What ever happened to the Little Green Man...?

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What ever happened to the Little Green Man...?

Post by Boro Boy » Tue Mar 03 2020 12:04am

What ever happened to the "Don't cross the road until the Green Man shows!"? Is political correctness taking over completely and now we have unisex crossings...? :o

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Re: What ever happened to the Little Green Man...?

Post by BeautifulSunshine » Tue Mar 03 2020 7:15am

LOL.
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Re: What ever happened to the Little Green Man...?

Post by blythburgh » Tue Mar 03 2020 7:58am

This is taking the biscuit. Has someone been photoshopping or lost their marbles?
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Re: What ever happened to the Little Green Man...?

Post by Boro Boy » Tue Mar 03 2020 10:00am

blythburgh wrote:
Tue Mar 03 2020 7:58am
This is taking the biscuit. Has someone been photoshopping or lost their marbles?
I can confirm that it is not photoshopped, it is just off Strand near Aldwych where it meets Fleet Street... here in full unisexual public view...!!! Where have the local highway authorities marbles gone...!?!
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Re: What ever happened to the Little Green Man...?

Post by cccashbacklover » Tue Mar 03 2020 10:52am

Nothing new- years ago "same sex" and "trans symbols" replaced green man

https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... lights+gay

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/l ... 91541.html
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Re: What ever happened to the Little Green Man...?

Post by Chadwick » Tue Mar 03 2020 1:14pm

There's loads in Berlin with mixed and same sex couples instead of just one man.
In Iceland I saw green hearts instead of a green man.

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Re: What ever happened to the Little Green Man...?

Post by Chadwick » Tue Mar 03 2020 1:25pm

cccashbacklover wrote:
Tue Mar 03 2020 10:52am
Nothing new- years ago "same sex" and "trans symbols" replaced green man

https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... lights+gay

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/l ... 91541.html

Here's a version of the story that Boro Boy will appreciate. I don't think it mentions lost marbles, but it does use 'baffled' which is nearly as good.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/70678 ... gar-Square
Father-of-two Anthony Smith said he didn’t know what to do when he saw two female symbols on the green traffic light.

Mr Smith, of Preston, Lancashire, said: “When the light went green I saw the two female symbols and I thought, ‘Oh right, so my missus can cross with my little girl but what do me and the boy do?’
For his entire life Mr Smith has happily crossed the road leaving the rest of his family behind, believing that the green man symbol meant only one one male could cross at a time.

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Re: What ever happened to the Little Green Man...?

Post by Boro Boy » Wed Mar 04 2020 11:56pm

Really...!?!

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Re: What ever happened to the Little Green Man...?

Post by blythburgh » Thu Mar 05 2020 7:46am

I think we can all understand a man in green or person if you must be politically correct. But how many understand the meaning of the symbols let alone know which means male and which means female?
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Re: What ever happened to the Little Green Man...?

Post by Boro Boy » Thu Mar 05 2020 8:05am

blythburgh wrote:
Thu Mar 05 2020 7:46am
I think we can all understand a man in green or person if you must be politically correct. But how many understand the meaning of the symbols let alone know which means male and which means female?
...I'm hoping we all understand green for go whatever our political (correctness) persuasion! No the less, this does seem a step too far and certainly messes up any rhyme to teach children how to use a zebra crossing... :wtf:

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