Mysterious Japanese Handicapped Sign.

Posted by Alex in Everything Else on October 8, 2006 at 3:45 pm

Shuto of 3yen discovered this strange "blue shamrock" car sticker on a car in a parking lot in Japan:

Could this “Blue Shamrock” car sticker mean the Japanese driver is handicapped by too much Irish whiskey?

Well today I stumbled across this only-in-Japan factoid…

In June of 2002, Japan adopted the shamrock symbol to designate of handicapped parking. The Japanese logic was the international symbol of a wheelchair did not encompass all forms of disability (heart conditions, stroke, being Irish, etc).

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8 comments to "Mysterious Japanese Handicapped Sign."

  1. Aleki
    October 8th, 2006 at 10:19 pm

    Are they lucky to be handicapped?

  2. Fronika
    October 9th, 2006 at 3:31 pm

    Shamrocks have three leaves, not four. That's a clover leaf on the sign.

  3. Fronika
    October 9th, 2006 at 3:33 pm

    Get you facts straight before you start insulting other people, dummy.

  4. Emmers
    October 10th, 2006 at 8:31 pm

    Maybe they're lucky to be alive (because of accident, sickness, etc. that caused the disability).

  5. Aleki
    October 11th, 2006 at 5:02 am

    Gimme a break fronika... I'm merely pointing out the irony of the sign. But, I guess that went right over your vastly superior brain. Dummy.

    By the way I happen to be handicapped. I just love when self-righteous people get offended on behalf of other people.

    P.S. get your facts straight before you start insulting people.

  6. Aleki
    October 11th, 2006 at 1:33 pm

    By the way a four leaf clover is considered good luck. You just proved my point, dummy.

  7. Taro in Tokyo
    October 13th, 2006 at 1:07 am

    I find it odd that I'm being quoted about this strange handicapped symbol since I took the picture of the car window last year (Nov 2005). I've posted it several times on different Japanese forums over the past year trying to find an answer to the Irish-on-Board warning sticker.

    By the way, why is everyone calling me "Shuto" (meaning 'expressway' in Japanese) when my name is 'Taro'? Is this a Gaelic spelling handicap?

    L8r...

    Taro, the lame
    http://news.3yen.com/

  8. Zyzzyfuss
    October 14th, 2006 at 7:46 pm

    Just wanna chime in that I, too, think that Fronika has made him/herself look like an utter idiot. Grasping hold of one minute piece of data does not entitle you to feel intellectually superior, as you have proven oh so well, Fronika ... you dummy


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