Icons of Quebec

It's always fun to see the wordless icons of a country other than your own. Here are a few.


In old Quebec, Bas Ville.


The pregnant popsicle lady has had it with being treated like an electrical outlet. She is also tired of the little guy in the wheelchair who keeps trying to look up her skirt.


Does this sign recommend that the larger people should consume the smaller people? (Seen on the ferry between Quebec and Levis.)


The diagonal bar is meant to indicate a handrail, but when I first saw it, I thought it was the usual "no" meaning (as in, don't use the stairs!). But actually, it's telling you to use the handrail.


You can almost hear the BeeGees playing when you look at this sign. Boogie this way, John Travolta!


If I understand this one correctly, it says no bottles, no cars, no dogs pooping, no holding flowers in your hand, no dogs drinking out of drinking fountains. But yes to bikes, dogs on leashes and cans in their place (the trash can).


Nothing wrong with this one; it's just interesting to note when you're in a city where this type of sign is necessary.


Another sign that is perfectly reasonable (it was located along a wall where there is a steep drop). "Chute" means "fall" in French. But there's something about the combination that strikes me funny. Probably because chute could be an English word, so it sounds like "chute fall" should be a meaningful phrase, but it's not.

Well, this isn't really an icon, but this sign has something to say about being lost in translation:


Go, Gaters!