Sign of the Times

"We have never had complaints before," says Dutch Forestry Commission Director Jan Kuiper. About 100 signs at 25 campsites in the Netherlands were meant to depict the silhouette of a man carrying a stick to mark where people can camp out. But a joke leaflet "full of sexual innuendos about wild camping" has changed the public's perception of the sign. Thanks to the suggestive leaflet, people now don't see a stick, but rather think the cartoon man has a large erection. Kuiper has ordered the signs removed. "Some people don't have anything better to do," he says. "A dirty mind is a joy forever." (PA) ...Now who can argue with that?