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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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          • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

            More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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            @sundogplanets I'm pretty sure I've run into the Kākā at the nightclub*

            *alt txt may have missed the part where they become "confident" in "breeding season"

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            • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

              More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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              @sundogplanets I really enjoyed the signs in NZ when I visited 25 years ago. This was a personal favorite.

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              • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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                @sundogplanets
                The do not swim here posters at Napier are also fun. We didn't see the tsunami posters there but we did as Kaikoura.

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                • SylvhemS Sylvhem

                  @sundogplanets As a French person, I can’t tell you how funny it is to read “big bite” and “breeding season” on the same poster.

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                  @Sylvhem @sundogplanets careful. the big bird will big beak you with its big bite

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                  • Mr E McKissockC Mr E McKissock

                    @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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                    @coffee2Di4 @sundogplanets the bugger ads, and the Barry Crump ones are also worth while.

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                    • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                      More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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                      @sundogplanets I'm still sad that DOC removed the platform with "do not jump from this platform" engraved in it from the side of the Pelorus River Bridge (near Nelson). Likely because the swimming hole beneath it filled up with gravel.

                      The Department of Conservation has the best signs.

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                      • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

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                        Maybe I am just really tired (ok yeah I'm definitely really tired) but learning that the options for mustard in a NZ grocery store are "hot English" or "mild American" made me giggle uncontrollably in the middle of a grocery store aisle

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                        • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                          Maybe I am just really tired (ok yeah I'm definitely really tired) but learning that the options for mustard in a NZ grocery store are "hot English" or "mild American" made me giggle uncontrollably in the middle of a grocery store aisle

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                          @sundogplanets They used to stock "overpowering American" but people's sandwiches kept trolling shoppers on Twitter and trying to get all the other condiments in the fridge deported to Australia.

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                          • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                            Maybe I am just really tired (ok yeah I'm definitely really tired) but learning that the options for mustard in a NZ grocery store are "hot English" or "mild American" made me giggle uncontrollably in the middle of a grocery store aisle

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                            @sundogplanets Where is the winy mustard from France, NZ?!?

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                            • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                              Maybe I am just really tired (ok yeah I'm definitely really tired) but learning that the options for mustard in a NZ grocery store are "hot English" or "mild American" made me giggle uncontrollably in the middle of a grocery store aisle

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                              @sundogplanets New York style mustard is mild? I think not.

                              New York mustard, last I remember it, was Gulden's brown mustard with horseradish. You put it on your hot dog or pretzel from the cart on the street and you can *taste* it.

                              Midwestern or California mustard is the yellow tasteless American stuff.

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                              • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                                Maybe I am just really tired (ok yeah I'm definitely really tired) but learning that the options for mustard in a NZ grocery store are "hot English" or "mild American" made me giggle uncontrollably in the middle of a grocery store aisle

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                                @sundogplanets Go Dijon!

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                                • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                                  Maybe I am just really tired (ok yeah I'm definitely really tired) but learning that the options for mustard in a NZ grocery store are "hot English" or "mild American" made me giggle uncontrollably in the middle of a grocery store aisle

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                                  @sundogplanets

                                  Sooo… “Mustard” vs. “Turmeric coloured vinegar paste”?

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                                  • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                                    More NZ signs that are extremely honest

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                                    @sundogplanets By the time you've read that last one it's probably too late.

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                                    • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                                      Maybe I am just really tired (ok yeah I'm definitely really tired) but learning that the options for mustard in a NZ grocery store are "hot English" or "mild American" made me giggle uncontrollably in the middle of a grocery store aisle

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                                      @sundogplanets Us English are certainly hot.

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                                      • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                                        Maybe I am just really tired (ok yeah I'm definitely really tired) but learning that the options for mustard in a NZ grocery store are "hot English" or "mild American" made me giggle uncontrollably in the middle of a grocery store aisle

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                                        @sundogplanets 😂 Exhaustion really does make the simplest things incredibly funny.
                                        “Hot English” and “Mild American” sound more like personality types than mustard!
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                                        • Prof. Sam LawlerS Prof. Sam Lawler

                                          Maybe I am just really tired (ok yeah I'm definitely really tired) but learning that the options for mustard in a NZ grocery store are "hot English" or "mild American" made me giggle uncontrollably in the middle of a grocery store aisle

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                                          @sundogplanets
                                          First glance at the image, I thought it said 'Not English'. 🤣

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