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So you've been on the effing houders eh Astrid. You have my sympathies

Astrid! I love the way you signed your name on the photograph. What a great sense of humor you have

LOL, my knowledge of Dutch is so limited that I could figure out the second word, but was completely flummoxed by the first. Even reading your description I still only get the houders part. Luckily the pictogram is pretty clear!

You DO have a great sense of humor, Ms. Astrid, as I can surely attest to for Kay! If she only knew how much. HA! You have a better sense of humor in your second language than most people have in their first. I love it!

The more I hear and see of Texel, the more I want to go there some day. Shame on Donica and me if we don't!

LOL ! What a funny photo ! Well spotted !

Oh goeiemorgen, Mevrouw Burgemeester! Met humor regeert u altijd makkelijker! Maar of de veel Duitse toeristen op Textel dit ook begrijpen? Na, we hebben deze verkeerstekenen trouwens ook op de Oost-friesische eilanden (zoals Spiekeroog..., helaas weet ik niet meer de Duitse term): de docters, de politieagenten en de vuurweerleden moeten natuurlijk "uitgezonderd" zijn! Hoe mooi dat er nog plaatsen zijn waar geen auto's en geen bromfietsen de rust en de lucht kunnen verstorenen verontreinigen!

As I don't understand Dutch, I might have been tempted to interpret it differently - beware leapfrogging cars!
Ingrid

great great image

Very nice capture Astrid. I like that you signed on the post!

Whoa! Looks pretty dodgy to me! H.

I like the way you signed the sign board.

I would like to see them try and cross here, might end up a bit wet.

LOL - very nicely spotted

Tch, I don't even see the road where the permit holders can travel with their cars and motorbikes

Your translation is spot on. You need a special permit to travel motorised along this way. Directly translated it would be something like 'Holders of exception excluded Astrid 2008'. A bit strange with the double negative in two words.

What about this:
I can't remember the signs in the netherlands so well, but I think this sign is missing the diagonal red line. Because of that we probably now have the meaning that the permit holders are not allowed (the plot thickens). There is not a road and you need a permit not to travel on it.

I think this one is aimed at german tourists.

Great fun shot and I like what you have done with the watermark.

This is both funny and odd, Astrid. I had porridge with honey, blueberries and natural yoghurt for breakfast. Oh, coffee too.

Laughing ouit very loud at Chris Phillips' (Tiff's) comment.

Good for a smile, which I am doing. Thanks, Astrid.

Amfibische slechts auto's (Amphibious cars only?) Love the way you have signed the sign!

HAHA. I love what you did what that sign Astrid!

Astrid I think I am with anniedog the sign is very different

Louis' remark "I think this one is aimed at german tourists." evoces me to a short, sorry, serious, language-consideration (Dutch-German): May be! We have this sign (only with a car) in Germany too, but the word "uitgezonderd" may be a so-called "wrong friend", because "uitgezonderd" means here "ausgenommen/außer", but not "ausgesondert". The last word is for us -in connection with persons...- an absolute "Unwort" in the negative meaning 'ignored', 'excluded', 'rejected' with a bad NS-connotation (in the meaning of extermination). Only papers, rubbish... can be "ausgesondert" werden in the meaning of clearing up.

Seems a daft sign to me .... The large hunk of technology in the back ground .... Is it some sort of maintenance barge or something completely different. richard

Good shot Astrid, do I assume you can only go there if your motorcycle hasn't got a frame!

Nice shot, it looks like that is boat is on a wave.

Humour excellent

Like the way you composed this shot. Very interesting, great image.

Nice spotted and sharp shot. I like your signature on board!

Funny and well seen

It really doesn't look the best of places for either a car or a motorbike, but perhaps in the summer there's some nice flat sand?