18 Replies to “Funny Signs in London”

  1. The first one looks like a take on the “sleeping policeman” which is a term used for a speed bump.

  2. Might anyone know the meaning of the first one?
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    I would rather be surfing?
    Love to water board some of these Islamist?
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    Humps for 135 yards?
    Whale in Heat?

  3. “Humps for 135 yards?” This sounds kind of like a situation forty years ago when my wife worked in the St. Catharines (Ontario) General Hospital, and immigrant British nurses would say, “What time in the morning do you want to get knocked up?”. This was British term for when would you like to be awakened?
    Robert, nice to have you back.

  4. No dought it is a Jamaican neighborhood in Jamaica speed bumps are called sleeping policemen.

  5. The Germans use the term “sleeping policemen” for speed bumps (“humps” in the UK). Entering Dutch towns one will see a sign saying “Let op, Drempels” (if I spelled it right) which also means “let off the gas, speed bumps”, along with “Minder snell, danku wal” – “less speed, than you”. Now back to England, when crossing a road, use the zebra crossing, marked with Belisha beacons – and we speak the same language!

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