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Location: big island | here's a sign that was recently put up on the highway near mauna kea (the highest mountain in the world measured from base to peak):  |
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Location: Vernon CT | Are there any visible cows on the Islands and can they see each other? :D |
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Location: big island | we have plenty visible cows in hawaii. they are inadvertently a key player in hawaii's musical history. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Do they light the sign in the dark, or is it invisible, too? I just love the warning signs in America. I got one with the chocolate covered strawberries my wife got me for Valentine's Day. It warned me not to stab myself or eat the scewers that the strawberries were on. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | There are lists of absurd warnings because people do inherently stupid things and then have the gall to blame (and sue) someone else for their own mindlessness.
To me, who live in a state where a great many car accidents are caused by our numerous not-so-visible deer, the sign does make sense (even if the concept of "invisible cows" strikes me as funny...)
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | And who takes care of these cows? Why, the "Invisible Man," of course!
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Location: Vernon CT | Does the invisible man have an invisible family?
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Who can say... no one's ever seen 'em! |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Sad...all these transparent jokes. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by BT717:
Does the invisible man have an invisible family?
:D "only the Shadow knows".
ahem...invisible folks and cows don't have shadows do they? |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Sad...all these transparent jokes They're for the ones who can't see the humor. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Originally posted by lanaki:
we have plenty visible cows in hawaii. they are inadvertently a key player in hawaii's musical history. uhhh...back on topic...since some of us ain't from Hawaya....please educate us on tha musical history Randy....cow'wardly minds want ta know! :rolleyes: :D ;) |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Do the 'dark colored' cows give chocolate milk? |
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Location: big island | jimmy
~i've posted this info here previously but since you asked:
back about 1790, george vancouver , a canadian explorer, "blessed" king kamehameha of hawaii with several head of cattle, which were released from vancouver's ship to graze openly on this island , known as hawai'i or "big island". king kamehameha placed a kapu or taboo on the cattle, which meant humans were not to bother them and should stay away from them. over the next several decades and into the reign of the next couple of hawaiian kings, the cattle became overpopulated and pesty, destroying crops and gardens of the hawaiian peoples. the reigning king back in the 1820's decided something needed to be done about the problem but the hawaiians didn't know how to handle the cattle and most were afraid of them. the king sent for vaqueros from southern california to come and herd and corral the cattle and also teach hawaiians how to do so.
many of these cowboys brought guitars and portuguese braguinhas (small 4 string guitars) with them. the hawaiians are extremely musically inclined and were immediately infatuated over these instruments they had never seen or heard before. they called the braguinha "uku-lele", which translates jumping flea. after the vaqueros had taught the cowboy trade and gifted their hawaiian friends with several instruments, they left for the mainland. the hawaiian cowboys became known as paniolos. many did not learn how to tune the guitars and ukuleles and they began turning the pegs this way and that until they found a sound that they liked and thus hawaiian "ki ho'alu" or slack key was formed. there are many, many tunings some of which were guarded secrets of certain families. today you can buy alternative tuning books and many of those tunings originated here in the islands. for the last two years now, slack key has been recognized and awarded at the grammys!
if those cows were invisible back then, we might have never heard a don ho or israel kamakawiwo'ole .
so blame the ukulele on the cows or on a mad explorer from canada... |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Mad Cow Disease?
I think some of us here suffer from something similar
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | These creatures drive my dog nutz. |
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Location: closely held secret | Sure, blame it on the cows.
I like this sign.
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
These creatures drive my dog nutz. That reminds me... not a sign, but a warning label.
On a packet of mixed nuts I bought in a supermarket in England.
"WARNING! May contain nuts" |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | OY! |
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Location: oz | hi all,
a thought i had on the whole sueing issue our world seems to have adopted.
in court, put them through a simple, "idiot vs critical judgement" test,
something like this.
Have a stove (or similiar) in the courtroom, light it and tell them to put their hand in th flame, if they do it, their an IDIOT and henceforth deserve the money.
the insurance companies could save billions!!!
:D :D
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by schroeder:
We like to make things clear for visiting colonials. Riiiight! While on temporary duty at Lakenheath AB,GB in the late '70s, my young maid asked "Would you like to be knocked up in the mornin'?". :eek: After several stunned moments of silence, I replied "Would you?" ;)
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Everything always ends up back on those pesky Canadians... LOL !!!
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by schroeder:
We like to make things clear for visiting colonials. By October, please, have all "Look This Way!" street crossing warnings freshly repainted in HiVis-CautionYellow and relabel all "WC's" with "WeeWee Room"
... and if you get around to it, do something about reinserting definite articles in front of words like "Hospital" . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | ...and don't forget to
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Location: GA USA | I don't really mind the Gap. Some of their commercials are cool. |
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Location: CA | I had a sweet young southern lass once say to me: "I sure feel like balling tonight — want to?" An insanely stupid conversation (on my part) ensued and imagine the embarrassment when it turns out she actually said BOWLING. |
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Location: closely held secret | Who won? |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | We (and the Brits) call 'em "rubbers" - you call 'em "erasers".
Imagine the confusion at school.
"have you got your rubber?"
"Mum! I'm only seven!" |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by Oddball:
I had a sweet young southern lass once say to me: "I sure feel like balling tonight — want to?" An insanely stupid conversation (on my part) ensued and imagine the embarrassment when it turns out she actually said BOWLING. Years ago, in Italy, I was fitting this school kid from Northern England with skis and boots - he was about 12 and the last client for the day. 3 of my friends had come down to help me tidy up.
I weighed the kid to set the bindings and for a rakishly thin kid, he weighed a ton.
I jokingly asked him where he hid his weight and he replies "I've got big balls!"
All four of us looked at each other, :eek: I said "big WHAT?" (We ALL heard him say "balls!")
Turns out he said "Bones".
Aren't dialects great? :p |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I still think that this local sign had a lot of merit!
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OT: hawaii's invisible cows