Only in India - the weirdest photo

Nick-H · Nov 22nd, 2005, 15:01

Hey, FreeNote!!! Looked out the car window on Saturday and there was your Cool Mobile Mortuary sign!!!

kokopelli · Nov 22nd, 2005, 15:17

not quite the same but still

sirensongs · Nov 22nd, 2005, 17:49

Anyone tried submitting these to SIGNSPOTTING? I have yet to be able to figure out their weird email interface.

freenote · Nov 22nd, 2005, 19:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick-H

Hey, FreeNote!!! Looked out the car window on Saturday and there was your Cool Mobile Mortuary sign!!!

Cool

wendyo · Nov 22nd, 2005, 20:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katya

Not sure if this is the weirdest photo ever, but my hubby and I spent a good hour contemplating this sign early one morning at a Mumbai train station. In the end we decided it would be easier to take a photo and let everyone else try to explain it!

Katya,

This is clearly a sign indicating that spitting on babies in strollers is prohibited. (I have no clue, is that what the garbage cans look like in India? I guess there probably aren't a whole bunch of strollers around........)

wendyo

15 days to go before i'm off to the subcontinent for the first time!!!!

Nick-H · Nov 22nd, 2005, 22:17

Thanks Tim, I would never have caught up with that without the translation

Anyone know where I can get a brain service?

TimMakins · Dec 4th, 2005, 01:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick-H

Thanks Tim, I would never have caught up with that without the translation

Quite subtle, huh? You wouldn't be the first not to understand it! Here's one that's a bit more straight forward. It was taken in Kolkata, near the Belur Math...

Tim, currently in Ireland.

TimMakins · Dec 6th, 2005, 01:33

Here's an interesting one that I took in Tiruvananathapuram. Its bound to appeal to all our lady readers.

I guess the advert would read something like this...
Is your sari looking a bit dull these days? Not as shiny as when you first bought it? Are your neighbours starting to talk? Then come to the 'International Dry Cleaners' and let us put a new polish on it...

What IS this all about ???

Mystified Tim in Ireland.

Auntyji · Dec 6th, 2005, 03:04

If I am correct, sari polishing refers to the polishing of the gold threadwork ("zari") on the sari border and pallu. Sometimes the zari becomes dull or tarnished if the quality is not very good, and I think that's when the sari may be sent for "polishing"...guess they make the zari shiny again somehow.

Nick-H · Dec 6th, 2005, 13:37

I've wondered too about that. You see it all over

TimMakins · Dec 6th, 2005, 16:13

Thanks for explaining that, Auntyji. I guess they must have *very* small scrubbing brushes.

OK everyone, its your turn now. All those digital cameras out there: I'm sure you've got at least *one* weird photo of India that you'd like to share with us...

Dennis-M · Dec 6th, 2005, 16:56

This is my pic

Nick-H · Dec 6th, 2005, 18:29

Sari polishing again...

someone told me it was what they do to saris that have a crepe (whoa! isn't that a pancake? Not sure what I mean) texture that would be entirely lost if cleaned and ironed normally.

I'm sure Auntyji is the authority here!

Auntyji · Dec 6th, 2005, 20:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick-H

Sari polishing again...

someone told me it was what they do to saris that have a crepe (whoa! isn't that a pancake? Not sure what I mean) texture that would be entirely lost if cleaned and ironed normally.

This is what I found when I looked up the word - "Crêpe (also crape) is a type of woven or knitted fabric with a wrinkled surface. Thin crêpe is called crêpe de Chine ("Chinese crêpe")".

I think you can't wash some fabrics with a crinkly texture because the crinkles would be washed/ironed out. So I guess they have to be dry-cleaned.

Lakshmi Bhabi · Dec 7th, 2005, 10:13

I think Sari polishing is the same as 'finishing'...sarees are cleaned and then wrapped around a.... (pole?) to straighten and smooth them until they are crispy (I've seen them being left out in the sun - they look like new bolts of fabric.

Nov 22nd, 2005, 15:17	#17
kokopelli Sabai Sabai Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 227	sweety international not quite the same but still Attached Thumbnails __________________ my old photo gallery \| houseboats in Kashmir

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Nov 22nd, 2005, 15:01	#16
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,197	Hey, FreeNote!!! Looked out the car window on Saturday and there was your Cool Mobile Mortuary sign!!!

Nov 22nd, 2005, 22:17	#21
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,197	Thanks Tim, I would never have caught up with that without the translation Anyone know where I can get a brain service?

Dec 6th, 2005, 01:33	#23
TimMakins Surprised and Delighted by Life Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: On the road... Posts: 1,010	Here's an interesting one that I took in Tiruvananathapuram. Its bound to appeal to all our lady readers. I guess the advert would read something like this... Is your sari looking a bit dull these days? Not as shiny as when you first bought it? Are your neighbours starting to talk? Then come to the 'International Dry Cleaners' and let us put a new polish on it... What IS this all about ??? Mystified Tim in Ireland.

Dec 6th, 2005, 03:04	#24
Auntyji One tight slap! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York Posts: 323	If I am correct, sari polishing refers to the polishing of the gold threadwork ("zari") on the sari border and pallu. Sometimes the zari becomes dull or tarnished if the quality is not very good, and I think that's when the sari may be sent for "polishing"...guess they make the zari shiny again somehow.

Dec 6th, 2005, 13:37	#25
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,197	I've wondered too about that. You see it all over

Dec 6th, 2005, 16:13	#26
TimMakins Surprised and Delighted by Life Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: On the road... Posts: 1,010	Thanks for explaining that, Auntyji. I guess they must have very small scrubbing brushes. OK everyone, its your turn now. All those digital cameras out there: I'm sure you've got at least one weird photo of India that you'd like to share with us...

Dec 6th, 2005, 18:29	#28
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,197	Sari polishing again... someone told me it was what they do to saris that have a crepe (whoa! isn't that a pancake? Not sure what I mean) texture that would be entirely lost if cleaned and ironed normally. I'm sure Auntyji is the authority here!

Dec 7th, 2005, 10:13	#30
Lakshmi Bhabi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 212	I think Sari polishing is the same as 'finishing'...sarees are cleaned and then wrapped around a.... (pole?) to straighten and smooth them until they are crispy (I've seen them being left out in the sun - they look like new bolts of fabric.