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Random Image meaning.

Post by omae no kaasan » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:11 pm

It says "Watch for Children' It's a common sign in areas where children will be walking in the early morning hours on their way to school so commuters don't clobber them. I believe they recently started gaining popularity in the US. I've seen a few of those scary-looking bright yellow humanoid figures with signs that say 'SLOW'.

Those signs in Japan have cleverly been disguised as popular children's comic and animation characters. Most of those I've personally seen are Pikachu's or other Pokemon.

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Re: Random Image meaning.

Post by Dayspring » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:00 pm

omae no kaasan wrote:It says "Watch for Children' It's a common sign in areas where children will be walking in the early morning hours on their way to school so commuters don't clobber them. I believe they recently started gaining popularity in the US. I've seen a few of those scary-looking bright yellow humanoid figures with signs that say 'SLOW'.

Those signs in Japan have cleverly been disguised as popular children's comic and animation characters. Most of those I've personally seen are Pikachu's or other Pokemon.
I can't believe I didn't make the connection! I've got Pikachus and Spongebobs all over the elementary school near me! Thanks for the info!
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Post by Son Goku » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:14 pm

Thank god Patrick Star hasn't been put on a sign. He's actually dumb enough to encourage the kids to run out in the street and get run over. Then again, Garfield has been encouraging kids to "drag out into the street and shoot" adults since the late eighties. :P
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