handles? I'm sincerely curious (and most likely clueless, but I am also old and out of touch).
I once read on the news that the police had a man arrested because he had left his cellphone on during his flight. I find it incredible that the hostess should kindly ask us to switch off the cell phones, it should be an order, but it would be better if they where confiscated and returned afterwards. I don't want to risk my life because a cinese doesn't understand english.
Bill Cosby has theoretically proven the concept of retroactive signage. You're driving along, *WHAM* and then you see a sign reading: "You have just hit a dip."
Incidentally the 'Your local Boots pharmacy' branches are those which used to be 'Alliance Pharmacy' in distinction from the ones just called 'Boots' which were already 'Boots', back when the 'Alliance Pharmacy' ones were called 'Alliance Pharmacy' and not called 'Your local Boots pharmacy'. But that somewhat takes the fun out of ranting, doesn't it.
"This is where the Boots which is here is" LMAO
"Polite Notice"s are usually written in white on blue backgrounds and I always thought that the person writing them was hoping to make the casual observer think they were reading a "Police Notice" implying that if you do park in front of this gateway then your car will be blown up by the regional crime squad or something.
Some horse riders do this. They wear luminescent yellow vest-coats with the word "POLITE" in all capitals so that people treat them with the same respect or fear that police horse riders get.
Jason Fee so non then
When I started reading I saw police notice. Because that didn’t make sense I read it again.
This is exactly why, it's a very old "trick" which of course worked much better in long gone days before standardised design styles and indeed signs themselves
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''...down to whose level of impoliteness, the notice is rather self'righteously proclaiming itself not to have stooped'' ...nice...:)
Yes I liked that too. Anything not to end a sentence with a preposition.
Almost as good as: "But this was precisely the sort of silliness getting rid of this entire exercise was the point of." on Jay Foreman's video about London's 32 boroughs.
I've never understood the purpose of the "Thank you for driving carefully through our village" signs that some UK villages have as you leave. Are they intended for people that have driven carefully, in case they'd been on the verge of trying out a new reckless driving style, but will now continue in their previous careful ways, or are they intended to imbue already reckless drivers with such a sense of guilt that they instantly vow to forevermore drive with utmost care and attention?
Equally, "Baby on board" signs on the back of cars. These to me always suggest that had I not seen that sign I would by now be in the process of ramming the vehicle in front of me and attempting to force it off the road presumably on the assumption that while I might be happy with the concept of seriously injuring or killing adults, for some reason I'm vehemently opposed to injuring babies.
Ok
I mostly agree, but feel obliged to point out, that ‘baby on board’ signs are meant for paramedics, in case of an accident, because babies are quite fragile, and might break if they don’t receive immediate medical attention after a car crash.
@@esobelisk3110 that's interesting, never considered that, thanks!
Jon Gritton Yeah, it’s so paramedics know to look for a baby in the car. I think (although I could be wrong) that they were introduced after some bad accidents where the car was crushed so bad that the back seat, where the baby was, was no longer visible. Don’t quote me on that though, it’s been a while since I heard about it.
They also work a bit like an L plate, letting you know that the driver might do something unexpected because the baby distracted them.
Read it all in David's voice, congratulations
1:18 You obviously haven't done anything stupid around my dad. He'll give you a load of retrospective warning.
This reminds me of when people say "no offense" and often follow with something offensive anyway.
No offense, but you're a complete tool and the fact that you wrote this comment five years ago means you must also be of a very advanced age.
Nah, I'm kidding. Just being annoying. Sorry?
No offence...eat shit
No offence, but you've spelled "offence" incorrectly.
@@grahamlive I thought the Queen could care less?
Or saying, "Will all due respect," before saying something disrespectful. "With all due respect, that's bollocks what you just said."
The first clause of that last sentence is insufferably American, whilst the second is British.
"Reduce speed" signs in Australia have always shitted me. The sign doesn't know how fast I'm currently driving.
I've parked on front of one once. Not sure what it wanted me to do - Go backwards??? (oh, but that's moving as well...)
It's to let you know there's a sharp turn or sudden change in speed limit ahead. Pretty useful actually
Should they rather say "reduce your speed if you're driving faster then a certain amount"? Signs have to be short to be not distracting and fast to read
@James Bond I feel like a sign warning of possible children / wildlife would be more effective tbh
@@MrSqurk We have those in fact we even have special signs for "slow children" which of course are even more important to look out for if they've wandered onto a road.
It’s like Tumblr going ‘Friendly Reminder’ before immediately insulting you.
I like you
"there's no such thing as retroactive warning."
lol, it's actually one of my habits to say "watch out" after someone's already tripped. Or if they pick up something hot, I'll say "careful, that's hot."
i’m stealing this. thank you, person from 9 years ago.
My flatmate used to do this to people, and I found it quite funny. Usually when they dropped something - "Oops, looks like you've dropped your wallet there!" and point aggressively at it without helping them pick it up.
@VespaDesu - You'll fit right in if you're in Taiwan (or another Chinese-cultured place). I used to live there, & they all say "Be careful!" immediately AFTER you have an accident😅😮💨
I think that "polite notice" is intended for people to initially read it as "police notice" and maybe pay more attention to it.
Like those POLITE hi-vis jackets that cyclists/bikers/horse-riders wear that look very similar to POLICE.
I've always assumed it was just a nervous sign writer, the sort that always adds extra adjectives in the desperate hope that he will be able to communicate a level of meaning so precise and persuasive that all who gaze upon it cannot but cry aloud. "I never saw it like that before. Come, let us all do as this earnest and forthright sign commands; praise be its writer."
"It was not my Local Boots, except in the sense that it was local to the place I was currently standing, which was in front of it"
lol
"David Mitchell, PM" has such a nice ring to it... xD
"it's not *mine* it's *the* local boots....my chemist" I think it's *the* local chemist David
No such thing as retrospective warning. I'd never thought of that before. Thanks for uploading.
David mitchell is a god!!! The captions actually work!!!!
again, more proof, as if it were needed, that david mitchell is one of the funniest and most observant comedians around today
He wrote these with John finnemore as well who's brilliant, he does lots of radio stuff, you should check it out!
My favourite is "watch out for falling rocks" as a road sign... as if you could do anything when you see a great big rock plummeting towards you!
You could try getting out of the way
well, i like the written rants and the spontaneous panel show rants all the same. no need to choose one or the other, in fact, i appreciate the subtle differences betwixt the two. another great video , thanks kindly for sharing , cheers from san diego, -we here in san diego throw a "G" on the "no skateboarding" signs as to encourage a bit of cardio for the ever increasing population of rotund residents
Brilliance. Every time.
i love how at the end it goes "bulldog, available at your local boots"
Love this man
David doesn't like when something is named a certain way in hopes of people thinking that that thing is actually such a thing.
*Holy Roman Empire has left the chat.*
I love how the bulldog advert voice guy at the end is starting to become part of the humour now... It makes me lol :)
(polite notice:) "Shit you!!" 🤣🤣
The brute simplicity of his metaphors always kills me.
You were right, Mr. Mitchell. This was an odd thing for me to have chosen to watch. I do not quite know why, but I get special enjoyment from his more awkwardly phrased sentences, such as at 0:13. I think part of why I love them so much is because, as complicated and awkward as they sound, they are grammatically perfect! :)
love the sign he is sitting on...Please keep shirts done up!
This was just awesome.
I agree it feels like an attack being told things are Mine. ill request what's mine when the time is right, respectfully and thoughtfully
I like the "This sign is not in use" sign I saw attached to an overhead electronic motorway sign once. An utterly pointless exercise.
Reminds me of the 'this sign has sharp corners' one
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Eh, sometimes it's useful for when those signs display warnings or traffic information. To know it's switched off can be mildly useful, likewise with average speed cameras.
@Ganjamule I've never understood it. It would make more sense if they said "I liked the bit where....", but they don't, they just write a line from the video, I wonder why?
Thought this was going to be a rant about the ridiculousness of aliens being defeated by a glass of water.
"Shit you." Couldn't help but laugh out loud.
This is true of a lot of things that are labeled as an "Important" announcement or message. They seldom are.
My favourite is temporary traffic light signs. And new road layout.
It's a bit like Dr Farnsworth's catchphrase, "Good news everyone!"
Haha I love that Bulldog has started getting cheeky.
@alexdwsn Love that one. "This is the smoking area which, had we not put up this sign you're reading, would not have been designated."
My dream in life is to be in a game show with David Mitchell and utter the phrase "I could care less".
I miss the sponsored message
"David Mitchell's soapbox is brought to you by Bulldog, proudly available at your local Boots!"
Whereas I'm diabetic, so I do have that sort of relationship with my pharmacy. I'm in to pick up prescriptions most weeks. But carb counting makes eating out a bit of a pain, so I rarely go to pubs or restaurants. So, it turns out that some of us have local pubs and some of us have local pharmacies.
My local garage - yes actually the nearest one to my house - has a large sign saying "Shop the way you live". So they're inviting me to shop... dangerously?
These don't usually make me laugh, but rather smile in amusement. But 'this is where the Boots which is here is' made me laugh out loud..
@Tossphate
I used think exactly the same until I realised that they mean they don't make cereal for any other companies/supermarkets. Like how Heinz will make cheaper version of their baked beans for supermarkets etc. I think.
"Advanced warning" will be added to my list of Carlinisms, along with "Emergency situation" and "Final Destination".
It's also funny how David says he doesn't know what a retrospective warning is, and the proceeds to describe one 2 paragraphs later.
Pre-boarding
I've been in a situation where it wasn't an emergency before now.
Here in Murrica we don't have Polite Notices. This is a hilarious concept to me, I always thought that we were the kings of pretend chummy-ness.
Stop.
Wonderful and thoughtful comment of substantive wonderness
I said "stop".
I could easily rant for three minutes about people who tell other people what to do without any actual authority to do so. Are you trying to actually get them to do something? Or are you trying to express your disapproval of something without actually going through the effort of explaining what it is you disapprove of?
If you're hoping that saying Stop will make them stop, I can only assume that this is your first time on Planet Earth, in which case I encourage you to take some time and try talking to a human being at some point until you understand how they work. People are not going to take your orders if the only consequence to not doing that is the disapproval of a complete stranger on the internet, especially one without any information on why they should take the orders that you give. In fact, they will go out of their way to defy you because the human brain naturally responds to such things as a challenge or a threat.
If you're hoping to express your disapproval, then just saying things like "Stop" or "Don't" without any indication of what it is you want them to stop is completely meaningless and it would be equivalent, but clearer, if you would just say "I don't like something that you're doing, and also I think that I am better than you.", because that's exactly what everyone sees when they read your messages. Except, unlike "Stop", "Don't", etc., people don't, in addition, think you are too stupid to bother to at least be clear.
+Demonic Disembodied Head stop.
“Thank you in advance for your cooperation” always pissed me off, what if I don’t intend to do the thing the sign is asking?
It's meant to guilt-trip you.
Fantastic opening :D
the one that always gets me are the ones that say "thank you for driving carefully".... how would they know if people are driving carefully?
Thanks you for your patience is another one (how do they know I'm being patient?) as is the "please wait". Do I have any choice?
Anyway, I quite enjoy what are clearly audition tapes for Grumpy Old Men. I suppose David has to think about the future.
Arrrggghh! The red shirt is so red!
i love this guy... so angry at everything, but in a funny way... yeah
We don't have "two for one" in the US. We have "Buy One Get One Free" (BOGO). Our Walgreen's chain is now owned by Boots and the stores have changed to a more Boots-like appearance.
Mitchell's Law: objects do not automatically become whatever you label them.
@Pipweed
You do know that you can use the internet [the thing your on right now] to 'search' for the 'definitions' of words. Words are those things that you type....and that tend to mean stuff. Or, perhaps in your case, words are those things your keeper types for you on the other side of the locked door of your padded cell. Either way, what he said [translated into cretinous blather] is: you are barely worth the air you consume.
@DrDaveTierney A sign that could normally read watch out for potholes may then read "watch out" giving the driver a paranoid feeling that the person who set up the signs may be out to get them... which may very well be true.
DM is very good at reading JF's rants.
Ah, David's adorable anger...
most excellent!
I saw a sign in a supermarket that said, "Together we're using less bags". I grabbed a passing manager by the tie, yanked his face into my knee and said, "It's 'fewer' bags, not 'less' bags". Had the sign-makers opted to be more accusatory, I think they would have thought the phrase, "We're using too much bags" sounded wrong, and yet it fits perfectly with their original choice of grammar.
I didn't really assault the manager. The sign probably wasn't his fault.
Sad thing is there's a lot of people who, if you DON'T add "polite notice" will assume the most horrendously impolite things about you. They look at the note, realize it has no emotions to read, and start filling it in with however they were raised.
Oddly enough, I think those 'local pharmacy' signs are geared not towards the casual customer but to the 'power users': the elderly. Those folk who ARE generationally-inclined toward brand loyalty in all things, and who visit frequently enough (to keep themselves alive) to become familiar with the staff. Garaunteed they're spending more than those of us who simply go in for the odd throat-lozenge or headache tablets.
Brilliant!
@do0wop
Whether he is or not rest assured he writes it all himself. The fact that he changes cameras (3 or four times) would indicate they have many teleprompters or he just does it himself
0:43-1:10 is the single most well constructed sentence in the history of the english language
I'm surprised he didn't give out about sign spelling mistakes or the idea that some warning signs may distract drivers increasing the probability of crashing, then again anyone that easily distracted should be off the road but that method is a bit unfair to other drivers who could get crashed into. Then there's signs which are set up where they shouldn't be, like in a location besides some growing trees or bushes that may end up growing and covering or even hiding said signs. A sign that could
Is the notice polite, but not polite enough in and of itself to not be noticed.
My local pharmacy has adopted the slogan "With Us It's Personal," which I take to be vaguely threatening.
this is where the boots which is here is hahah genius
@bladelinger
I really doubt he'll run out of things to complain about...
I think the sponcer is limiting ( censoring?) what he is able to talk about...
'This is where the Boots which is here is'.
My first encounter with the 'Your local Boots pharmacy' was a friend (who lived nowhere near me) telling me his wife worked at 'Your local Boots pharmacy'.
My home town now has a 'Boots' and a 'Your local Boots pharmacy' within sight of each other. Am I to assume that the 'Your local Boots pharmacy' is more local than the 'Boots' 2 1/2 minutes walk away is?
@DragoonBoom Isn't all his stuff kind of "aspergers" humour? (rhetorical)
We don't have "Polite Notice" signs in the US, but Thank You For Not Smoking (etc.) is a common modern phenomenon.
@MrSammywow11 I think it's deliberate. This Bulldog crowd seem open to a bit of a slagging anyway considering they stuck with him as a long as they did.
It’s not just signs that do the ‘…your…” thing. On regional news programmes, a few year back, they started to introduce the weather forecast with phrasing like “Now here’s…… with your weather forecast” I stopped watching after a while. Since I didn’t want an extended boring drawl through the weather, only a small bit of which pertained to where I actually was going to be, I found it really annoying, I couldn’t care less about their forecast. I also objected to this patently insincere attempt to make me feel ownership over something I was sceptical of in the first place, like they were trying to make me feel licit would be my fault if it was wrong.
@Ganjamule me? Oh I am. I even have one, can you believe it!
@Ganjamule I agree.
I have a local supermarket to which I am somewhat loyal. In fact, I even have a chemist which I frequent almost unilaterally, I don't know the staff there though, so I guess it doesn't count. (this rambling comment brought to you by 2:38 in the morning. Coming soon to a timezone near you)
People at my work have an annoying habit of prefixing repetitive reminders with "Gentle Reminder". It is obviously a reminder and the fact that you presume that I didn't remember suggests that I am not organized enough to recall it. Its not "gentle", its insulting.
A few years ago, I saw the front cover of a magazine that informed me of something Jennifer Aniston was doing. It said, "Jen pops the question: marry me!"
My first thought was: "That's not a question".
My second thought was: "I don't care who she's saying that to or why she's saying it."
... And suddenly I'm wondering if there's something wrong with me because I *do* have a preferred local supermarket and chemist at which I have exactly that sort of relationship with the cashier/chemist/owner and which I do actually recommend to visiting friends...
Although, on second thought, I live in a very small country town...
I miss George. Hey, is the 666 in your nick a reference to the # of the beast, or are sixes just pudgy numbers and therefore representative of love handles? I'm sincerely curious (and most likely clueless, but I am also old and out of touch).
Yes.
I once read on the news that the police had a man arrested because he had left his cellphone on during his flight.
I find it incredible that the hostess should kindly ask us to switch off the cell phones, it should be an order, but it would be better if they where confiscated and returned afterwards.
I don't want to risk my life because a cinese doesn't understand english.
Bill Cosby has theoretically proven the concept of retroactive signage. You're driving along, *WHAM* and then you see a sign reading: "You have just hit a dip."
This came out yesterday but only just arrived in my sub box?
I really want to go into my "local" pharmacy now and say "bottle of the usual" in front of the whole store :)
Heehee, the first 10 seconds already made me laugh.
This is your local youtube.
Yes yours!
He says "My Local Boots" is not his but then he calls it "My local pharmacy"
@rigragtag He said the word tautology about 5 seconds before he said that :P
Surely there is no such thing as 'advance warning' due to the fact that it is still to all intents and purposes merely a warning
Sign, sign.
Everywhere a sign.
Blockin' out the scenery.
Breakin' my mind.
Do this. Don't do that.
Can't you read the sign?
I have loyalty to my local pharmacist, as well as my local delicatessen, grocery, and petrol station.
I know how I'm signing my next email. Also makes me wonder if there are less visible Apples than myself.
Decent Regards,
Invisibler Apple
there's a sign in a park near where i work reads 'Keep dogs on lead'
i always have a quiet chuckle when i think: surely lead is toxic to dogs?
I always thinking "no dog fouling" is funny. I always get a picture in my head of a footballer performing a sliding tackle on a daxhund.
@@bentilbury2002 Rofl! won't be able to get that image out of my head now. lol. You've brightened up mah day, cheers dude! ;o)
peace
And for his next episode, David Mitchell will appear holding a sign saying "GO AWAY WORLD". :-)
Incidentally the 'Your local Boots pharmacy' branches are those which used to be 'Alliance Pharmacy' in distinction from the ones just called 'Boots' which were already 'Boots', back when the 'Alliance Pharmacy' ones were called 'Alliance Pharmacy' and not called 'Your local Boots pharmacy'. But that somewhat takes the fun out of ranting, doesn't it.
awesomes!
The notice is a notice because it's noticed as a notice on the notice
Mitchell does what Dawkins does to religion to absolutely everything, it is magnificent.