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Picture of BobHale
posted May 29, 2009 06:09
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.
 
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posted May 29, 2009 06:45Hide Post
I don't think they want anybody's custom.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
 
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<Asa Lovejoy>
posted May 29, 2009 11:12
Sans service, it must be self-service. Not a bad thing in a pub. Wink
 
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<Proofreader>
posted May 29, 2009 12:06
Maybe they don't want hoodlums ("hoods").
 
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posted May 29, 2009 15:51Hide Post
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...)


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<Proofreader>
posted May 29, 2009 16:48
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)
 
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posted May 29, 2009 22:56Hide Post
I think Proof's got it right. It just needs a semicolon after "hoods."

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posted May 30, 2009 01:57Hide Post
We reserve the right to avoid parallel construction.

I love it.


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posted May 30, 2009 21:26Hide Post
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...
 
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