Lawns there don't very sexist.

Socialism at work.

It probably took months of debate to reach a conclusion, and will likely cost thousands of euros to implement the change. Meanwhile, Spain remains the dirty uncle of the EU, you know the one who doesn't use deoderant and never washes his clothes?

Lawn and Order?

Sucks without pics...

PC around the world. We are doomed.

A lawn passed by loncal lenginslation?

I'm all about equality, but this is seriously the dumbest things i've heard so far today.

Isn't it sexist to assume that all women wear skirts and pony tails?

/this is the most retarded thing ever

Lawn = gnomes.
Road = signs.

/If the government screws uo the little stuff what makes you think the big stuff is going to be better?

Right, cause identifying women with an appearance imposed upon them by a male-dominated world isn't sexist. I'd like to know why these chauvanistic bastards don't think women can wear trousers and have short hair.

I guess telling the kids to get off my damn lawn *does* include girls...

Submitter is a

I fully support this law. Women drive and cross the street just like men do. THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL.

/small victories, eh ladies?
//PS, the game is on, so anytime you feel like making a sandwich...

Get off my lawn!

I actually think it's more sexist to actually make the distinction. I always considered stick figures on signs gender neutral. This sounds like a waste of money.

I'm also reminded of a cartoon where a woman in slacks and a guy in a kilt are standing in front of the washroom entrances, trying to figure out from the signs which room to use.

/ Tried a few google image queries, couldn't find it.

Photoshop contest?

Also, FTFA:

The council, which said it would ask manufacturers to incorporate female figures in their signs, would not cost taxpayers a penny.

That's how the article ends...which is too bad, because I'd love to know how they pulled that off.

/we have much to learn from these so-called "Spaniards."

Reveilled: I'd like to know why these chauvanistic bastards don't think women can wear trousers and have short hair.

Some of them do. They also wear flannel shirts and drive Ford F-350 pickup trucks.

I demand the equal rights of all lawns of every creed and color.

bobbooty clearly did not RTFA.

"Get off my lawn"

Maybe there's been loads of "Gosh, the figure on the crossing sign doesn't look anything like me... must mean I should skip merrily out into traffic!" deaths?

Never once in my life did it even occur to me that the signs could be sexist. In fact, most of the stick people used seem rather asexual.

Firefly4F4

I actually think it's more sexist to actually make the distinction. I always considered stick figures on signs gender neutral.

What about the stick figures on bathroom doors, though? And lot of crosswalk areas have a man, woman, and child sign. So I don't think they're very neutral.

/That's just me, though.

why is it illegal to be nekkid?

/what were we talking about?
//boobies on road signs

Feminism run amok.

Now if we could just get some racial equality in our road signs.

Well the "N" key is so close to the "W" key so I can see how lawn was spelled accidently.


/how many farkers looked down at the keyboard after reading that?

Wow, lots of resistance to this eh?

Maybe there IS something to it if everyone's so against the idea. If people are so uncomfortable with the idea, that's a good indication that there's something to it.

Personally I think its great - and it WON'T cost taxpayers as the article explicity stated. The signmakers will have to make signs with women on them.

...female figures with skirts

Are exisiting stick figures nude?

Next thing you know, they'll be putting "female figures" on male restroom signs...

get off my lawn!!!!!111!!one1!

Subby is Cletus?

This reminds me of some of the old safety signs mounted in the top basket of Wal-Mart shopping carts (shopping trolley?). It very clearly has a stick figure with a pony tail, and probably a dress and purse. Is Wal-Mart trying to tell me only women shop there and/or women are the ones leaving their kids unattended?

2006-11-12 12:53:39 PM Billy-3

Wow, lots of resistance to this eh?

Maybe there IS something to it if everyone's so against the idea. If people are so uncomfortable with the idea, that's a good indication that there's something to it.

Personally I think its great - and it WON'T cost taxpayers as the article explicity stated. The signmakers will have to make signs with women on them.

Er, yes it will cost the tax payers. First, there was the cost of this debate.. then they are going to half to take down half the existing signs and put up the new ones -- no doubt with some debate on just which signs to take down. Going forward, someone is going to have to keep track of M/F sign ratio.. and they are going to have store/order two different sets of signs.

What humanity really needs is an agreed upon gender neutral sign -- and we could do with gender neutral pronouns (for whatever reason "it" has far too many connotations of non-human to really be seen as acceptable to use.. heck, we'll use "he/she" in sentences before "it".)

Personally, I don't much care about the signs, but I'm left to wonder what other more important things have been neglected to pursue this Boondoggle.

The cost of the debate is a moot point. I mean they're always debating and talking, that's what councils do. Its not a big deal. Might as well discuss it when you're debating anyhow.

Perhaps it may cost something, but I think its great all the same. Perhaps its just better to replace signs as they fall down or something, but good on 'em.

"I am the LAWN!"

Is passing a lawn is anything like passing a kidney stone?

I remember when you had to have proper spelling an grammar to get a greenlight on Fark. Now it happens daily.

LOLz

I fought the lawn and the lawn won

Use your imagination on this one...

GET OFF MY LAW!!

/twofer

submitter: Town passes lawn that half of all road signs must be female figures with must wear schoolgirl skirts and ponytails/pigtails.

There. Fixed that law good.

/Say what you will, the Naughty Schoolgirl look is teh hawt!

I fought the lawn and the lawn won.