Comments on: Ceci n’est pas une porte

By: makfan

makfan — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:33:06 +0000

Oh, The Elf, I have seen that. No matter which way I am going, the working escalator will be going the opposite way.

By: pony girl

pony girl — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:29:20 +0000

Merci

By: meeper

meeper — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:57:16 +0000

T-shirt in French is t-shirt.
Now shirt, on the other hand, is chemise.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:01:51 +0000

Taped up on a locked door at work: “This is not a viable egress.”

No one got it.

By: sophie

sophie — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:29:35 +0000

hahah genius !! )
http://sophie-andersen.blogspot.com/
xx Sophie

By: The Elf

The Elf — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:29:15 +0000

You are not an experienced DC Metro rider, I see! What you see when an escalator breaks down around here is lots of cones and barriers to block access, a dismantled escalator, no one actually working on it, and an escalator running in the other direction.

By: TeamRedhead

TeamRedhead — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:33:59 +0000

I was just at the Mall of America last week (I don’t need your PA comments about that, btw; I’ve got my own), and there was this large, echo-y sound like an underwater explosion. With some kind of expo going on, there was extra security, and suddenly you see lots of gaping armed guys trying to locate the source of the sound.

Turns out, a 12-year old-looking kid had walked right into the very tall (and therefore very resonant) absolutely clear Apple Store wall at speed. This kid was in rough shape, but embarassed as hell. He’s got his mom, three Apple employees, and two security guys hovering over him, doing nothing, so I walk over, hand him my cup of ice from my Diet Coke, tell him to hold that to his head, and walk on.

I think Apple might have to re-think their “This Wall is so Clear and Unencumbered, it Might Well be a Door” policy.

By: Hello There

Hello There — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 06:56:41 +0000

This is not passive aggressive in the slightest!

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:42:33 +0000

When dad remodeled his 1880s era house, he turned one of the closets into the new stairway to the basement, with a door at the top end. The original door to what was the closet is still there, but is nailed shut so it doesn’t open anymore. I guess he thought that was less trouble than removing the door and covering the opening.

By: The Ghost of Mitch Hedberg

The Ghost of Mitch Hedberg — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:39:49 +0000

See, this is why I like escalators. They can never break- they can only become stairs. All you’ll see is a sign that says, “Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.”

By: pony girl

pony girl — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:08:22 +0000

No, no, a t-shirt that reads: ceci n’est pas une blouse.

or whatever t-shirt is in French.

By: Somebody Else

Somebody Else — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:29:00 +0000

Clearly, what the world needs is a new universal symbol: a picture of a door with a red circle-slash imposed over it.

By: Somebody Else

Somebody Else — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:24:31 +0000

Dr. Chalk, the answer is simple: put up a sign, of course. Such as:

“This wall is really a sealed-off door hiding a gas furnace behind it.”

That way when repairs are needed, one knows which part of the wall to break down and doesn’t have to swing wildly everywhere inside the house in order to find it.

I really hope that the housing code also specified the need for a sign. Otherwise that bit of code seems rather silly.

By: Black Kristos

Black Kristos — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:13:09 +0000

PLease, please, please: Someone make t-shirts of :Ceci n’est pas une porte. I’d wear the shit out of that.