Fwd: Re: Looking for an old, humorous warning sign

[Dave Derenzo <dave@UIC.EDU>]

This is the one that I remember:


ACHTUNG!


Das machine is nicht fur gerfingerpoken und mittengrabben.  Ist easy

schnappen der Sprinngwerk, blowenfusen und

           

poppencorken mit spitzensparken.  Ist nicht fur gewerken by das

Dummkopfen.  Das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen hands in das

Pockets, relaxen und watch das blinkenlights...




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> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:49:53 EDT
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> Subject: Re: Looking for an old, humorous warning sign
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> Hi all: 
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> I remember seeing a sign with a mock-German warning, like that asked
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> about by Tosh Ushino,  from touring Brookhaven National Lab as a
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> high school student back in the 1960s. All I could recollect was the
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> phrase "nicht finger-poken" so a google search on those words
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> turned up: 
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> Diese Machine ist for Science-Experimenten und nicht for
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> Finger-Poken und Button-
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> > Button-Pushen und Knobben-Turnen. Venn diese Rubber-Necken- Dummkopf-Sight-Zeers gepoken und gepushen und geturnen, zenn geht die Machine KAPUTT. Just relaxen und gelooken zu die Blinken-Lights. 
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> Stewart Farber 
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> email: SAFarberMSPH@cs.com 
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> In a message dated 4/16/02 11:10:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  writes: 
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> > RADSAFERS, 
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> > When I was a student (a long time ago but seems like 
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> > only last year), I used to see a humorous warning sign 
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> > in labs written in fake German telling visitors to not 
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> > touch any equipment. I think it was titled, "Achtung 
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> > Der Lookenspeepers" or something like that. I find 
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> > that humor is often more effective than stern 
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> > impersonal warnings. 
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> >
> > Does anyone still have a copy of that warning sign? If 
> >
> > so, can you send me the text of it? 



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