Via Miss Cellania, we not only learn of the existence of a universally understood slipping hazard sign, a wet floor marker in the shape of a banana peel but also there is a whole sub-site devoted to their sightings. We’ve never encountered such a warning (we wonder where they are most common as opposed to the foldable one that props up) and though the trope of the obstacle and the prat fall certainly still are prevalent and comprehensible, it seems a little ironic that the cultivation practises of the fruit has led to the extinction of the variety that was particularly prone to cause tumbling, prompting concern for public safety in the mid-nineteenth century when importation became especially popular in America (leading to the gag) and municipal ordinances (with posted signage) regarding their proper disposal.
synchronoptica
one year ago: the Dark Forest of the Internet plus outsourcing one’s outlet
two years ago: assorted links to revisit
three years ago: Trump harasses election officials plus more facts gleaned from the past year
four years ago: AI generated beetles, an anti-Bob Ross, a book on bricks plus cities coping with sea-level rise
five years ago: preserving the present plus more links to enjoy
