{"id":2657,"date":"2015-12-15T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2015-12-15\/2657"},"modified":"2015-12-15T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T04:30:00","slug":"a-new-caledonia-no-bikes-allowed-what-am-i-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2015-12-15\/2657","title":{"rendered":"A New Caledonia No-Bikes-Allowed &#8220;What am I?&#8221; Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i07569\" href='\/i\/JF100_07569.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_07569_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"What Do I Mean ? \u30af\u30a4\u30ba \uff1a\u3053\u306e\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30ab\u30ec\u30c9\u30cb\u30a2\u306e\u4ea4\u901a\u6a19\u8b58\u306f\u3069\u3046\u3044\u3046\u610f\u5473\u3067\u3057\u3087\u3046\u304b\uff1f road sign in Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia -- Noum\u00e9a, South, New Caledonia -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2015-12-15\/2657 -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i07569\"\ntitle=\"What Do I Mean ? road sign in Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia -- Noum\u00e9a, South, New Caledonia -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 46mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_07569.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_07569.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>What Do <span class='nobr'>I Mean<\/span>?<\/span>\n<br\/><b>\u30af\u30a4\u30ba<\/b>\uff1a\u3053\u306e\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30ab\u30ec\u30c9\u30cb\u30a2\u306e<span class='nobr'>\u4ea4\u901a\u6a19\u8b58<\/span>\u306f\u3069\u3046\u3044\u3046<span class='nobr'>\u610f\u5473<\/span>\u3067\u3057\u3087\u3046\u304b\uff1f\n<br\/>road sign in Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_07569.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-12-12'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"What Do I Mean ? \u30af\u30a4\u30ba \uff1a\u3053\u306e\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30ab\u30ec\u30c9\u30cb\u30a2\u306e\u4ea4\u901a\u6a19\u8b58\u306f\u3069\u3046\u3044\u3046\u610f\u5473\u3067\u3057\u3087\u3046\u304b\uff1f road sign in Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia -- Noum\u00e9a, South, New Caledonia -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2015-12-15\/2657 -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Driving around during <a href='\/blog\/2015-12-09\/2653'>our vacation in New Caledonia<\/a>, <span class='nobr'>I came across<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a\nnumber<\/span> of road signs whose meaning was not intuitive to me, including the one above. <span class='nobr'>I thought<\/span> it might make <span class='nobr'>a good<\/span> <a\nhref='\/blog\/category\/what-am-i'><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>What am I?<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> quiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>The sign obviously doesn't mean <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>No Bicycles Allowed<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> or <span class='nobr'>I wouldn't<\/span> be posting it here.... unless, of course, <span class='nobr'>I'm doing<\/span> the\nwhole reverse-psychology thing to fake you out. <span class='nobr'>But then again<\/span>, <span class='nobr'>I may well<\/span> be doing the whole <i>reverse<\/i>-reverse-psychology\nthing to fake you into <i>thinking<\/i> I'm trying to fake you out.<\/p>\n\n<p>Frankly, I'm so confused now that <span class='nobr'>I don't<\/span> even know. Anyway, what do you think the sign means?<\/p>\n\n<p>As is usual with these quizzes, I'll hold all guesses privately until <span class='nobr'>I publish<\/span> the answer in <span class='nobr'>a day<\/span> or three.<\/p>\n\n<p><b>UPDATE:<\/b> I've posted <span class='nobr'>a hint<\/span> <a href='\/blog\/2015-12-17\/2658'>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving around during our vacation in New Caledonia, I came across a number of road signs whose meaning was not intuitive to me, including the one above. I thought it might make a good \"What am I?\" quiz.<\/p> <p>The sign obviously doesn't mean \"No Bicycles Allowed\" or I wouldn't be posting it here.... unless, of course, I'm doing the whole reverse-psychology thing to fake you out. But then again, I may well be doing the whole reverse-reverse-psychology thing to fake you into thinking I'm trying to fake you out.<\/p> <p>Frankly, I'm so confused now that I don't even know. 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