Wed 22 March 2006 - Delays expected
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Okay okay, it hasn’t really been that bad. But I had to laugh when seeing about five of these signs in a row going up St Kilda Road the other week. One really did say “Avoid inner suburbs.”
See also: Blame the Games.
March 23rd, 2006 at 4:01am
LOL, that’s hilarious! Thanks for the laugh of the morning here in Canada. And man, did you Aussies clean up at the Games so far! WOOT! Way to go.
March 23rd, 2006 at 7:57am
Was it the same signage that said ‘Avoid Inner Suburbs, Carlton to St Kilda’? For evey business that is making money from the presence of the Commonwealth Games, there must be one hurting as well.
March 23rd, 2006 at 3:02pm
Did it need to be Flash? An animated gif would have done the job just as well …
March 23rd, 2006 at 5:24pm
Malcolm: I had the tools and expertise handy to make it in Flash. If it wasn’t that easy, I wouldn’t have bothered. Took all of 15 minutes. Plus it’s only 18.3Kb… dunno how big it would be as a GIF.
Andrew: Yeah - though that specifically referred to last Sunday, for the marathon. Maybe some people assumed that meant the whole Games period.
March 23rd, 2006 at 5:58pm
Do I need to download flashplayer for it?
March 23rd, 2006 at 6:42pm
If you want to see it and you’re using one of the estimated 3 percent of computers that don’t have it, then yes — click here.
March 24th, 2006 at 7:14pm
It came up fine on my 6yo computer & software
Toria, I didn’t know there was anyone other than Aussies competing; the local media has been extremely one-sided.
March 29th, 2006 at 5:28pm
There was one this morning on Nepean Highway which said “Today is Wednesday” .. your taxes at work!!