While gazing out of the window, and trying to decipher the announcements from the guard that started with "We apologise for .." (but what they were apologising for was lost in a haze of static), my eye was drawn to the usual lengthy sprawl of urban graffiti plastered on the side of the next viaduct across. It read:
"Pera Risaduzc Bers", and yes, I wrote it down for posterity.
Now what strange message is this? What enlightenment is it meant to convey? It is not, as far as I am aware, a quote from Richard Dawkins. Nor is it a passage from Edward Lear, as there are no runcible spoons mentioned.
Is it secret message? Are MI5 working overtime to decipher it, and will Cameron announce tomorrow that yet another Islamic plot has been uncovered?
Is it a crossword clue? Is it an anagram? I can get as far as "Central European Orchard, 4-4" (i.e Pear and Serb) but the central word defeats me unless it's something vaguely to do with risible ducks.
Or is it merely that some brain-dead looney is demonstrating that he now knows his alphabet. I'm reminded of the classic Eric Morecambe quote: "I'm playing all the right notes - but not necessarily in the right order .... "
Answers on a postcard, please. Or if you're feeling acrobatic enough, on the side of a local bridge near you .....
