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Re: ODD SIGNS
- Subject: Re: ODD SIGNS
- From: David McLoughlin <davemcl@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz>
- Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 19:14:07 +1200
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
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- References: <S7ic3.15144$PN5.38918@newsfeeds.bigpond.com> <01bebe2b$58b9df00$5e2e11cb@rodsmith> <3772E3AD.D13A8F22@omni.com.au> <3773F7EB.4B@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz> <01bec436$669d1040$552d11cb@rodsmith>
They must have had the same translator!
Roderick Smith wrote:
>
> In my Chinese carriage on a Beijing - Mongolia - Moskva train the English
> version of the Chinese sign beside the interior emergency-brake handle
> read: 'In emergency, pull the cock'.
>
> --
> Regards
> Roderick Smith
> Rail News Victoria Editor
>
> David McLoughlin <davemcl@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz> wrote in article
> > In the toilet of the Taj Express which runs between Delhi and Agra, I
> > was bemused indeed by the sign saying "foot operated cock."