Comments on: Move along, nothing to see here

By: protection asset

protection asset — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:47:03 +0000

careful not to wait there.

By: T-dub

T-dub — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:29:47 +0000

This is just stupid… i live in Hong kong and these signs are everywhere but they actually make sense. The context is cars waiting the person just didnt take a picture of the street. fail.

By: John

John — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:41:32 +0000

I saw this in Signspotting 2!

By: Southrop

Southrop — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:30:10 +0000

This is actually not Engrish or funny either. It specifically refers to waiting in a car, and is used in Hong Kong when there is a double yellow line at the side of the lane.

By: Vieve

Vieve — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:20:03 +0000

It is actually Chinese. Could be Mandarin or Cantonese…they use the same characters. The difference is in the pronounciation of those characters. (I’m a Chinese-Mandarin linguist)

By: Vieve

Vieve — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:17:05 +0000

That one means “to wait” or “etcetera” depending on the usage.

By: IsumoVamp

IsumoVamp — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:53:20 +0000

It’s sad when you read enough of these and eventually begin to understand them… I’m not saying I understand them…

Now I am “I understand some of these”

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:57:06 +0000

Hong Kong traffic sign. Correct translation: “No stopping here. Violators will be prosecuted.”

By: Mark. Gooley

Mark. Gooley — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:57:33 +0000

Ah, the dangers of trying to read meanings into pictograms based on their appearance…

By: Un Onymous

Un Onymous — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:39:25 +0000

Excuse me. I have to go. Somewhere there is a crime happening.

By: snooze

snooze — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:56:47 +0000

Not the sign you want to see at the DMV.

By: jamar

jamar — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:52:04 +0000

The two languages share some lettering, but the fact that the background practically screams “Hong Kong” should tell you that it’s Cantonese (Chinese isn’t one language, it’s composed of multiple dialects, of which Cantonese and Mandarin are the best-known- Cantonese is… different from the Mandarin spoken on most of the mainland, and it shows here).

By: dr_handle

dr_handle — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:39:13 +0000

Stop making Petty comments.

By: dr_handle

dr_handle — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:08:59 +0000

That might go part of the way to explaining why you have to demonstrate your own sandwich.

By: Much Glory Hopeful

Much Glory Hopeful — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:01:22 +0000

The waiting is the hard part…

By: insane

insane — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:03:54 +0000

…and waiters will be imprisoned.

By: scarecrow

scarecrow — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:11:29 +0000

Asianese maybe?

By: KittensRsoft

KittensRsoft — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:16:39 +0000

this actually doesn’t look like Chinese. Japanese maybe

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:48:13 +0000

“What do we want?”
“Action!”
“When do we want it?”
“Now!”
“Let’s eat the sandwiches first!”

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:43:27 +0000

…..after which, waiting becomes permanent.

By: Audball

Audball — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:02:04 +0000

Yes, I see it. The third one in the top row looks like a face…

By: ObscureWittyReference

ObscureWittyReference — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:45:45 +0000

In Soviet Russia, waiting prosecutes YOU.

By: dr_handle

dr_handle — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:43:03 +0000

Waiting is innocent! Waiting has been arrested on false charges! Free Waiting! *waves placard from sandwich-making demonstration*

By: dr_handle

dr_handle — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:41:44 +0000

Of course – sometimes, sit happens.

By: soberman

soberman — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:41:46 +0000

well, its better than executed…

By: Shelly

Shelly — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:10:56 +0000

No tip then.

By: LouCypher

LouCypher — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:56:03 +0000

Everyone hates waiting, including the government

By: my lamb is peetah

my lamb is peetah — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:00:41 +0000

Stopping your car here will be prosecuted.
The sign only shows up outside of shopping malls, subway stations etc in Hong Kong, where there are always drivers waiting to pick up passengers while blocking two lanes of the road.

By: ObscureWittyReference

ObscureWittyReference — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:55:19 +0000

Suspect that this might be “no loitering”? Although the rabbinical (orthodox – I don’t know others who always wear the large hats) explanations/descriptions are very amusing.

By: mamarosa

mamarosa — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:01:31 +0000

ACT NOW!

By: SmogMonster

SmogMonster — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:42:38 +0000

Then in the next picture one of the children leaps over a bar-stool, cheered on by the Rabbi.

By: I'm the chief

I'm the chief — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:16:39 +0000

One of the words in chinese look like a couple of school children walking under an umbrella accompanied by a Rabbi.

By: I'm the chief

I'm the chief — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:14:23 +0000

Probably the guy who took the picture is in Guantanamo right now…

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:09:07 +0000

Then I realised that the sign can mean, literally: Waiting will happen. Huh? :/

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:03:00 +0000

This must apply to the buffet.