My apologies to those who have commented. This was the first post I have scheduled using Blogo and something went wrong. The image reduced so that the words that should have been the focus of attention were the smallest. The point was "Stornoway - Paris - New York". Or perhaps it's not that funny and just amused me.
I once saw a mechanical coin-operated kiddie's horse in front of a grocery store with a sign on it, "The horse is out of order." I stood and laughed like an idiot, because all I could think of was some sort of committee meeting, and the chairman banging his gavel and shouting, "The horse is out of order!" People walking past no doubt thought I was nuts!
Oh DeeDee that is so funny. I've just been recounting it and all agree. I shall never look at a horse again without thinking of that. Doubtless at some stage someone in a while coat will come and take me away.
I remember it well DeeDee. The only problem is that I always used to get confused (it's very easy to confuse me though) and think that it was a song by The Scaffold back in the sixties. It took me years to get it into my head that it was by an American (whose name I can no longer remember but I do recall that he called I'm self Napoleon Something on the label).
I love to see funny things on vans. In New Zealand we saw a van that said "Don't sleep with a drip - call xxx plumber" (can't remember the name of the plumbers, but I am sure I would use them if I lived there!)
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Thanks for the smile.
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ReplyDeleteDidn't "get" the joke until I read Adrian's reply. Well done!
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OK I have given it five minutes but I still don't get the joke. (I can hear you now, Mr. Edwards, saying, "oh, those dim-whitted Americans!")
ReplyDeleteThe more comments added here, the less sure I get if I'm seeing all there is to it or not!
ReplyDeleteMy apologies to those who have commented. This was the first post I have scheduled using Blogo and something went wrong. The image reduced so that the words that should have been the focus of attention were the smallest. The point was "Stornoway - Paris - New York". Or perhaps it's not that funny and just amused me.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought! But then I started wondering if perhaps there was something else as well that I was missing!
DeleteNo Monica you were bang on target.
DeleteI once saw a mechanical coin-operated kiddie's horse in front of a grocery store with a sign on it, "The horse is out of order." I stood and laughed like an idiot, because all I could think of was some sort of committee meeting, and the chairman banging his gavel and shouting, "The horse is out of order!" People walking past no doubt thought I was nuts!
ReplyDeleteOh DeeDee that is so funny. I've just been recounting it and all agree. I shall never look at a horse again without thinking of that. Doubtless at some stage someone in a while coat will come and take me away.
DeleteDoyou remember the old song, "They're coming to take me away - ha ha " or some such nonsense? LOL
DeleteHugs, DeeDee
I remember it well DeeDee. The only problem is that I always used to get confused (it's very easy to confuse me though) and think that it was a song by The Scaffold back in the sixties. It took me years to get it into my head that it was by an American (whose name I can no longer remember but I do recall that he called I'm self Napoleon Something on the label).
DeleteThanks for the chuckle. Those Small Job vans we saw in Mangonui come to mind.
ReplyDeleteAh yes Pauline.
DeleteI love to see funny things on vans. In New Zealand we saw a van that said "Don't sleep with a drip - call xxx plumber" (can't remember the name of the plumbers, but I am sure I would use them if I lived there!)
ReplyDeleteJenny there is a company in Christchurch that uses that slogan although I can't remember its name (not that that matters to either of us!)..
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