Re: [unicode] Re: (TC304.2313) AND/OR: antediluvian views

From: Michael Everson (everson@egt.ie)
Date: Sun Jun 25 2000 - 06:54:51 EDT


Ar 17:04 -0800 2000-06-24, scríobh Curtis Clark:
>At 11:39 AM 00.06.24 -0800, Asmus Freytag wrote:
>>since we are thoroughly off-track now...
>>
>>In the state of California, restroom signs look like they are further
>>standardized. As far as I can tell as visitor, they seem to have a
>>requirement to use large blue circle for the womens and a large blue
>>triangle for the mens [...]

In the Soviet Union, I heard from someone once, they used to use a
downward-pointing triangle for the men's, and an upward-pointing triangle
for the women's. I'd guess that this was based on broad shoulders vs.
skirts.

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