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Children's crossing in Egypt

Luxor, V.2000; pict. H. De Meyer     Footnote
  Egyptian children - at least before reaching high school age - belong to the UK-group of children's roadsigns. It's not the first time that we recognize a country's history in its roadsigns. As explained in Iceland UK-family signs have the tending girl in common. Why a girl?, did I ask in Zimbabwe.

It occurs only in countries related in one way or another with Great Britain. Could it be that this sign is more than a roadsign? Could this sign symbolize the Queen (mother) caring for her subjects? It would explain the firmness of the love of the British for their Queen: the result of a constant subliminal attack.

 
Australia
Iceland
South Africa
Iran
Great Britain
Egypt
Monsieur Jean (occupation hair-dresser) follows the same line of thinking when he explains why feminism got nowhere.
 
Luxor, V.2000; pict. H. De Meyer  
Educational imprinting changes people's behaviour.
Children must adjust to society's accepted rules. Even in roadsign-flatworld it's just like that. No escape for the girl, not even for the sturdiest of the bunch. Growing up the boy becomes dominant and keeps her off the road.

Nice sign: observe the book-bags with handle. We have the same feature from Denmark.


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