Another episode in the series of strange signs and customs, along with police stations that close for lunch, stores with theoretical opening hours, and so on. Yesterday morning, we had just gotten off the train from Cannes in Antibes when I spotted these signs. The top one reads, “Stop, no entry”; fair enough, but it’s the one immediately below that is strange: “Security station -- Do not disturb”. Personally, I am at a loss to understand this. Assuming there were some sort of security problem, would it not be an excellent idea to disturb the security staff? Or does the sign mean one shouldn’t disturb them unless there were some emergency, preferably one not too close to lunch hour? The ways of the Lord may be impenetrable, but the French truly are in a category of their own...