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?
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Date: 2004-11-10 05:39 am (UTC)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?