Signs: Cthulu’s return? Don’t kick jelly fish?


Don Knuth at Stanford University collects signs.

Actually he collects photos of signs, especially the diamond-shaped informational-warning signs.

What in the world is this one?

A sign photographed in Australia, in the Knuth Collection.

A sign photographed in Australia, in the Knuth Collection.

Your nominations for captions welcomed in comments.

More, sorta — or maybe, “tangentially related” is a better description:  

Donald Knuth at a reception for the Open Conte...

Donald Knuth at a reception for the Open Content Alliance, hosted by the Internet Archive. Taken October 25, 2005 by Jacob Appelbaum in San Francisco. (Wikipedia image)

10 Responses to Signs: Cthulu’s return? Don’t kick jelly fish?

  1. […] Signs:  Cthulu’s return? Don’t kick jellyfish? (Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub) […]

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  2. FrankD says:

    It’s actually a warning sign that Irukandji jellyfish are in the area. Except thats a freakishly large one – the bell is really about the size of a dime (though the tentacles can be up to a metre). The venom from the sting is 100x as potent as cobra venom, so if you ever see this sign in Oz, believe it!

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  3. […] Signs: Cthulu’s return? Don’t kick jelly fish? (timpanogos.wordpress.com) […]

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  4. onkelbob says:

    A warning that blue-ringed octopodes are present?

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  5. jsojourner says:

    Squid Crossing.

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  6. Jim Lackey says:

    Then don’t swim with the Jellys, silly Humans…
    It is their Play Area P-)

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  7. Ed Darrell says:

    Yellow just invites jellyfish attacks.

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  8. Jim Lackey says:

    Silly me I thought he had a yellow swimming suit.

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  9. Ed Darrell says:

    Notice how the man’s legs have already become separated from his body. Mean jellyfish.

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  10. Jim Lackey says:

    Off leash Jelly Fish Play Area

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