What's wrong with this picture?

[alexpgp]

There is a government agency in the UK that calls itself the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (a name that evokes memories of early James Bond films, as the first "E" in SPECTRE stands for "Executive" in the apparently British sense of "organization," but I digress...)

It is the job of the GMPTE, ostensibly, to help make the city "work together," and to further that goal, it has commissioned a spiffy new consciousness-raising poster:


Try to figure out what happens if one attempts to turn one of the gears.

Cheers...

Photo nicked from Transport Blog; with a tip o' the hat to Samizdata.net

Comments

[platofish.livejournal.com]

Gridlock in its simplest form....

[madhacktress.livejournal.com]

If you can't find 'em, grind 'em...

I think that I would just enjoy saying GMPTE out loud... "gimp-tee..." It just sounds cute. :)

[fidelioscabinet.livejournal.com]

The really sad part is that if you pointed it out to the graphic artist responsible, not only would they not get it until you showed them the problem with real gears, but they'd fail to see what it should trouble anyone.