(Words in purple are linked to language notes)
Last week while I was looking for pictures for the Dreamtime post I found a warning sign that I liked a lot but had to leave out because it wouldn't have fitted that topic at all. I'll post it now. Would you ever go for a swim in a lake or river if you saw this sign next to it?
No swimming sign in the Kakadu National Park (picture from here)
I'm sure I wouldn't. In fact, I don't think I would go anywhere near the water there. Despite the straightforwardness and obvious usefulness of these signs some people thought that they could be replaced by less sinister warnings. At FreakingNews.com a photoshop contest was organized for the most creative 'Croc-sign' makers. While I don't think it is a good idea to make the danger seem trivial, I had a really good laugh watching some of the ideas the contestants came up with. Take a look at these.
Attention! Rock-Crocks ahead! Drive carefully.
If you throw things in 'you will be asked to retrieve them' , meaning you will have to swim in to take those things out. I no longer wonder why Australia has so many excellent swimmers and so many gold winners at the Olympics.
This last one is a bit of an odd-one-out. It warns you that there is actually no danger of crocs. (Mind you, that huge frozen 'shark-fin' does look a bit alarming, though:)
Are there any signs that warn you about dangerous animals where you live? Are any of those remarkable or even funny?
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