Warning: Do Not Press Flight Attendant’s Toilet Camera
A couple of readers solved the mystery of the mock notices that appeared in the restrooms at the San Diego Convention Center, the ones that read “Toilet camera is for research only.”
They pointed out that the stickers came from Stuff magazine, which offers a page of the mischievous pronouncements each month.
The March issue has the toilet notice, as well as stickers that could be strategically placed to puzzle or alarm elevator riders (“Warning: Do Not Press 7”) and airline passengers (“Please report all near misses to the flight attendant”).
Reader Ingrid Rodgers of Long Beach said she had fun placing still another sticker on an ATM machine. It reads “Nickels Only.”
TODAY’S MYSTERY: Dr. Marna Geisler of Santa Monica sent along a series of international warning signs that she saw by an elevator in a Havana hotel (see photo). These, I’m pretty sure, are real. And Geisler asks: “Can anyone tell me what we are not supposed to be doing on the elevator besides not smoking?” Beats me, though, near as I can tell, it’s OK to press 7.
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SHOW BIZ ITEM: Louis Rhodes of Laguna Beach and several other readers forwarded an ad regarding the celebrity whose life was portrayed in the musical “Hello Dolly” (see accompanying).
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HEAVENLY MISSION: Cathy Steel of Glendale snapped a shot of a gentleman whose car designation suggests he’s involved with space exploration (see photo).
Not exactly.
Good-humored Msgr. Francis Weber is a historian of the L.A. archdiocese. For him, “mission control” is at the San Fernando Mission.
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Harvey’s e-mail: steve.harvey@latimes.com.