Granite BMW car monument
- 11 May 2010 20:5951368colin
not so much about uncivilised as disrespectful in my opinion.
jean has a point about it being in a public cemetary. - 12 May 2010 09:5351396Don't mock this thread with bad puns, Sid. It's a grave subject.True friends stab you in the front.
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12 May 2010 10:2451404leading to a dead end job on minimum wages.
- 12 May 2010 10:4451411I suppose you two think you're dead funny - see you've got me at it now!
- 12 May 2010 10:5151414I have to say, Jeane, Andy, Brian, that I am appalled by you lack of reverance!
(it's in there somewhere gang) - 12 May 2010 10:5251415Actually I did a book called Dead Funny which is amusing photos I have taken over the years in cemeteries - things like a pair of trainers left beside a grave, a bicycle propped up beside one, signs with 5 mph limits, Slow path and the one below I won a top 20 place in the Times Sign of the Times competition. It's a pedestrian sign pointing at the ground! The book actually started when I photographed a sign saying 'Danger of death' on some electrical cables inside a cemetery gate - it amused me no end!
- 12 May 2010 11:2051420Ah, the "Danger of Death" signs. Reminds me of the time I managed the building of a new computer suite in France.
The suite was protected by smoke detectors and halon gas (okay in those days but not now) and cctv. For those who don't know, halon gas was the standard fire suppressant some years ago. When set off, halon gas basically removes oxygen from the environment and thereby kills any fire, almost instantly.
Anyway, recognising the French smoked wherever they fancied, I figured the last thing needed was for one to be in the room smoking and to set off the halon gas. Death would come pretty quickly. Hence, I arranged big "Danger of Death" signs, in French and English, for the door of the computer suite AND inside the suite itself.
Visiting some days later I was greeted by a pile of cigarette ends just inside the computer suite! Aparently the French workers disabled the fire protection systems when they wanted a smoke. I forced the local manager to sit and watch several hours of boring cctv footage until such times as we had identified the rogues, all of whom were invited to go and work elsewhere.
To this day I wonder if a "No Smoking - Danger of being sacked" notice would have been more effective? - 15 May 2010 10:3952048I have just heard this story mentioned on Jonathan Ross - surely this web site has real notoriety now!!
