Archive: Taking the piss?

The Vale of Glamorgan local council in Wales confused all half-dozen local Welsh-speakers with road-signs in Welsh and English warning cyclists of a road hazard.

The sign at roadworks read "Cyclists dismount" in English.

In Welsh, the same sign read, "llid y bledren dymchwelyd" -- which translates as "bladder inflammation upset".

One possible explanation, according to the sort of people who would even bother looking for an explanation, is a mix-up between the word for "cyclist" and the word for "cystitis".

Picture at the BBC website.