Off we went this morning to Freshwater for a hiking and biking expedition. The first stop on our agenda was Tennyson Down, where many hikers had already got there before us. You can just about see Lord Tennyson’s monument at the top of the cliffs on the left.
However, just before we hit the trail, we came across this warning below. Surely we already know cliff edges can be dangerous, or is it that Mr Edges has escaped from Parkhurst?
Back at the bay and a trip to the Ladies’, there’s another notice to warn the unsuspecting hiker…
And this…
No, we aren’t all five years old. Some of us who are more than five actually might still have the majority of our marbles. I know cliff edges are dangerous and wet floors are slippery. I also know how to wash my hands. However, don’t worry, I won’t sue if I survive a cliff fall or go base over apex on the lavatory floor, because it’ll be my own stupid fault!
It’ll be time to hit the home trail again tomorrow and go back to work on Monday. We’ve got another couple of visits planned for the end of October and the middle of November, and then it’ll be time to drain down the van for the winter. I hate that part!
And while we’re on the subject of patronising signage, have you ever come across a packet of peanuts in the supermarket which says ‘contains nuts‘ on the back? I have, and it’s nuts, isn’t it? Sam once came home with a bag of daffodil bulbs and on the packet it said… wait for it… do not eat!!!
Back soon. x
Stevie Turner 
I feel sorry that I world has come to this and daft signs need to be put on display to prevent litigation by stupid people who don’t know what they should.
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I suppose too many people have tried to sue in the past. This is the way the authorities get around it.
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Things that make you go hmmm 🙂 x
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You made me laugh. When I see a warning sign on a product, I assume at least one person tried to use it improperly. For example, Preparation H: External Use Only.
These signs are meant for, what I call, the lowest common denominator in society.
Thanks for the giggle.
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Those signs discriminate against people who can’t read or understand plain English. They could easily stumble over a cliff edge or slip on a wet floor. As for eating nuts . . . what might they think they were eating if there was no-one nearby to tell them? No protection for the authorities who posted them in that case!
(I jest, of course)
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Lol, it’s almost farcical, isn’t it Frank?
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We have a sign in our town that says, “SIDEWALK ENDS.” I think of Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends every time I see that sign. I’m not sure why we need a sign to tell us that.🤣
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In case you fall off the edge!
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Glad you’re having a good time, and I think you may be tapping into a goldmine for future posts on silly signs! Mind you, I think the cliff one was a little inaccurate: it isn’t the cliff edges that are dangerous, it’s the rocks below that you land on that cause the problems 😉
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Ha ha, too true, Clive. Or is it that Cliff Edges has escaped and is armed and dangerous, lol.
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To be fair, it does only say that he ‘can’ be dangerous. Maybe he’s fine if you talk nicely to him?
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Lol, yes, but I’ll ask nicely for his switchblade first…
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I confess I rarely notice the signs now. There are so many, they’re so ridiculous, I’ve just taken to subconsciously filtering them out 😦
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I know it’s all done in case anybody sues, but you’re right, these signs are utterly ridiculous.
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