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May 29, 2009, 06:09
BobHale
A senseless sign
No matter how I parse it I can't make this sign, seen outside a town pub, make sense.

No hoods
No ID
NO SERVICE

Do the want people with hoods AND/OR ID?
DO they not want people with hoods AND/OR ID?

????


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
May 29, 2009, 06:45
zmježd
I don't think they want anybody's custom.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
May 29, 2009, 11:12
<Asa Lovejoy>
Sans service, it must be self-service. Not a bad thing in a pub. Wink
May 29, 2009, 12:06
<Proofreader>
Maybe they don't want hoodlums ("hoods").
May 29, 2009, 15:51
BobHale
I know what the "hoods" means. It means nobody wearing hooded sweatshirts (hoodies) widely seen here as the mark of thugs and hooligans.
What puzzles me is the idea of NOT being served if you don't wear one, which I'm sure is not the intent of the owners. (Mind you it's a pretty low dive, so maybe...)


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
May 29, 2009, 16:48
<Proofreader>
NO shsirt (If you're not wearing one)
No shoes (If you aren't wearing them)
No Service (We won't serve you)

No hoods (You can't wear them)
No ID (You must have some)
No Service (We reserve the right to avoid parallel construction)
May 29, 2009, 22:56
wordmatic
I think Proof's got it right. It just needs a semicolon after "hoods."

Wordmatic
May 30, 2009, 01:57
BobHale
We reserve the right to avoid parallel construction.

I love it.


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
May 30, 2009, 21:26
Kalleh
Does anyone know if hooded sweatshirts are considered "thuggy" here? I wear them. I guess I'd be kicked out of that pretty low dive...