"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
oups.com...


Yes, we are becoming a silly country. In the subway under
Oxted station is a notice at the bottom of the steps saying "Caution.
Steps".

I would agree with that. I would certainly be cautious circumnavigating
that annoying late 90's pop group

Seriously, it's the same with those screen messages at stations that
announce that platforms are slippery when wet. Now the fact that
wet surfaces are more slippery than dry ones is something we
learn by about the age of five. So it is inconceivable that anybody
able to read such a message would be unaware of that.
So it's not about warning people but merely covering their backs
in the event of a claim so they can say that people were warned.
A sad reflection on our increrasingly litiigeous society, unfortunately.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl