Saw a great sign last night in my neighborhood as I was walking to my dry cleaner (who I love - have I mentioned that it is $1 for me to get things dry cleaned and he does a great job) and I noticed this sign:
Caution: Please drive slowly for Children, Ladies and Senior Citizens.
Except Children was spelt Childre.
I guess men are on their own. Good luck!
I also wondered about the use of the word 'Ladies'. In American/British English to me that implies a woman of stature. So does that mean that the women that work in our homes, like my maid, are also responsible for watching out for cars, but I'm not? Probably not, but you never know...in many ways the caste system is still very much a part of life here so it wouldn't totally surprise me if that is what it meant.
However, considering the fact that there is a speed bump about every 20 yards (literally) the sign seems a bit unnecessary to me, but I still enjoyed it.
And...to follow up on yesterday's post, I got a comment with a link to this article. Very interesting: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/india.solar.eclipse/index.html.
Final thought for the day. I'm suddenly incredibly aware of how much people stare at me here and it is driving me crazy! I guess I had gotten used to it but after 2 weeks away of not being stared out now I'm really noticing it. I swear that this morning the driver of at least 1/2 of the cars and motorcycles that passed me turned and stared. How none of them got into an accident is beyond me. I really wish people would stop. sigh.
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