Signs of Man . . .

As this coming week is probably going to be another long and crazy stretch with little time left over for ye olde blog, I thought I'd just close out the weekend here with a couple of odd signs spotted while on vacation on the island of la Réunion in February, memories which are already slipping into the past, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily. . .
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Who would have guessed that I'd have to take an eleven hour flight down into the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, to find Las Vegas Ice Cream, the number one American ice cream !
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This next one bears a little translation.
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In French : "Défense de déposer des ordures, Objectif : mieux vivre"
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Now, the sign, as you can see is posted in front of a cemetery. In French, the word "ordure" has a double meaning, it can mean just plain "trash", or better, "garbage", but it can also be used to refer to a particularly sleazy or slimy human being. So, no garbage to be deposited here, the objective is to "live better" ! I loved this sign ! Objective : live better . . . in front of cemetery, for crying out loud. Well, I swore right then and there that I was going to try to live better, mieux vivre ! (and if you think it looks like the town is on fire here, it isn't, just clouds that came down into the cirque late in the afternoon. . .)
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