Sunday, August 16, 2009

Obscene Railway Verse

From a 'Poetry Corner' poster on a DART: (Click for bigger)


Goodness! It's a pornographic poem about Daddy Long Legs (a crane-fly is the version of a daddy long legs which is actually an insect; other things given that name are either weird arachnids or even proper spiders!) sex, on the wall of a train! That is the poem is on the wall of a train; the insect sex isn't, though I suppose there's no reason it couldn't be, too. Won't someone think of the children?!

Bonus minor oddity:


"Image recorded may be used in legal proceedings against any person in breach of any railway bye-laws which may result in a fine and/or imprisonment"

Weird wording there, I feel. The implication is that the images may only be used in breaches which may result in a fine and/or imprisonment, but not those breaches which simply result in a ticket collector glaring at you. Excuse the wavy image; iPhones do that sometimes when overstrained.

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