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I admit it. I don’t get Amazon. Why is this free?
In their infinitely mysterious wisdom, Amazon has lowered the price of DO NOT WASH HANDS IN PLATES down to well…nothing. Nada. Zilch. No moola.
Ours not to reason why, but instead to haul over there and get that free copy before Amazon figures out their mistake. And I’ll need to get moving on getting the next book in the series out there. Look for it in December! Meanwhile—what are you waiting for? Get your FREE copy here.
And to celebrate, here is another freebie—a preview of our next travel book!
Signs, signs, everywhere the signs…
[If you’re old enough to remember Five Man Electric Band from early ’70s, I apologize for the Signs earworm. The rest of you are safe.]
When I travel, I realize how much I depend on signs. Here are a few that guided me on recents travels in India. (And my apologies for the photo quality. Most were shot in passing, by a jetlagged old American lady with poor camera skills…)
Some signs were unexpected…
Starting with the airport…
Some provided navigational challenges
Sign for our hotel, located zero kilometers away. Apparently we were staying in a roadside stand. On the plus side…camels!
This series of signs listing all those exempt from paying road tolls had us wondering if our car was single-handedly supporting the Indian road-toll system
Some reinforced the differences between Indian and American English
Promises, promises…
Some provided creative spelling and punctuation
And some stuck to the simple factual statement, “STUFF”
Some signs were slightly disturbing.
Admit it. You laughed too.
CHILD BEER? We saw these signs all over Rajasthan.
Some needed no further explanation.
Some provided helpful if unexpected dining tips.
And some were simply irresistible!
You would have too.
Note: If you’d like to hear more about our travels through India, please check out Do Not Wash Hands in Plates, the story of three women eating our way across India in search of adventure, elephants, temples, palaces, western toilets, monkeys, the perfect paratha…and the kindness of Indian strangers..
Barb Taub:
In halcyon days BC (before children), Barb wrote a humor column for several Midwest newspapers. With the arrival of Child #4, she veered toward the dark side and an HR career. Following a daring daytime escape to England, she’s lived in a medieval castle and a hobbit house with her prince-of-a-guy and the World’s Most Spoiled AussieDog. Now all her days are Saturdays, and she spends them traveling around the world, plus consulting with her daughter on Marvel heroes, Null City, and translating from British to American.
Barb Taub 
Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog.
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Thanks so much for the Ape reblog!
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A Furry Welcome Barb 😀
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“thank you, God, for thinking about me. I’m alive and doing fine”. that song !
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Oh, yeah! (I’m THAT old.)
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Got it and read first chapter. Love it already!!
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Thanks Darlene!
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With great expectation I look forward to the next book! Loved, loved, loved “Do Not Wash Hands . . .”!!!
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I’d really better get on that sequel then!
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Love the signs Barb – especially the list of hundreds of those not charged tolls. Too funny. Of course we do some equally odd things here too, we just take them for granted. http://untappedcities.com/2013/08/02/canada-hamilton-ontario-quirky-road-sign-project-japan-whimsical-construction-barriers/
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I loved these signs! (esp. that “nobody knows where you are”!)
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Reblogged this on The Life & Times of Zoe the Fabulous Feline and commented:
If you need some serious humor today, check out this wonderful post and…ah….interesting signage. I just wish Miss Barb would have put me in her travel bag. Is that too my much to ask?! (My human says she’s got your book and is moving it up to the top of her TBR pile!)
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Dear Zoe—Thanks so much for the fabulous reblog. I know you’ll be as shocked as I was when I tell you that we did not see one single cat on this trip. Of course, cats are much more intelligent than people, and thus would probably NOT make an appearance in the blazing sun of Indian summer (unlike chubby American lady tourists who clearly don’t know better)…
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Reblogged this on poetry, photos and musings oh my! and commented:
Funny and Free! What more could you ask for? Hurry up before Amazon realises what they have done!
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Love the photos Barb! The airport photo reminds me of my trip to Vietnam. As we got into line for customs in Da Nang there was a large sign to my left which was only in Vietnamese. However, my colleague was from there so she explained to me that returning Vietnamese were being reminded to put money inside their passport. That was in 2002 so it may have changed a bit but according to Huyen, it hasn’t. It is a longer story with some interesting turns so perhaps I shall write it up as a short story if I can figure out what to do with it?
I’m not a kindle fan so will get back to Amazon and order the paperback soon.
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Wow. Did they say how much to put into the passport?
When I started at the University of Chicago, fellow students told me to keep a $20 clipped to my drivers license when handing the license over at a traffic stop. (I’m a completely wimpy driver, so I never personally had to test this one out.)
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I don’t believe it was a set amount as they wanted to milk the ones with the most for all they could. There is much more to the story…
There was a man, I’m guessing in his sixties, just ahead of us. It was his first trip back to Vietnam and he was terrified.
That is interesting about the driver’s license. I hadn’t heard of that. Perhaps there is an anthology of driver’s tales to be written…
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So glad to hear the follow up to Do Not Wash Hands is going to be out soon.
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Well…as soon as I write it, anyway… Working!
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Can you hear my whip cracking?
And I meant to say I enjoyed the signs.
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Wonderful!
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Thank you so much for the very flattering reblog!
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Mwa! Thanks, Don, for the reblog. I really appreciate it!
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