Warning sign

Volga Pride ! 

An oldie but goodie for sure:

 

 

hypoman

38 posts

02-20-2023 at 07:35am 

An old friend of mine had a little sign on his beautiful Marantz tube system that said:

Achtung!

Das machine is nicht fur gerfingerpoken und mittengrabben.  
Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzensparken.  
Ist nicht fur gewerken by das dummkopfen.
Das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen hands in das pockets,
Relaxen und watch das blinkenlights...

i first encountered it on a high school trip to Brookhaven National Laboratory in the mid-sixties, where it had been installed on a bubble chamber, and the first line read:

Das Bubblepictortakin Machine is nicht fur gerfingerpoken…

Back in the day (Early 1950's) when we first arrived in Central Missouri as Hungarian immigrants, my parents were able to get by because they had picked up enough German while staying at an Austrian refugee camp.

Back in those days, you could walk into most local shops and someone their spoke German as their first language. I was to young to pick up much but my older brother was trilingual back then.

Got the sign when I was a high school chemistry teacher in the 70s. 

Great Start to the Day, thanks