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Title: Frogs! What do the black silhouettes by the roadside in southern France mean?
Post by: Gambrinus on April 03, 2009, 11:27:19 AM
Last time we went to Provence we noticed on our way down from Paris that there stood black silhouettes by the roadside on smaller roads, sometimes alone, sometimes in pairs. They had a red line trickling down the head (not unlike :bleeding: ) and numbers on them that might indicate age. We never had the opportunity to inspect them closer but guessed it was some traffic-safety thingamajig. Representing people who had died there. Is that assumption correct?

Title: Re: Frogs! What do the black silhouettes by the roadside in southern France mean?
Post by: Grallon on April 03, 2009, 11:30:03 AM
Quote from: Gambrinus on April 03, 2009, 11:27:19 AM
Last time we went to Provence we noticed on our way down from Paris that there stood black silhouettes by the roadside on smaller roads, sometimes alone, sometimes in pairs. They had a red line trickling down the head (not unlike :bleeding: ) and numbers on them that might indicate age. We never had the opportunity to inspect them closer but guessed it was some traffic-safety thingamajig. Representing people who had died there. Is that assumption correct?



Druedain or Woses.



G.
Title: Re: Frogs! What do the black silhouettes by the roadside in southern France mean?
Post by: chipwich on April 03, 2009, 11:39:48 AM
Templar ley-line manipulators.
Title: Re: Frogs! What do the black silhouettes by the roadside in southern France mean?
Post by: Queequeg on April 03, 2009, 11:49:00 AM
French Graffiti artists are big Watchmen fans. 
Title: Re: Frogs! What do the black silhouettes by the roadside in southern France mean?
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 02:14:41 PM
they are dead people (motorists) yes.
Title: Re: Frogs! What do the black silhouettes by the roadside in southern France mean?
Post by: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 02:16:41 PM
It's when they are drawn on the door of a tractor trailer that you have to worry.
Title: Re: Frogs! What do the black silhouettes by the roadside in southern France mean?
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on April 03, 2009, 02:56:16 PM
Quote from: chipwich on April 03, 2009, 11:39:48 AM
Templar ley-line manipulators.

When the RIFTS open at least someone will be left to defend Europe against the Gargoyle hordes.
Title: Re: Frogs! What do the black silhouettes by the roadside in southern France mean?
Post by: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 03:02:14 PM
Why would they have silhouettes of frogs by the roadside?   :huh:
Title: Re: Frogs! What do the black silhouettes by the roadside in southern France mean
Post by: Gambrinus on April 03, 2009, 05:32:57 PM
Quote from: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 03:02:14 PM
Why would they have silhouettes of frogs by the roadside?   :huh:
They're French, don't ask me, I've seen giant tortoises there too.

Thanks for the confirmation Sask.
Title: Re: Frogs! What do the black silhouettes by the roadside in southern France mean?
Post by: Siege on April 03, 2009, 08:30:59 PM
Quote from: Gambrinus on April 03, 2009, 11:27:19 AM
Last time we went to Provence we noticed on our way down from Paris that there stood black silhouettes by the roadside on smaller roads, sometimes alone, sometimes in pairs. They had a red line trickling down the head (not unlike :bleeding: ) and numbers on them that might indicate age. We never had the opportunity to inspect them closer but guessed it was some traffic-safety thingamajig. Representing people who had died there. Is that assumption correct?



Probably for target practice.

Title: Re: Frogs! What do the black silhouettes by the roadside in southern France mean
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 09:58:16 PM
Quote from: Gambrinus on April 03, 2009, 05:32:57 PM
Quote from: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 03:02:14 PM
Why would they have silhouettes of frogs by the roadside?   :huh:
They're French, don't ask me, I've seen giant tortoises there too.

Thanks for the confirmation Sask.
nice change from the white crosses you sometimes see in NA. which is stupid, because they are not martyrs, and they are not redeemed, especially if they are guilty of manslaughter.
Title: Re: Frogs! What do the black silhouettes by the roadside in southern France mean
Post by: Caliga on April 04, 2009, 05:19:18 AM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 09:58:16 PMnice change from the white crosses you sometimes see in NA. which is stupid, because they are not martyrs, and they are not redeemed, especially if they are guilty of manslaughter.

I hate the roadside memorials because it seems they are likely to cause additional fatalities, given their typical location along major interstates.