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carignan says:

Forget the fine. If I'm dead who pays?
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

I think I share Carignan´s point...
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

"Hello, Mrs. Duckworth? Yes, we're afraid your husband touched the tramwire wires. Yes. Ma'am, he was killed instantly. We're terribly sorry ma'am.

"Now, we must inform you Mrs. Duckworth, that there's a $200.00 fine, and as the caretaker of your husband's estate...

"Mrs. Duckworth..? Hello..?"
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

gruntzooki says:

god DAMN that's funny!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Acid Zebra says:

kickass!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

This remind me of... this:

"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."
-Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina

"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record." Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

snow man says:

maybe they take $200 worth of jewllery/clothing from you. it's not like you're going to object.. instsnt death has been inflicted
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

davextreme says:

Maybe it's so they can make you pay to have your own body cleaned up.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

Whoa. This page has been viewed over 3,200 times in 12 hours. Probably the bloggers.... Thanks y'all! And kudos to Jamis at Bucks for "finding" the sign.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

JIMWICh says:

Ahahaha! That's hilarious.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

bob gamble says:

Great pic
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

Just like the signs and adds you find in Japan... those are writen in ENGRISH, tho
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

GustavoG says:

It doesn't say YOU die if YOU touch them. Touching them causes somebody to die instantly.

Hey, just trying to make sense of it...
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

quas says:

Haha! That is really funny, in a twisted sort of way.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

... has left the building [deleted] says:

OMG, that's even better than alligator molesting! :D
Thanks for the link, Alieness!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

... has left the building [deleted] says:

This should definitely go to the DANGER group!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

doctor paradox says:

rofl!! so sadistic!! i'd hope the death factor would be deterrent enough...
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

m.a.x says:

Engrish is seriously one of the funniest sites on the web. Period.

This is a great sign :)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

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Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

macfixer says:

Classic. I spit "Spiced Pepsi" out my nose. Ow.

//k
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Nell M says:

Haha! "Your kid died when he touched the wires. Now pay me!"
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

m71 says:

The sign looks modern, but no place called Newcastle has had trams for 50 years - so I wonder where Jamis "found" it?
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

I should ask him when I get back.... Did you check the U.K. and Australia?
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

Please look here... NEWCASTLE TRAMWAY

"In the first half of the twentieth century, the tram was the dominant form of public transport in many of the urban areas of the North-East of England. These images from my collection are mostly from the interconnected Gateshead and Newcastle tramway systems, with a few others from North Shields, South Shields and Sunderland."

Here some more modern pictures.

I haven´t gone further in my search because it seems to be this all about. As you suggested, J. 0-)
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

Btw, is jamis still searching for his cat?... 0-P

Now... maybe this is not a sign... this is the picture of a sign which was about a picture of a sign that was a picture of a frame of a VHS video cropped from a japanesse tourist going down the Newcastle trams 50 years ago but his cammera was so modern that the shoot looks up to date...

|-)
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

m71 says:

Well, the fine is in dollars, which rules out Newcastle in England, and also Australia before the late sixties - long after their Newcastle's tram system closed down.

So, I wonder where and when?
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

That is the universal symbol for money. Doesn´t mean only dollars. Such a common confusion US people help to spread. In most countries money figures are represented that way.

Anyway... you know M71, I don´t care neither when nor where. It makes me and 13000 people laugh and it´s more than enough for me. =)
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

m71 says:

The dollar sign may be a generic money symbol in many countries perhaps, but never in official use in England or in pre-decimal Australia.

You don't care - I do :-)! Any problem with that?
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

No, dear, no problem at all. Problems are other things far away from this place. |-)

Good luck with your quest.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

wow... Alieness has a good point. 13k viewers, and one guy forgets to take his meds.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

GustavoG says:

Taken from the World Wide Words newsletter -

Newcastle tram depot Michael Mellor and others doubt the veracity of the sign mentioned in the Sic! column last week. He points out that the depot closed in 1950, 16 years before Australia converted its currency to dollars. It looks very much like a hoax, despite the convincing photograph posted online.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

press delete
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

Gustavo: thanks! Did the article disappear? The selection you give sounds like M71's point.

My theory: it was the American tourists that kept getting fried, so they tried to make it easier on them to pay. So the current signs have the Visa and Mastercard logos.

This just in from Jamis, which clears everything up:
"The story of the sign is long and sordid, like life. I will fill you in as it develops."

And why are we so Australia-centric? Have we checked the tramways at these places that take dollars (or dollarettes):

Newcastle. New Brunswick, Canada. 47.00 N 65.34 W
Newcastle. Ontario, Canada. 43.55 N 78.35 W
Newcastle. California, U.S.A. 38.53 N 121.08 W
Newcastle. Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. 47.36 N 122.19 W
New Castle. Delaware, U.S.A. 39.39 N 75.34 W
New Castle. Indiana, U.S.A. 39.55 N 85.22 W
New Castle. Kentucky, U.S.A. 38.26 N 85.10 W
New Castle. New Hampshire, U.S.A. 43.03 N 70.43 W
New Castle. Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 41.00 N 80.20 W
Newcastle Mine. Alberta, Canada 51.28 N 112.46 W
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

GustavoG says:

Did the article disappear?

No idea. I follow that newsletter via the RSS feed...
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

marymactavish says:

They loot your pockets.
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

compujeramey says:

Very nice.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

stephanson says:

If you stay alive after that your not lucky or run as fast as you can
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

minianna.com says:

LOL!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

bhell13 says:

heh heh.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

dvanvliet says:

where can i acquire such magical wires?
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

Hey, according to the new Flickr "interestingness" algorithm, this was the most interesting photo of the day, thanks to your collective input ... yahoo!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

!efatima says:

heh!!!! good catch steve!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Kees Smans says:

Congratulations!
This image is Flickr - Interesting #1 photo for October 29th 2004.

Would you please add it to the group Flickr - Interesting daily #1 moments?
It will be a great addition!
Please read the conditions of the group first.
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Please, only post your #1 photo, if you will meet the conditions.

If you have already post your #1 photo, you can read this comment like unwritten.

Thanks you all, for uploading your #1 Photo.
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Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

MsAnthea says:

ROFLOL!!!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

waynemethod says:

Is this real? The number of view I see is 23841. Can this be possible? Wow. Congratulation.
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

What is real? =)
The number was.

These photos have even more views:

Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

Your close encounter with Elastigirl has almost 25.000 views up to date. How could it be otherwise?

Odd enough I think I remember the day you posted that. It was mother´s day here. It was a year ago, it was a very tough weekend for me. How could I foresee that day that would be happening one year after? Life is pandora´s box.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

racingsquirrel says:

If it wasn't for the fine, I would touch them... consider this for the new group that I made for times like this one, It's All Wrong Thanks!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

racingsquirrel says:

thanks for posting!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Automatt says:

What does the fine enforce here?
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Sospitis says:

fantastic
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Ph@T [deleted] says:

English humor, i love it :)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Solitaire1 [deleted] says:

...!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Graeme Smith says:

Oh, thats just too good! ;-)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Dan'o says:

I love signs like this!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Meredith James says:

Hi there could you possibly contribute to www.flickr.com/groups/healthandsafety/ your help would be greatly appreciated!
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

estacey says:

i'll take the fine, thanks.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

elevenbravo138 says:

LOL!
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Doug Solomon says:

Fabulous! Amazing how many comments you've gotten on this one.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Diabolis says:

Maybe theres a chance of touching them and surviving, if you do you have to pay the fine.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Badison says:

Ha ha ha
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

Badison, you surely mean... Ho ho ho! ;)

M´xmas!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

!!sahrizvi!! (back in Dubai) says:

oh amazing ..I was the 27,206th viewer on this Christmas of 2005!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Anders Viklund says:

=))
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

hoolebronx says:

one more view - simple, funny, great...
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

sarmax says:

ahahahahah
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

photojennic says:

This is funny, I can't stop laughing. Do they go through your pockets after you're dead?
If you like signs please visit me at:
www.flickr.com/photos/photojennic/sets/943815 /
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

*hb19 says:

This is a great find. Well done.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

ZinK says:

Hahahahaha
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

!MimosaMicheMichelle! says:

Rational of the sign:
considering that presumably everyone has been taught by their parents and other adults to never touch electricity, few people would actually think of touching an electric wire in a subway. I expect that a fine would be for those who venture too close.

Humour of the sign:
considering that everyone loves a good laugh, it does not really matter if the sign is real or fake. Would you question the logic or veracity of what you would see or read in a comic strip? The point of posting the photo of this sign is to make us laugh.

I am the 29465th person to get a good laugh!

Thanks Steve and Jamis and whomever else is involved.

True or a hoax, the effect is very hillarious !

Success!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

The Coyote says:

I wonder what happens if you just pee on the wires.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

Oh, that's just a urinary track infraction
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

!MimosaMicheMichelle! says:

LOL!!!

From which you might get a

myocardial infarction...

:(........:(

But if you touch the wires, your heart will probably go into

ventricular fibrillation... :(
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

BellaGaia says:

good grief -- everybody and their mama has looked at this -- including me LOL
i just wanted to say that instant death is a WEE bit more of a deterrent than a 200 buck fine
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

MonkeyBoy69 says:

Yes.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Ran_d says:

LMAO!!!!!
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Atomook says:

Truly classic! Try to take $200 from me and some one's gonna die :)
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Adam LaStrange says:

nice sign
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Pockafwye says:

What were they thinking??? LOL

The World Through My Eyes
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

bill.fu says:

For something that serious the fime should be greater.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

kittymax says:

Oh! How I love this sign and it's caption! Brilliant!

From: "The World Through My Eyes" Group
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

cocolinda says:

hahah funny shot!!!
the world through my eyes
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

rdmegr says:

Thanks for the chuckle.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

ocloclop says:

This is absolutely delicious!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Acid Zebra says:

No, I think you'll find this is Flickr. Del.icio.us is that other site ;)
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Cherry Moon says:

Haaaaaa!!! Ironic, eh??
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Matt McGee says:

LOL!! Gotta fave this one for future laughs. :-)

Signs Theme Thread at
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

borealnz says:

I love this sign!! Fantastic capture!!

Thanks for sharing in our "Signs" theme thread
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

glindsay65 says:

Made me laugh.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Tim, Beatles Lover. says:

that made me giggle
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

glindsay65 says:

Made me laugh.

Again.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

baukie52 says:

Who knows how regulators think, or don't think......so funny...good one
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

tanakawho says:

Ha,ha,ha! Which is worse, an instant death or a $200 fine?
Saw this in 36th contest-- Signs thread.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Osc. says:

I think the cashiers name would be St. Peter.

You scored 4/5 on the Funny Meter at www.flickr.com/groups/howfunnyami/.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

greenmannowar says:

You scored 4/5 on the Funny Meter at

i used to hang signs similar to that at cell phone tower i worked on.
never said death though, and they wernt funny.
this one is
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Harry_S says:

You scored 5/5 on the Funny Meter at www.flickr.com/groups/howfunnyami/.

An amusing (if slightly sad) look at how PC this crazy world has become in the past few years. Unfortunately we only have ourselves to blame for sueing everyone in sight for what used to be called "an accident"
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

excard1970 says:

which is worse the fine, dwath or Newcastle...You scored 5/5 on the Funny Meter at www.flickr.com/groups/howfunnyami/.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

heatherhead42 says:

Well, considering that I laughed for several minutes, kept coming back to read it again so I could laugh some more, read it to everyone who was patient enough to listen to me AGAIN, and then chuckled quietly for several more minutes... I'd say this one's a winner. You scored 5/5 on the Funny Meter at www.flickr.com/groups/howfunnyami.

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Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

heatherhead42 says:

And, with that, I'll just add that even without my rating, this one was a shoo-in for the Hall of Funny. So, CONGRATULATIONS, your "stunning" Funny Meter score of 23 has earned you a well-deserved spot in the Hall of Funny. Please bring this photo by www.flickr.com/groups/halloffunny and request membership. You'll be able to post it in a place of honor. Nice work!

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Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

deadphotosociety says:

5/5 funny at www.flickr.com/groups/howfunnyami
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

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