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Fons Baerken

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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #150 on: January 13, 2018, 16:04:16 »
I love my petrol for breakfast :)

Pet roll :)

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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #151 on: January 13, 2018, 17:22:28 »
  L'autre sens unique... by ArchiVue, sur Flickr

Another "very French" no-way sign... ;D
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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #152 on: January 13, 2018, 17:25:45 »
  Chantier... by ArchiVue, sur Flickr

Another No way, "worker" sign with the works in the background... ;)
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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #153 on: January 21, 2018, 01:54:55 »
Not my photograph:

I just saw this and found it hilarious...



Italian sense of humor...

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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #154 on: January 23, 2018, 06:10:28 »
A couple of recent ones from Panama and Costa Rica:


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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #155 on: January 23, 2018, 11:19:02 »
Not my photograph:

I just saw this and found it hilarious...



Italian sense of humor...

It seems to be  a trend in our EU cities  ;)
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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #156 on: January 23, 2018, 11:21:52 »
Palissade de chantier... by ArchiVue, sur Flickr

Some other funny design on a work fence for our middle age museum in Paris  ;)
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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #157 on: January 23, 2018, 12:08:53 »
Jacques, the design looks indeed intriguing.  Is this archangel (?) engraved?

Correction: the angel itself seems to be a woodcarving and screwed onto the wall.
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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #158 on: January 23, 2018, 15:29:17 »
Hi Akira, the angel is a flat 2D picture (a quality one), while the workers are hand drawn, the whole thing is screwed to the fence... :)
I'll show some others in a few days, as the wooden fence itself is an allusion to the museum as most fences today (for works) are metallic !

It's like a comic strip all along the fence showing some of the artifacts we have in that museum that sits in the Roman Thermes of Lutèce (Paris in Roman times) plus some late additions circa 1200 AD. Today there is a great refurbishment of the whole museum, opening rooms under the Boulevard St Michel and playing with a small middle-age garden and a chapel, thus the need for a high fence... :o
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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #159 on: January 23, 2018, 18:19:46 »
Warning.
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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #160 on: January 23, 2018, 19:09:17 »
"Piquant" (in English)... 8)
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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #161 on: January 23, 2018, 19:40:42 »
South Korea is a rich source.
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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #162 on: January 23, 2018, 20:37:19 »
Hi Akira, the angel is a flat 2D picture (a quality one), while the workers are hand drawn, the whole thing is screwed to the fence... :)
I'll show some others in a few days, as the wooden fence itself is an allusion to the museum as most fences today (for works) are metallic !

It's like a comic strip all along the fence showing some of the artifacts we have in that museum that sits in the Roman Thermes of Lutèce (Paris in Roman times) plus some late additions circa 1200 AD. Today there is a great refurbishment of the whole museum, opening rooms under the Boulevard St Michel and playing with a small middle-age garden and a chapel, thus the need for a high fence... :o

Jacques, thank you for the details of the situation.  What a pleasantly deceptive fence!  Your treatment push that even further.  :D
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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #163 on: January 23, 2018, 22:41:17 »
Speaking of warnings, here's a useful one from Panama.  They're not kidding either.

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Re: [Theme] Signs and Billboards
« Reply #164 on: January 23, 2018, 23:31:38 »
Anthony: Must be because of bees or snakes nest... ::)

Matthew: Such a small sign for such a great threat ? :o
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