Wednesday, April 16, 2014

N is for "No entry to flocks!!"

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I had to laugh the first time I walked down to Meitar from the eastern desert hills. 
There on the periphery of my town, just before the outermost houses, stood a green sign.
(You can see it between the two utility poles.)


NO ENTRY TO FLOCKS !! 

I can't read Arabic, but the Hebrew warning, literally translated, is

IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR HERDS TO ENTER!!
OFFENDERS WILL BE PROSECUTED UNDER LAW!

I laughed, imagining sheep and goats in handcuffs standing before a judge.

What I cannot imagine is a flock invading clean, orderly Meitar and starting to poop and graze in the parks and the now-lush gardens of residents.
The faded and bent old sign must be a throwback to 29-year-old Meitar's earlier days.
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(Linking to ABC Wednesday and to Signs, signs.)
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17 comments:

  1. I'm imagining the actual goats trying to read the sign themselves--that's pretty funny.
    Ann

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  2. Ann, hahaha, I didn't even think of that one!

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  3. We have plenty of poop in our streets even without sheep and goats...

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  4. I see there is a security camera, just in case some errant goat gets ideas!

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  5. It certainly looks like an old sign... but pity the judge that would have to take that case on.

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  6. Funny sign and so are the comments!

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  7. Lesley, I'm not sure that's a security camera. Might be one of the many yellow lights strung up all around the perimeter of Meitar. I'll look if and when I go up there again.

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  8. I imagine that a judge would need to wear some special waterproof gear just in case some goat or sheep got some fancy ideas. A great find.

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  9. This is pretty funny! The colors are so lush now, nice photos Dina.

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  10. LOL! Yes, that would be a very funny site to see! Great eye to capture the sign for today's theme.

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  11. quite an extraordinary sign for the 21st century!

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  12. Do your goats and sheep learn Hebrew or Arabic? Its a great choise for N!

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  13. That is funny, Dina. It made me laugh too.

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