It took me a long time to understand that 'mess' had another meaning than just a clutter. Until that knowledge took the charm away, it was fun to imagine a building where army officers would drop their stiff, disciplined, spit 'n' polish image and start mucking around. As a kid, everytime I saw this sign at St Thomas Mount, it took me to an image of officers behaving in the most un-gentlemanlike fashion.In fact, even after learning that 'mess' could also describe a dish, or a place where meals are served to a specifc group, it was difficult to wipe away the earlier image. It was merely modified to one where the officers were being extremely clumsy about eating their food!![](//1.bp.blogspot.com/_Mk_8WMjGwfQ/SZwzsx7zyxI/AAAAAAAAEYQ/WgojSVsDRFY/s400/DSC01308.JPG)
This was one of the two signs which fascinated me as a child; the other one is here
2 comments:
U messed up your imagination I suppose.
@ lviss: :D
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