Achtung Fingers Ab Die Knopfen!
Achtung Fingers Ab Die Knopfen! Dies Machine is nicht fur gefingerpoken und mittengraben. Is easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzensparken. Is nicht fur gewerken by das dummkopfen. Das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen Cotten-pickenen hands in das pockets - relaxen und Watch Das Blinken Lights.
This text was allegedly written by a member of Werner von Braun's team in a NASA workshop in Huntsville, Alabama in the 1960's. The author being one of the authoritarian German engineers who freely adulterated their English. This text was posted over over a machine.
Rubbernecks = the uncouth local population ofSightseeren = sightseers should only watch the Blinken Lights = signal lights and leave their Cotten-pickenen hands = cotton-picking hands from the machine. Annotation from NRC Handelsblad of 16 Dec. 1999. Update 22 feb. 2013