Warn hot water!
January 29, 2008
I just noticed this truly strange sign in the locker room of the local YMCA.
If the grammar is to be taken literally, then this sign is instructing us to warn the hot water. I’m not really sure what the warning is or how to communicate with water…
For a moment, let’s assume they didn’t hve enough space on the sign to add the -ing…
So, are they really flushing the urinal with hot water?? I was not willing to check. Even if they are, what would posses the sign-maker to believe that the warning was necessary? Do you often witness people sticking their hands (presumably) in the urinal or (terrifyingly) drinking from it??
Or did I miss something?
January 31, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Unfortunately, the truth is much more bland:
Warn the people in the shower, because their shower’s gonna get hot when you flush!
March 28, 2008 at 11:25 am
Before the renovations at the YMCA, flushing that urinal would cause a surge of scalding hot water in the adjacent shower. Thus, members were cautioned to warn “Hot Water” before flushing to give those in the shower time to get out of the way.