#prohibitions

[eopederson]

Kein Parken (von irgendetwas), Passau, Bayern, 2024.

[jhsharman]

prohibited on the beach

The third is The direct copy of the first, but the second is thematically of The same. The list of prohibited items and activities is worth a probe -- we see a change in the first to the third from "bikini bathing suits" to "bikinis" -- though, I do have to wonder if that could be applicable in the 1979 copy -- I guess that makes some sense in a world that deprives the youth of the pleasure of... Newspapers. The 1975 list includes "disrobing" and "topless bathing" -- which indeed are things prohibited in this code approved family comic book, and I like the word form it takes -- note the suffix "ing" -- make these two items an activity like most all the rest. (coulda gone with 'frisbeeing?)

[random-bookquotes]

How hard could husbanding be? Don’t drink, don’t gamble, don’t bring hunting dogs to the table. Don’t be terrified of tooth-drawers. Don’t be stupid about money. Don’t go for a soldier. No hitting girls. He wasn’t drawn to violate any of these prohibitions. Assuming older sisters weren’t classified as girls. Maybe make that, No hitting girls first.

Lois McMaster Bujold, Penric's Demon (Penric and Desdemona, #1)

[eopederson]

¡Zona prohibida la bocina del coche! Cerca Plaza de Armas, Cusco, 2017.

[eopederson]

"No Street Entertainers," Canterbury, Kent, 2010.

[eopederson]

Prohibited Items, US Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, DC, 2014.

Members of Congress do not want threats to their health (expensively protected by a government operated medical system just for them) by constituents, so they prohibit all kinds of things, not least guns, in their work area. 

[eopederson]

“PELIGRO: PROHIBIDO SUBIR A LA GRUA,” Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, 2008.