{"id":233,"date":"2009-12-03T19:11:18","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T02:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/?p=233"},"modified":"2009-12-03T19:11:18","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T02:11:18","slug":"shooting-more-complicated-fish-in-a-barrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"Shooting more complicated fish in a barrel&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was on the wall outside a restroom at Narita Airport:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/ostimate-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"ostimate\" title=\"ostimate\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/ostimate-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/ostimate-1024x373.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/ostimate.JPG 1966w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have a fairly large vocabulary, but I didn&#8217;t know what &#8220;Ostimate&#8221; was until I looked it up. It refers to a person who has had an &#8220;ostomy&#8221; which is (it seems) an entire class of surgical procedures dealing with the re-routing of urinary and excretory function. The most commonly known one being a &#8220;colostomy&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>So, this is an example of a sign that appears, at first glance, to be needlessly obtuse, but is in fact extremely helpful. I would assume that to someone to whom this notice is targeted, the utility and clarity is clear. There is no doubt. And I also assume that it is deeply and practically appreciated. <\/p>\n<p>This humble blogger for one, is humbled. And educated. And more attentive as a result&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>hmmmm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was on the wall outside a restroom at Narita Airport: I have a fairly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[61,20,184],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mangled-english","tag-japan","tag-travel","tag-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239,"href":"https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leon.ingulsrud.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}