I once saw a school’s sprinklers working–in the pouring rain!
A business named “CERTIFIED CHECK CASHERS” had signs in the windows, reading
“NO CHECKS CASHED.”
Seen anything just as silly?
Lawn sprinklers are set on timers, and it would be silly to hire personnel to manually turn them on and off, or monitor the weather and disable the sprinklers when it rains.
Does anybody remember when there were highway rest areas with restrooms? Bllind people would be expected to find their way up and down curbs between the hedges and around benches on the landscaped circular walkways to the bank of front doors, figure out which door was unlocked, go into the interior rotunda and find their way around all the racks of tourist literature to the walls, feel along the wall, determine which doors led to the restrooms, and then, for the benefit of the blind, locate a little tiny sticker on the door that said, in Braille, “Men” or “Women”, as any woman cared if a blind man blundered into the ladies’ room. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
There used to be, in the late 90s, perhaps early 2000s, a small dry cleaning outlet in the passageway that led from King’s Cross mainline station (in London) to the Tube.
In its window it had a sign, which read, in about 12" high text, “3 SHRITS CLEANED, £12”.
I got a million of them. People who pay good money to buy apparel that makes them walking advertisement displaying the logo for private for-for profit corporations (Hollister, Boston Red Sox, Harley Davidson, Nike, etc.), who otherwise have to pay media companies to carry their ads.
…I don’t think that’s silly at all.
Some systems have a sensor that either keeps the system off if it’s raining, or senses soil moisture and if it’s high enough the system stays off.
Is this a whoosh? 
Highway rest areas still exist, and it’s highly unlikely, to say the least, that a blind person is driving alone.
Uh, is this a joke? This is a joke, right?
I saw this next to a Dunkin’ Donut in Wilmington, NC.
This highly dangerous body of water was about 3’ x 6’, and at least a foot deep.
There was (not sure if it’s still there) an empty lot on JFK Blvd near Houston Intercontinental Airport that had a large sign stating the following:
PROPERTY NOT FOR SALE
Underneath that was a phone number, presumably of the realtor who was not selling the property.
I walked by a dry cleaner that advertised on its window “One Price Dry Cleaning”, and then proceeded to list the (different) prices for various items of clothing.
Some moron in a 4WD would probably try to cross it, get stuck, and sue.
I believe some people do that to skirt advertising laws. I don’t know the specifics, but I’ll bet that real estate person wasn’t allowed to advertise in that area or something like that.
In addition to them being on a timer or having a sensor that will shut them off, there’s actually a GOOD reason to water your lawn in the rain. When you water your lawn you need the water to get down about 6 inches (about 1-2 inches of water IIRC). Most people put their sprinkler out and move it around every 15 minutes or so when what they should be doing is moving it to a new spot every 1-2 hours. If the water doesn’t get down deep enough it’ll promote shallow root growth. Having said that, if you get, say, a half inch of rain, that’s a great time to go get your weekly lawn watering in, since you only have to ‘finish’ watering it.
Okay, my turn. I’ve been meaning to start a thread on this because I think it’s threadworthy. I had a lady walk around more or less topless for about a half hour in my store the other day. Boobs totally out. My cashier nicely mentioned it to her and she pulled her shirt back up (and acted like it was an accident) but one of my employees said as soon as she got outside she pulled it right back down.
if they could drive there then they could find the toilet.
O’Hare Airport in Chicago, 1983.
I was waiting for a plane to arrive, to greet an acquaintance. Older couple sitting nearby, quite normal looking. I guess the guy needed the personal attention of his wife, because she stood up and, using really tiny scissors, started trimming his ear hairs! Then, when finished with that, he tilted his head back and she started trimming his nose hairs! All in public.
So if the blind person is not alone, why does he need Braille on the restroom door? My point is, if he can get help to get the door, his help can lead him to the right door.
Back in the early 1990s I flew down to South Padre Island, to the new airport in Harlingen, Texas. At that time they only had a single gate. When I returned to the airport to fly home, I was sitting in the waiting area and heard this formal announcement: “Now arriving at Gate One…”
They could have just said, “The plane is here”. 
Duh… I wouldn’t have known if you hadn’t told me…:rolleyes:
…Yeah, not quite all you said in your earlier post.