Was out for a random walk with the fam on Friday for my birthday and we saw this… Just a great reuse of wood, but I like the idea this inverted Danger of Death sign embedded in the gate means "Flying Electricity Present In This Field" or something 😁

by phlygee

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  1. We’ve all gotten at least one “can you cover a shift right now?” calls mid way through a sesh. Looks like the outcome of one.

  2. It’s for those hand standing and walking, to prevent their feet getting electrocuted

  3. I mean could there be powerlines buried under the field? 🤔

  4. Screwed the sign onto the post, put the post into the ground, took a step back to check their work…

    “…shit”

  6. Old tele pole got cut up for re-use and nobody cared to remove/orient the sign

  8. Take heed, you need to get off the ground asap, and walk upside down in the sky.

  10. During Covid there was a shortage of timber fencing. A shipment of Australian power line posts got sent to the England accidentally.

  11. This sign in this orientation is a warning to fences not to touch electrified humans.

  14. it means you’ve landed successfully, willing or not to AUSTRALIA!

  16. WPD is the electricity network for the West Country (clues in the name for those that didnt know). Someone has nicked one of their poles and used it for a fence (they should be removed before reselling/reuse). Literally left the evidence there if anyone decided to prosecute.

  17. Reckon there are now underground power cables in that field.

  20. National Grid/ formally Western Power Distribution employee here. When we change decayed poles or move/dismantle a line, we normally offer the old pole to the land owner to use for this purpose. Typically the pole will only have a section that is decayed/damaged, and the rest is good to use for shed supports or posts. The danger plate should have been removed before it was handed over though really

  24. I cannot explain it but I’m disappointed the sign isn’t in ghastly comic sans like the substation signs…

  26. When I was a teenager I worked on a livery during summers and I used to fucking hate putting fence posts in. I’d get shagged digging a bit of a hole, then would hold the fence post straight and they would push it down into the ground with the bucket of a telehandler right over my head. I was effectively the fingers holding a nail when you hammer it in.

    Riding round the farm in the bucket was pretty fun though

  27. Must be for if you’re climbing over and manage to go arse over tit.

  28. I think you will ascend heaven, instead of down hell now by the look of it

  30. Promotional marketing for the new season of Stranger Things

  31. I suggest you don’t walk through that gateway because you might find out.

  32. Honestly, the fact that nobody bothered to flip the sign just adds to its charm. It’s a perfect little artifact of repurposing materials without overthinking it. That accidental, cryptic message is way more interesting than the original warning. Great find on your birthday walk

  33. I did this once because a safety inspection showed that a post was rotting where we worked, so until we could get a replacement we just flipped it to hide it for the next inspection. 

  38. It’s so Richard Hammond can read it after he crashes into it

  40. Easier to read when lying down post electrified

  43. It’s for the workers who get electrocuted while up a pole who then fall, upside down sign makes it easier to read when squirming on the ground.

  49. It’s just a repurposed post imported from Australia.

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