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Month: November 2025

Signage & Signification (#4 in series: Calabrian “cosmic” + musical bonus)

 

 

Ganesha (aka Ganesh) is the elephant-headed Hindu deity.

Perhaps the best-loved of Hindu gods, Ganesha is the “remover of obstacles”, and is associated with good fortune, wisdom and prosperity.

Q: what on earth is he doing in a decidedly “touristic” street in a southern Italian seaport/resort city?

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Signage & Signification (#3 in series: cheaper than rhino horn…)

 

…and a much more “benign” purchase: at least people stupid enough to believe false claims about a Calabrian chilli are not funding organised crime, murders, and the extinction of endangered mammals!

Reggio is famous for its allegedly-aphrodisiac chillies and for its particularly delicious tomatoes.

The tomatoes are indeed notably sweet and flavourful.

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Signage & Signification: (#1 in series: “Thou shalt not..”)

 

 

Typically, signs of the “Do not…”/Strictly prohibited…” kind are dull and stern.

Rarely does one encounter even a failed attempt at humour.

So hats off to Transperth – the Perth (Western Australia) public transport authority – and to whomever won the advertising contract for the “no vaping on trains, buses, ferries and their stations” campaign!

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