Monday 19 December 2011

Three Guesses

When I was in Budapest, I saw some interesting signs, including one or two that struck me as surprisingly explicit. I am more used to the discretion of Canberra's designers. I wonder if anyone who does not live in Canberra can guess what these two are showing the way to:



(A clue - Alexander Maconochie has nothing to do with increasing the popularity of Scottish dancing).

5 comments:

  1. I did not have a clue what either of them were until I read the comments. I gave up on Newspeak when the Staff Office at the uni became the Human Resource Management Centre. Suddenly the office designed to help staff become one aimed at quarrying us. In more ways than one.

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  2. You needed a sub-machine gun. I mean for the HRMC staff, rather than for the odd stray vowel, of course. Hope all goes well tomorrow.

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  3. I have been enjoying the idea that the one on Mugga Lane is the new Migrant Resource Centre, in a state of decline since I left it.

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  4. I knew it couldn't thrive without you.

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