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[challenge entry] You might need a mirror...


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(AdrianJ, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 15:26, archived)
# I don't want to seem pedantic, because you've obviously gone to a lot of effort
but wouldn't the signs in the rear view mirror be facing the other way, i.e. on the back of the signposts from this point of view?
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 15:49, archived)
# Yes, indeed they would in real life. However, this is in fact what we call, pretend.
It's commonly referred to as, 'autistic license' I do believe.
(AdrianJ, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 16:06, archived)
# You'd see the backs of the signs on the lft hand side of the road
and the fronts of the ones on the right
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 16:09, archived)
# Ahh of course!
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 16:23, archived)
# Apparently the original photo was taken somewhere in Germany.
So your right and left would need to be reversed, and the mirror images of the front of the signs on the left hand side would need to be in German. I haven’t indicated on which side the driver is sitting, so I think I can get away without having to shop that bit.
(AdrianJ, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 16:25, archived)
# They probably wouldn't have a Union Jack spray painted on the tarmac either.
(AdrianJ, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 16:26, archived)
# Well, you never know.
I like it anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 16:29, archived)
# Why isn't it raining in the mirror?
(I helped save b3ta! Batter Pudding Hurler is a figment of your imagination, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 16:31, archived)
# The rain is allegorical and denotes that, in going forward with the Conservatives, the future may not be quite as rosy as they paint it.
A full analysis of this picture is available in my book, "What the shuddering fuck are you on about?"
(AdrianJ, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 16:40, archived)
# Well, it's too brown, and I don't like the font.
(I helped save b3ta! da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 19:38, archived)
# tl;dr
However, your image is ace! :D
(I helped save b3ta! Shallowz Has Aspirations Syndrome, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 19:46, archived)
# Or you could just say they are driving in the wrong direction too...
(I helped save b3ta! Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 16:48, archived)
# At last, someone who understands!
The whole image is of course an abstract metaphor for the extremely frustrating circumstances that we find ourselves in today. While we are presented with the illusion of moving forwards, we are in fact simply reversing the wrong way back down the same tired old one-way track, in a vain attempt to avoid the ominous storm front that is rapidly descending and threatening to destroy us.

I hope that clears things up a bit?
(AdrianJ, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 17:11, archived)
# PARKLIFE!
(I helped save b3ta! da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Mon 30 Mar 2015, 19:38, archived)