I saw this warning sign at our local leisure centre in Eastleigh. I wonder if readers think the English text is correct.
"Persons not displaying a valid Disabled Badge will be clamped. Release Fee £50."
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Clamping what?
Saturday, 17 Sep 2016, 23:42
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The English text is valid (if you can tolerate the use of the clumsy 'persons' instead of 'people') but shocking. It says they will clamp disabled people
They mean they will clamp vehicles not displaying a disabled person's badge. I should get that sent off to Radio 4's News Quiz or one of those other programmes that read out amusing signs and notices.
Two favourites of mine (I cannot upload the photographs as I am away from the necessary equipment to do so) are, in Warrington:
Nearly New Baby Sale
which I suppose is the logical capitalist solution to unwanted children and a picture I took yesterday in Scarborough:
Donkey Rides £3
Donkey Dinner 1:30 - 2:30
I have had a steak dinner and a chicken dinner without concern, but when people realise you can eat the donkeys, I'm sure there'll be outrage.
Om nom eeyore nom.
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Hi Simon,
Thanks. Yes my understanding is that they wanted to clamped the (disabled) people.
(English is not my first language, so I did doubt my understanding a little.)
The car park has about a dozen displays like this.
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The impression is even stronger because they say 'Persons' rather than 'people'. 'Persons' tends to be used in a legal context to make it clear that individuals are meant. So it's really saying 'Yes, it's specifically the humans that are going to be clamped'!