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  • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

    Today I learned that New Zealand "supper" seems to be more like what I'd imagine hobbits eat for meal number 6 (cheese, crackers, fruit, cookies) than Saskatchewan supper (the full meal you eat at the end of the day after a lot of hard farm labour)

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    @sundogplanets Your idea of supper matches that of what we had at the end of the day. A.K.A. Dinner.

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    • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

      More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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      AudhdDespiteNoisyAbleism ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
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      @sundogplanets I love so much the dumping rubbish one! ๐Ÿ˜†

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      • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

        More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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        Ben Brockert
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        #138

        @sundogplanets Have you heard slip-slop-slap? Not as funny as "don't be a tosser" but another bit of local culture.

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        • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

          More NZ signs that are extremely honest

          SylvhemS This user is from outside of this forum
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          Sylvhem
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          #139

          @sundogplanets As a French person, I canโ€™t tell you how funny it is to read โ€œbig biteโ€ and โ€œbreeding seasonโ€ on the same poster.

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          • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

            Observations from a Canadian visiting New Zealand:

            -Making NZers say "Saskatchewan" is kind of hilarious
            -Roundabouts work really really well when everyone is used to them
            -Drip coffee apparently does not exist here (espresso-based coffee drinks only. Even at the one Dunkin Donuts I saw in a hideous mall I had to go inside in Auckland).
            -NZ signs do not play around (see example below)

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            @sundogplanets don't know if you're still around there, but i had excellent filter coffee at Daily Daily Coffeemakers when I was in Auckland

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            • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

              More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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              Eye
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              #141

              @sundogplanets

              Honesty is certainly the best policy. ๐Ÿ‘

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              • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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                G ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
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                @sundogplanets I love the rubbish dumping one. Actually I thought of doing something like that autonomously but insulting litterers in rhyme.

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                • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                  More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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                  Ken Butler
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                  @sundogplanets "tosser" is a nice piece of wordplay.

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                  • AudhdDespiteNoisyAbleism ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆA AudhdDespiteNoisyAbleism ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

                    @sundogplanets I love so much the dumping rubbish one! ๐Ÿ˜†

                    Petra van CronenburgN This user is from outside of this forum
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                    Petra van Cronenburg
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                    @adelinej @sundogplanets Me too! Good idea for our mayor to copy.

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                    • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                      More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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                      @sundogplanets I imagine you can reuse the "Don't be a tosser" sign in your presentations

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                      • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                        More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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                        Vincent ๐ŸŒป๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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                        #146

                        @sundogplanets The precautionary ones just make sense. The clearer the better!

                        (Honestly, the same goes for the rubbish one - if you canโ€™t think of that yourself you obviously got kind of a thick skull)

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                        • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                          More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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                          metasilk
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                          @sundogplanets the dumping one is epic

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                          • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                            More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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                            Mr E McKissock
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                            @sundogplanets
                            If you like the signs, there are also some classic TV adverts you should check out.

                            For example 'blazed', by the incomparable Taika Waititi:
                            https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/blazed-drug-driving-2013

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                            • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                              More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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                              Oliver Seiler
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                              @sundogplanets have you met Bas yet? He's everywhere around Mt Taranaki

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                              • Oliver SeilerO Oliver Seiler

                                @sundogplanets have you met Bas yet? He's everywhere around Mt Taranaki

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                                @sundogplanets also keep an eye out once you get on the south Island, lots of crazy road signs there

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                                • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                                  More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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                                  Errol Cavit
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                                  @sundogplanets Our motel welcome folder in Whitianga had instructions for actions after a tsunami warning. "Drive north out of town, then uphill. We will see you there, we will not be staying."

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                                  • Oliver SeilerO Oliver Seiler

                                    @sundogplanets have you met Bas yet? He's everywhere around Mt Taranaki

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                                    @oseiler @sundogplanets he really is, though sometimes at other places it's his colleagues. I saw a colleague on the way to Angelus Hut.

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                                    • Oliver SeilerO Oliver Seiler

                                      @sundogplanets also keep an eye out once you get on the south Island, lots of crazy road signs there

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                                      @oseiler @sundogplanets related

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                                      • Patrick Lam :tinoflag:V Patrick Lam :tinoflag:

                                        @oseiler @sundogplanets he really is, though sometimes at other places it's his colleagues. I saw a colleague on the way to Angelus Hut.

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                                        @va2lam good to know - haven't been there yet

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                                        • Patrick Lam :tinoflag:V Patrick Lam :tinoflag:

                                          @oseiler @sundogplanets he really is, though sometimes at other places it's his colleagues. I saw a colleague on the way to Angelus Hut.

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                                          @va2lam @sundogplanets it was a really good thing when I took the kids up and we'd stop and got the youngest to do the Bas check.
                                          On the other hand I've seen way too many mountain runners without any gear and their exhausted kids in tow or tourists starting late with a predicted incoming weather change who had no idea about that, and especially the northern approach features plenty of cliffs not too far from the track.
                                          It seems they've found a good balance with these signs.

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