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tolugenius
Funny, does anyone know the history of any of the markers? I'm just curious why this is global thing really.
Photogrammaton
The plaque is identical in two of the photos (one from Ireland, one from Luxembourg), and the wording is identical in those two plus a third (from Western Australia). That makes me curious.
bckr
My great grandmother taught me that “nothing doing” meant something similar to “there’s nothing for it”.
arjie
I’m in my late thirties and it was still in common use in India, and perhaps specifically among Anglo Indians? But it meant more like “no chance”.

“Can I go out to the movies with my friends?”

“Nothing doing! You have an exam tomorrow”

Or failure to do something.

“I tried to fix it myself but nothing doing”.

HappMacDonald
Looney Toons / Merry Melodies also bear out this connotation quite well
TRiG_Ireland
The Futility Closet website (and, formerly, podcast) is an amazing treasure trove of fascinating facts.
alucardo
Yes! and thank you for making me remember its existence
rzzzt
1897 seems like an important year.
swader999
I need this for some past companies I've worked at.
layer8
It’s curious how there seem to be so few combinations of place and time where nothing important happened.
gumby
It’s just the macro perspective. Down around the Planck limit, there’s something going on all the time, everywhere, all at once!
ButlerianJihad
"I just wanted to mention, for those who have asked... Absolutely nothing whatsoever happened today in Sector 83 by 9 by 12."

https://youtu.be/vZt5_27mGcE?si=PaeEaF9Ws0aDvMMt

I am totally sure I've seen that plaque in O'Hungry's. It's a San Diego classic. It's reassuring to know that there are such places around the world.