Prohibition in Taipei Public Parks
Culture specific prohibitions
While walking around Zhongzheng, Taipei's old center, I went to a small park and came across these park rules and regulations. What was interesting to me were the culture-specific bans, such as "no gambling", "no vendors" and "no fireworks". I can hardly imagine these things being listed in public parks in my country Slovenia.
Do you have any specific bans in your country?
Do you have any specific bans in your country?
17 KAFKAESQUE COMMENTS:
LOL Yes we do. It's just that not everyone follows the rules. :D
February 21, 2011 9:30 PM
@Gnetch: Do you have "don't eat balut" ban? :P
February 21, 2011 10:09 PM
No clothes drying???????? LOL
February 21, 2011 10:10 PM
@Daisy: Oh yeah :)
February 21, 2011 10:13 PM
Ha! I challenge you to eat balut! Are you in?
February 21, 2011 10:20 PM
@Gnetch: No way! Haha.. I'm not gonna go close to that thing :P
February 21, 2011 10:54 PM
You'd be hard pressed to find a no clothes washing or drying sign in an Australian park too.
And no urinating goes without saying...
February 21, 2011 11:11 PM
I can't think of any from Canada, but I do have a favourite from another country. When we were in Hong Kong we got into an elevator that had a "no durian" sign posted. Durian is a very smelly fruit that is popular in many SE Asian countries.
February 21, 2011 11:21 PM
@OzSoapbox: I think no urinating doesn't stop our guys from doing it, though... especially after a football match.
@kristieinbc: Oh yeah, I know that one :) I've seen it in Malaysia and Singapore a lot, it's very common there.
February 21, 2011 11:25 PM
LOVE how inclusive this sign is. They want NO confusion to be had about what's allowed and disallowed.
February 22, 2011 12:01 AM
i'd take it as a challenge and do something that they've omitted to forbid just to see if a new sign appears a week later ;)
February 22, 2011 2:22 AM
The sign, "No excessive noise" is very interesting to me. 喧嘩 is fighting in Japanese. Either way, it makes sense. But the points of view are just fascinating. I don't need to look for them. They are in the languages.
Sometimes, I watch or listen 18.8 (all day mandarin tv program), but my Chinese is very poor. Only my enthusiasm is very high. I envy you being in Taiwan.
February 22, 2011 3:31 AM
Seriously I need to hang my cloth somewhere, now that they ban it not sure where am i going to hang my cloth next.
hahahahaha
what a nice walk in the park NIno heheheh
February 22, 2011 9:01 AM
Latest addition to the parks "No Blogging"..~;). haha.
February 22, 2011 6:44 PM
@Linda: It's very inclusive indeed :)
@AdamAntixx: Very bold :)
@Keiko Amano: I think Chinese is a fascinating language.
@Netster: Haha.. ok, come to Taipei, hang here :P
@Bananazஇ: Hehe.. good one.
February 24, 2011 9:09 AM
haha! no clothes washing and drying! :p pretty awesome specific rules :P
February 25, 2011 11:16 AM
@*~kAy~*: Hehe.. yeah.
February 28, 2011 9:44 PM
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