These are signs I saw when I was young 30 years ago. I don't see them anymore?
2007-07-29 08:48:46 · 8 answers · asked by DOMINILINCON 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Post No Bill ... means do not put up any notices.
I'm not sure what it means in grammar.
2007-07-29 08:53:15 · answer #1 · answered by istitch2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People used to actually glue posters (bills, for example a playbill) advertising various events onto the sides of buildings, bus shelters, around telephone poles, and the walls of contruction sites. "Post No Bills" means "don't paste your posters here".
2007-07-29 09:00:21 · answer #2 · answered by helene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means don't stick any posters up. I remember seeing a sign that said 'Bill Stickers will be prosecuted.' Underneath someone had written 'Bill Stickers is innocent!'
2007-07-29 10:04:29 · answer #3 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As said above, it means that posting of adverts/notices etc (bills) is not allowed.
Another version was "BILL STICKERS WILL BE PROSECUTED". This was often followed by the graffiti response "Bill Stickers is innocent".
2007-07-29 08:57:25 · answer #4 · answered by SV 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely 'the big bad wolf WHO came out of the forest'. To personify the wolf in this way is not only a really English way of writing, but it makes it doubly scary to the reader/listener!
2016-04-01 08:23:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everybody is being told 'Don't paste/attach/put any bill (papers of advertisements, announcements, or even vandalise) on the wall where you can find that sign.
2007-07-29 08:55:23 · answer #6 · answered by nomar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means, don't tack up any advertisements. "Bill" is short for handbill. You are thinking of the phrase, "Post no bills."
2007-07-29 08:54:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means do not put up ads, solicitations, etc.
2007-07-29 08:52:49 · answer #8 · answered by bill h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋