Inappropriate Language?

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Sign outside Safety Beach Sailing Club, Mornington Peninsula
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Rockin Chair Writers prompt #5
A ~ Tell us what's really on your mind
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Over the past week, inappropriate language has really struck a chord with me. No, it's not swearing or anything like that. It is language that acts as a cue (intentionally or not) for rather alternative, misleading, confronting, dubious, inappropriate? ideas. I'll start with the one that could be unintentional, and then point out the one that verges on cruelty.

1. Liquid Church is a new face on the Mornington Peninsula (I have now been informed it has no connection with the U.S. same-titled version begun in 2001). When I first saw this sign on the roadside, I immediately thought it must be a new way of celebrating "Happy Hour" round the bar by the sea, drinking a few "liquid ambers" or two. After all, there is a bar in the nearby Safety Beach Sailing Club where the group meets. After my pic hunting walk, as soon as I arrived home, I Googled Liquid Church. Of course, all was revealed. But I still believe that the sign sends mixed messages. I am sure I am not the only one who "translates" it this way! The sign badly needs some succinct motto under the logo to ensure it doesn't inspire some tacky jokes!

2. The word BOMB sends shivers down the spines of most of us. So who would write this word on some traveller's luggage?
From The Courier Mail, A LARGE bag with "BOMB" written across it passed through Qantas check-in and security screening for oversized luggage at Brisbane domestic airport yesterday, the Transport Workers Union said.
While most reports berate the slack screening at Brisbane airport and the poor security profile Australia presents to the world as a result of this incident, no one seems to be be reporting what kind of person would do this and for what purpose? This brazen act, flinging a challenge to authorities, could be funny if the implications were not so serious!
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Safety Beach Sailing Club, viewed from the top of the new, "arty" road tunnel
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In liquid landscapes
Wild free spirits free flying
Long for some air space
Parachuting bombs away
What a bomb of an idea
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Walking the Boardwalks

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Boardwalk at Balnarring wetlands, Mornington Peninsula
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Rockin' Chair Writers #3 ~ Prompt B ~ “What days in your life will you always remember and why?”
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Always remember
Golden October mornings
Walking the boardwalks
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Always remember
Whispering sighs of waters
Falling from gruff rocks
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Always remember
Simmering bush scents in spring
Fired by soft rains
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Always remember
Feeling at peace with nature
Letting my storms pass
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Always keep trying
To capture serenity
Walking the boardwalks
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Keyhole Garden ~ Haiku Friday + Rockin' Chair Writers

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Keyhole garden
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Haiku Friday prompt
Rockin' Chair Writers prompt #2 ~ If your blog is your home show us around

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Another garden
Changing tones of keyhole light
Another insight
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My world is many gardens in many lights. There are sky gardens, gardens of the sea, gardens of the earth and gardens of the inner spirit. My blog home is walking the fine line between inner and outer worlds ~ always looking to right and left, comparing the two.