Mixed messages
A list of signs observed this week inside the Green Zone compound in Baghdad:
No smoking
No parking
No stopping
No pick-up
No drop-off
No loading or unloading
No cameras
No cell phones
No pictures
No film
No loitering
No standing
No glass allowed
No turning point
Slow down: dog search area
Wait your turn
Proceed as instructed
Danger: Do not stand here
Creating opportunities worldwide
Iodized salt prevents goiters
Roll on the floor to extinguish fire
Keep sharps away from children
If you can’t have it on a plane, you can’t have it here
Dios perdoname! God forgive me!
100% search
STOP Show badge to guard
Hearing protection required
Polite, professional
Follow instructions of security personnel
Ensure that all warlocks are turned off
Volunteers needed for swim meet
Slow slow
Duck & Cover bunker
Liberty Pool
Freedom Park
Building a brighter future for Iraq
What have you done to help the Iraqi people today?
Warlock?
How does one turn off a "warlock"?
VS
Posted by: veiledsentiments | July 27, 2007 at 10:36 AM
Yeah, how do you turn off your male witch? Kill him?
Posted by: Doug | July 27, 2007 at 11:51 AM
My colleague Mike, who knows more than I do about such things, says warlocks are electronic jamming devices. They are used to interrupt signals, such as those from cell phones that could be used to detonate roadside bombs.
Posted by: Hannah Allam | July 28, 2007 at 01:43 AM