Comments on: Don't Stay Here. (Boing Boing Flickr Pool) http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 23:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946704 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946704 I want to thank you for that. but i dont want to admit who i am I want to thank you for that.

but i dont want to admit who i am

]]> By: peterbruells http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946962 peterbruells Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946962 Which, incidentally, was what I read in English. Say, I should open a website with all the bad German encountered in US websites, literature and movies, but after seeing how much Apple has to pay for their server site, I think I won't. Which, incidentally, was what I read in English.

Say, I should open a website with all the bad German encountered in US websites, literature and movies, but after seeing how much Apple has to pay for their server site, I think I won’t.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946982 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946982 This brings up the movie "The Cube".... This brings up the movie “The Cube”….

]]> By: Teapunk http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946991 Teapunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946991 Because Snake might blow this rocket launcher through the air vents around several corners in your direction, of course. The more serious question is: Why would you want to stay there? Because Snake might blow this rocket launcher through the air vents around several corners in your direction, of course.
The more serious question is:
Why would you want to stay there?

]]> By: dmunky http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946487 dmunky Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946487 In Japanese, it says something closer to "Please don't linger around this area for an extended amount of time." In Japanese, it says something closer to “Please don’t linger around this area for an extended amount of time.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946491 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946491 No camping! No camping!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946493 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946493 You are not inside a banana. You are not inside a banana.

]]> By: dagfooyo http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946495 dagfooyo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946495 Before I read dmunky's comment I formed a whole different story in my head: Japanese hotel with horrible service asks a guest to translate a "wet floor" sign or something similar for them to put in their lobby. Guest surreptitiously replaces their intended signage with a warning to other guests... Before I read dmunky’s comment I formed a whole different story in my head:

Japanese hotel with horrible service asks a guest to translate a “wet floor” sign or something similar for them to put in their lobby. Guest surreptitiously replaces their intended signage with a warning to other guests…

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946497 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946497 Wouldn't dream of it. I'd soon feel like I was floating in a drug-testee's urine specimen following an extended Mountain Dew bender. Wouldn’t dream of it. I’d soon feel like I was floating in a drug-testee’s urine specimen following an extended Mountain Dew bender.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946518 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946518 Don't stay here...but get out of there! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W_szJ6M-kM Don’t stay here…but get out of there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W_szJ6M-kM

]]> By: jimkirk http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946539 jimkirk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946539 Just look at that paint job. Just look at it. Just look at that paint job. Just look at it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-947573 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-947573 The ubiquitous paint color works with the sign to achieve the desired objective. Reminds me of the use of Baker-Miller "Pink" in psychiatric hospital seclusion rooms. There are highly saturated colors that are so unpleasant to the human eye and sensory apparatus that they are literally disabling. In this case, the color selected looks to prompt flight in order to discourage lingering. Brilliant. The ubiquitous paint color works with the sign to achieve the desired objective. Reminds me of the use of Baker-Miller “Pink” in psychiatric hospital seclusion rooms. There are highly saturated colors that are so unpleasant to the human eye and sensory apparatus that they are literally disabling. In this case, the color selected looks to prompt flight in order to discourage lingering. Brilliant.

]]> By: tem dmindu http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946576 tem dmindu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946576 I'm reminded of a certain hallway in Metal Gear Solid 4. This sign deeply unsettles me; WHY can't we linger? I’m reminded of a certain hallway in Metal Gear Solid 4. This sign deeply unsettles me; WHY can’t we linger?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946594 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946594 I don't get why people complain about English in Japan. Japan is by far the most navigable country with a non-Roman alphabet for English speakers because of the signage. It's there entirely for your convenience and it's usually correct or mostly correct, even if a bit terse. Would you prefer to go to Russia where there is approximately zero written English to tell you what to do? Or would you prefer going to China where the English is produced entirely by autotranslation, resulting in marvels like "Fuck to fry the cow river"? I don’t get why people complain about English in Japan. Japan is by far the most navigable country with a non-Roman alphabet for English speakers because of the signage. It’s there entirely for your convenience and it’s usually correct or mostly correct, even if a bit terse. Would you prefer to go to Russia where there is approximately zero written English to tell you what to do? Or would you prefer going to China where the English is produced entirely by autotranslation, resulting in marvels like “Fuck to fry the cow river”?

]]> By: risu81 http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946596 risu81 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946596 About three years ago I worked on a project to help correct strange English on signs in a prominent building in Tokyo near Tokyo Station. Three years later, none of our suggestions were implemented. Not really much worth the time and effort put into the project. Although the horrid yellow walls do not ring a bell, the sign does. Who knows why nothing changed. Maybe they take pride in their Engrish and to change it would be too much to handle. ;) About three years ago I worked on a project to help correct strange English on signs in a prominent building in Tokyo near Tokyo Station. Three years later, none of our suggestions were implemented. Not really much worth the time and effort put into the project. Although the horrid yellow walls do not ring a bell, the sign does. Who knows why nothing changed. Maybe they take pride in their Engrish and to change it would be too much to handle. ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/dont-stay-here-boing.html#comment-946864 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946864 I accept your proposition, disturbingly-yellow hallway. I accept your proposition, disturbingly-yellow hallway.

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