Signs of Creativity
Signs of Creativity A sweet young relative who stayed with us for a few days, asked me to help with her school work and I readily agreed. After all, it is not often that I get an opportunity to lecture somebody! During the course of a conversation about understanding common expressions used, I asked her, “But haven’t you noticed this on the signboards?” “Signboards? Who reads random signboards?” she asked as if I had said something stupid. Sheepishly I could only say, “I do.” And it brought a flood of memory of signboards, alive. Some of these though not seen by me, I have already shared with you. But today I am including mostly those which have been noticed by me or sent to me. Seen at the food court on Yamuna Expressway At a ‘tiffin centre’ in Bangalore selling idlis . Looks like lovers of Bacchus have been filling themselves up with alcohol at this petrol station. No wonder then that the owner has put up a sign saying drinking is forbidden at the f...