https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=1284&p=21238#p21238
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Saturday, 14 May 2005, 05:32 PM


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The other day when I was in a supermarket, one where I don't shop too often I saw several signs that make me wonder about the person incharge of the wording of those signs.

First a little background for those who may not be faimilar with the slang  that gave these signs a double meaning.  For many year standard shopping cart design has provided a seat for babies and younger childern so to free the hands of the parent for shopping.  These days many of the shopping carts also have seat belts built in.  In American and British slang to belt someone is to hit that person, as in striking them with a belt.  In practice it mean to give a single hard or sharp slap or punch.

In this store it seems that have established a policy of requireing all childern sitting in the seats of the shopping carts to be secured in place by the seat belts.  In the shopping cart corral just inside of the door, and repeated elsewhere in the store, there were several signs on this subject, worded as.

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[*]Childern in this store will be belted.
[*]Childern must be belted at all times.
[*]Unbelted childern must leave.
[*]Belt your child, NOW!
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On the door before entering the store: All childern will be belted upon entry to this establishment.

Next to that sign on the door was another:  Please help prevent child abuse.


 :roll: 

Pangor