Comments on the wall!!

ebby · Mar 1st, 2008, 22:02

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Originally Posted by kalbarri

"mens and womens HAIRDRESSES salon" was one i saw in trivandrapurum. there is another thread somewhere here that has lots of photos of signs. very funny. someone else might be able to guide you to it.

Thats a new one - Trivandrapuram - a mix of the british Trivandrum & Indian Thiruvanthapuram - more funny than "mens and womens HAIRDRESSES salon" !

Aishah · Mar 1st, 2008, 22:20

There are some gems of couplets by Border Roads Org. out our way - next time I'm out driving must note some of them down. Unlike roads in Himachel and Uttarkhand near the Border, ours are really good, well-sealed and ready for the troops to be deployed rapidly!
Brishti - I read yours as 'Don't be shellfish, Eat fish' ! Maybe put up by fish market to encourage buying?

Sama · Mar 1st, 2008, 23:01

straight and to the point

brishti · Mar 1st, 2008, 23:44

aisha: dont be shellfish - eat fish - on a milestone

yup you're probably right, one of em fishy bengalee startegies!

printed on "Chellaram" stores, Ooty, take-away bags:

I love shopping at

Chellarams

All Require Men Is
Under One Roof

Ooty - Nilgiris

now, THAT is one serious declaration

:brishti

Dilliwala · Mar 1st, 2008, 23:45

Quote:

All Require Men Is
Under One Roof

saajan_20 · Mar 2nd, 2008, 02:08

saw this one at a restaurant s drinking water tap
haath dhona mana hai was nicely written in hindi and then the painter with his limited english language skill s went ahead to write
DONT WASH IN THE HANDS

Munivar · Mar 3rd, 2008, 02:49

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Originally Posted by brishti

a

milestone as you're entering bengal by road:

dont be selfish
eat fish

[i'd really really appreciate an interpretation of that-a-one. anybody?]

:brishti

Bengalis are rather fond of fish. You can find even the supposedly vegetarian Bengali Brahmin community eating fish. I had one insist that fish is vegetarian.

Chennai-vaasis will know this. Most of the autos have some 'philosophical' stuff written in the back. I remember this one

"Seerum Paambai Nambu
Sirikkum Pennai Nambaathey"

You can trust a hissing snake but not a smiling woman.

Aishah · Mar 3rd, 2008, 08:12

Brshti - I love that one! Excellent sign, YogaGal - need these prominently displayed around the Fort wall - there is one sign with lots of rules and that's one of them but no one reads it.

Nick-H · Mar 3rd, 2008, 10:36

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I had one insist that fish is vegetarian.

Some fish are vegetarian!

brishti · Mar 3rd, 2008, 11:04

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

Some fish are vegetarian!

lol nick!!!

signage in kannur:

PSYCHO CLINIC
[Psycho Homeo Treatment Centre]

what was that about finding your true/inner/outer/under/above self

:brishti

Prashant.M · Mar 3rd, 2008, 11:13

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

Some fish are vegetarian!

Good one Nick!

Khak · Mar 3rd, 2008, 11:53

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Originally Posted by Prashant.M

Good one Nick!

I know one colleague from goa who calls himself a fishiterian - he takes fish but not chicken/mutton.

In bengal in some families mutton cooked without onion & garlic is considered vegeterian food while chicken is considered non-vegeterian; that's not all, even chholar dal (soup made of bengal gram) is consered non-vegeterian.

Nick-H · Mar 3rd, 2008, 11:58

Dal is definately non-veg.

It's cruel too: the way those lentils are boiled until they are nearly dead --- and then smashed!

praks · Mar 3rd, 2008, 12:55

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

Dal is definately non-veg.

It's cruel too: the way those lentils are boiled until they are nearly dead --- and then smashed!

A lot of potatoes undergo the same fate too...Tsk!

Nick-H · Mar 3rd, 2008, 14:51

...After having their eyes cut out!

Wicked, these vegetarians!

.

Mar 1st, 2008, 22:20	#17
Aishah She-who-must-be-obeyed! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jaisalmer Posts: 5,046	There are some gems of couplets by Border Roads Org. out our way - next time I'm out driving must note some of them down. Unlike roads in Himachel and Uttarkhand near the Border, ours are really good, well-sealed and ready for the troops to be deployed rapidly! Brishti - I read yours as 'Don't be shellfish, Eat fish' ! Maybe put up by fish market to encourage buying? __________________ "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."

Mar 1st, 2008, 23:01	#18
Sama a pain in the asana Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: the India inside my heart Posts: 5,354	straight and to the point __________________ *My India, 2005-2008* BE THE REVOLUTION

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saajan_20 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: bombay {mumbai} Posts: 322	saw this one at a restaurant s drinking water tap haath dhona mana hai was nicely written in hindi and then the painter with his limited english language skill s went ahead to write DONT WASH IN THE HANDS

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Aishah She-who-must-be-obeyed! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jaisalmer Posts: 5,046	Brshti - I love that one! Excellent sign, YogaGal - need these prominently displayed around the Fort wall - there is one sign with lots of rules and that's one of them but no one reads it.

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