Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Sign Posts
June's not the ideal time to visit Doha, particularly this year. It's a hot one and we're regularly topping 45 C.
My sister's not easily put off though, so over she came...but what are you supposed to do with visitors when it's 44C outside?!
The obvious answer is to drive around the city, to check out the sign posts. Some great ones have appeared since she was here last time:
Let's start with some standard ones:
Then they slowly get more strange
My sister's not easily put off though, so over she came...but what are you supposed to do with visitors when it's 44C outside?!
The obvious answer is to drive around the city, to check out the sign posts. Some great ones have appeared since she was here last time:
Let's start with some standard ones:
TAKE CARE SPEED KILLS
KEEP YOUR CHILDREN SAFE
Then they slowly get more strange
DON'T BE BUSY WITH YOUR MOBILE PHONE
PEDESTRIAN'S SAFETY IS COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY
SPEED IS THE SHORTEST WAY TO DEATH
Before they finally descend into chaos:
DON'T KILL YOUR CHILDREN'S SMILE BY ACCIDENT
(far better to kill it on purpose)
TAKE CARE DRIVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION
(It's ok to drive in the wrong direction, but do it carefully)
ABIDE BY LANDMARKS
(Nope. I've no idea either.)
