Okay, this is surreal.

[demiurgent]

Okay, over my bed in this hotel, there is a symbol. Of a wire coat hanger, with one of those red circles with the slash through it. You know. The "No Smoking" symbol. Over a wire hanger.

Either this was Joan Crawford's hotel room, or the management is explicitly prohibiting back alley abortions in this bed.

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[prodigal.livejournal.com]

Or both.

[demiurgent.livejournal.com]

Now there's a mental image that will linger.

[prodigal.livejournal.com]

If I can't sleep on account of the weirdness lurking behind my frontal lobes, I see no reason why anybody else should, either. ;)

Re: Okay, this is surreal.

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

exquisite. especially with that icon.

[kalluna.livejournal.com]

I've seen that, specifically next to the fire sprinkler heads. I've been told that if you hang something on them it can trigger the sprinkler, or break them, either way making a huge and expensive mess. Maybe the symbol sticker was misplaced?

[have-you-seen.livejournal.com]

Very good sign it is indeed if people will not even get it's meaning. I know I would have to think about it for a long time to come close to the right answer. Then again I'm a big daft.

[masonk.livejournal.com]

Icon Love!

[have-you-seen.livejournal.com]

It's by brilliant a_gal_icons, she has more of these too like the one that says "This icon loves other icons so it's moved to Canada". Her journal is friends only but her web page is here (http://www.meticulouschaos.geek.nz/nemoframes.htm).

*whistling away to the good bad and the ugly*
Ennio Morricone rocks.

[debkitty.livejournal.com]

Agreed. It translates (to the best of my knowledge) as "Don't hang anything from the sprinkler head." Of course, WHY anyone would hang something from a sprinkler head rather than using the closet is beyond me, but whatever.

I suspect there was also a sprinkler head close to your bed. Perhaps you noticed the sign but not the sprinkler?

[chanlemur.livejournal.com]

This is curious. At least with the "No Smoking" signs, the cigarette is clearly lit and producing smoke. The management is saying, by its negation, "There shall not be this object in this room", i.e., a smoking cigarette. Presumably, (and I think the hotel staff would agree) the presence of an unburning cigarette would be acceptable in the room.

This leads to an inevitable question, and its follow-up: Are there coat hangers in your hotel room? And if so, who put them there?

Of course, they may just be attempting to say "don't nick them, please" in an obscure and roundabout fashion, but if so, they should have an image of a shifty-looking stick-figure slipping hangers into his trench coat and have that negated. How does one draw a shifty-looking stick figure?

[mckenzee.livejournal.com]

I could draw a shifty stick figure with hangers in his trenchcoat, but it would look like an advertisement for the aforementioned back alley abortionist.

[tc-lmt.livejournal.com]

Hi Eric,
This is TC, Kevin's Wife. Aside from giving you Credit for the Joan Crawford reference - why do they put those signs in hotel rooms? - I wanted to let you know that I'm on liveJournal and I've added you to my friends list.

No Hangers on the Bed, They Tear the Sheets.

[mckenzee.livejournal.com]

You might like this. Now my friends are mocking me. (http://www.livejournal.com/users/lilgotheskimo/55912.html)

Re: No Hangers on the Bed, They Tear the Sheets.

[have-you-seen.livejournal.com]

I hate you (them?) all with magnetic word kits! Hate you hear me! We can't get those here and if we could my fridge would be covered with them, poetry kit, porn word kit, word kit, kids word kit...

Oh yeah if anyone ever considered getting me something these would do magnificiently... *looks innocent*

[akawil]

Yes, that sign is supposed to be next to the sprinkler.

I believe it's supposed to be a polite way of saying "No Disclave 97s".

[have-you-seen.livejournal.com]

*reminds herself of not drinking beer when reading LJ* Your icon almost made me choke, good job. ;)