RE: poor/misleading signage

["Lauren" <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>]

I would take a Sharpie to the sign and add misleading commas.  But that's
just me...

Lauren
 

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> Behalf Of Susan Hogarth
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 1:39 PM
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> Subject: poor/misleading signage
> 
> Someone who is addicted to the third person and hates punctuation
> carefully printed this sign at my workplace:
> 
> "Weapons concealed or otherwise are prohibited on these premises"
> 
> I *assume* the sign means:
> 
> "Weapons, concealed or otherwise, are prohibited on these premises."
> 
> But it COULD mean:
> 
> "Weapons concealed, or otherwise are prohibited on these premises"
> 
> So if I bring my weapon and keep it concealed, I should be OK, right?
> (yeah, as *if*!)
> 
> I suspect I'm too new here to actually ASK this question without
> getting a visit form the FBI - especially considering the ...err,
> enthusiasm... of some of my car's bumper strips.
> 
> The sign has been progressively distracting me; I just had to share
> with people I thought would understand :)
> 
> -- 
> Susan Hogarth
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