Whose Lift?
By Maggs
@maggs224 (2320)
Alicante, Spain
February 4, 2017 4:51am CST
I thought that this might amuse some of you. Whenever I am confronted by a lot of stairs I will most likely use a lift if there is one. When I was I London we used the underground a lot to get around on. Jumping around on the underground we often moved from one line to another. When this happened there were often big flights of stairs to negotiate.
At one of the stations I got into a lift made by a Swiss Manufacturer and what I saw made me smile.
I took a photo of what I saw in the lift which is the one that I included with this post. When I saw this I turned to my hubby and said
“So this must be the famous Schindler's lift then” well I thought it punny and funny at the time.
Yes the Swiss manufacturer of the lift is Schindler the same name as the man who was responsible for saving so many Jewish lives during the second world war. Schindler's heroic deeds were later made the subject of the now famous film called "Schindler's List" Hence my punny remark "Schindler's Lift"
Have you encountered any such punny moments?
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@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
5 Feb 17
@LadyDuck Hi Ana, I really don't know what are common Swiss names, I still do not know what names are common in Switzerland. All I knew was that this lift was made by the Swiss manufacturer Schindler. I didn't mean to imply that the company was owned by the Schindler that was responsible for the rescuing of all those people during the war. It was just that they bore the same sir name.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
4 Feb 17
that is a bit amusing for sure! (while a pun on not as funny subject, still seeing as he lifted many to safety it works)
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@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
5 Feb 17
@Jessicalynnt Hi Jekca as you so rightly pointed out it works on at least two levels one I saw and one I now see thanks to you
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funny@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
4 Feb 17
@GegeTheMechanic I am so glad that you saw the punny side too Mila :D
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@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Feb 17
Nope. Not recently. That is a good one though. Enjoyed it.
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
7 Feb 17
nice to see a post from you maggs... and such a funny one too.. 
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
9 Feb 17
That is pretty funny, Maggs. I actually was able to use one myself just yesterday, but I'm not sure whether the person thought I was cute or not. A young gal just returned from her stint in the service in Germany. She wanted to do some grocery shopping with her mom and talked her grandmother into going along. Unfortunately, grandma was done about an hour before the mother-daughter team and was a bit worried. When they came up to my lane I told her I thought we'd have to send the troops out to look for them since her grandmother was so worried.
My husband is the punster around here and sometimes I find myself helping in that regard too.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
5 Feb 17
Rarely it happens to me but I love your punny moment. Good to see you Maggs.
