{"id":8066,"date":"2009-05-20T10:13:36","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T18:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=8066"},"modified":"2013-09-02T08:25:16","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T16:25:16","slug":"no-public-sax-in-st-petersburg-and-no-speedos-either","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2009\/no-public-sax-in-st-petersburg-and-no-speedos-either\/","title":{"rendered":"No Public Sax In St. Petersburg… And No Speedos Either"},"content":{"rendered":"

As regular readers of my blog may remember, a few months ago I started noticing photos on the ‘Net that used saxophone imagery to convey a “NO BUSKING”, or “NO MUSIC” message. One was from Amsterdam<\/a>, while the other was from Warsaw<\/a>.\u00a0Well apparently saxophone imagery can be found in Russia as well, to convey a “NO MUSIC” message.<\/p>\n

This sign at the Peter And Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia,<\/a> provides visitors to the site with a list of 12 things that they are not allowed to do. Now I don’t know about you, but I’m rather confused by some of these things.<\/p>\n

I think they should have provided the English translations, since it might have helped clarify some of the ambiguities.\u00a0Here’s my interpretation from left to right. (YMMV of course. \ud83d\ude06 ) …<\/p>\n

Top Line: <\/strong>No pointing; No weighing of objects; No walking your dog on a leash; No committing suicide by walking off any of the fortress’s buildings; No playing saxophone (or any other musical instruments presumably); No wearing of Speedos.<\/p>\n

Lower Line:<\/strong> No skiing (at least the aerial acrobatic kind); No littering; No fires; No drinking while standing under a street light; No bicycle riding; No cutting down of trees.<\/p>\n

\"what-are-you-allowed-to-do-peter-pauls-fortress\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If you are not familiar with what the site looks like, here are a couple of photos of the Peter and Paul Fortress.<\/p>\n

\"peter-paul-fortress-arial-shot\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: media.photobucket.com<\/h6>\n

\"800px-petropavlovskaia_krepost_aerial\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: wikipedia.org<\/h6>\n

Given Russia’s reputation for having a harsh criminal justice system, I for one would certainly not want to test out what would happen if a person were to get caught breaking one of the site’s rules. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Being incarcerated in Russia for public sax acts… <\/em>Now that would most likely seriously jeopardize a person’s chances of getting future travel visas! :devil2:<\/p>\n

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…this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span>My \u201creal\u201d <\/strong>website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span>sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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