Back to B.C. by Johnny Hart for May 31, 2021

Ignorance of the language is NO excuse!

loiter [ loi-ter ]verb (used without object)to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place:to move in a slow, idle manner, making purposeless stops in the course of a trip, journey, errand, etc.:to waste time or dawdle over work:verb (used with object)to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):to loiter away the afternoon in daydreaming.

I was looking for the loiter bin.

Pathetic.

And why it should be there in the first place, and what’s so important that you need to be moved on?

This is one of my favs of this strip…..I’ve used this joke for decades.

The sign by the first speed bumps near where I live read “undulations”

Okay, well, see you loiter.

One of my favorite signs I’ve seen is “No Standing”. It was in a small parking lot with limited parking. It meant no temporary parking while waiting for a parking spot to open up.

Loitering: To stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose. Loitering: Can be breach of a law or rule; (an illegal act) When it is associated with the intent to commit an indictable offence – such as drug dealing or burglary for example.

In some locales, it is usually coupled with a charge of mopery.

No Lottery-ing, either.

The correct response to that sign is to add a “T” after the first word.

Ignorance itself has no excuse…

A funny story my uncle a retired North Carolina Trooper told me. Saw this driver entering the freeway just yelling out his window….RIGHT OF WAY! RIGHT OF WAY! Concerned he stopped the driver to check his condition. The driver explained he was doing what the sign said to do. Yield Right of Way….so he was yelling Right of Way to comply with the sign. I had one stop on a two way road for no reason….the sign on the curb said Do Not Pass.

It could be construed as loitering to stand there and pound the sign into the ground.

loitering means stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose. that means you are doing the thing not to do on the sign