Words at World's End

[gnimmel]

To get this out of the way at the start: I work on the environmental effects of air transport. Since starting this work, I have gradually built up the sort of carbon footprint which in forensic terms might be used to identify a barbecued yeti. How? By flying. A lot. To many and varied conferences in many and varied places. I've just counted up the

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[purplepiano]

Be patient with our little server, gnimmel's friendslist!

[gnimmel]

*strokes fluffhouse gently*

[mooism]

I am stealing that Forbidden City quote.

[emperor]

I think that's where the title to brrm's LJ comes from.

[gnimmel]

Looks like it - I just had a look at their userinfo and there's a very very similar picture....

[ashfae]

I'm so smitten with the grass now.

Hotel bedside console

[ellarien]

Was this the Friendship Hotel, by any chance? I think the "Do not" button turns on the "Do not disturb" light outside the door.

I saw some wonderfully whimsical variants on "Keep off the grass" on my visit to Beijing. The best one was probably "The grass is growing pleasedon 't disturd it."

Re: Hotel bedside console

[gnimmel]

It was the Beijing North Star Continental Hotel, but I suspect it was the same system (we did work out in the end that it meant 'do not disturb', and shortly thereafter found out about the outside light).