Do not gather around this sign and try to figure out the second part.

Before too much time goes by since our return from the Baltimore-to-Bermuda-and-back trip, I have to slip in this photo I snapped at the old dock in Bermuda’s biggest city, Hamilton.

It makes me wonder about the local customs.

In the middle of the afternoon, the parking spots surrounding that building on the spot that holds the sea on one side and the city shopping district on the other were quite full. Parked were many of the little cars and scooters that zip up and down the hills of this beautiful little colony of islands.

I did not, however, see any hoses hooked up to spigots or folks with sponges wiping on or wiping off.

In fact, I didn’t see anybody hanging around the lot at all — except for those of us who’d filed off the tour bus for a 15-minute burst of sight-seeing.

Loitering and Car Washing Prohibited.

It appears that Bermudians are following the order. Us tourists at least had the second part of the proclamation down pat.

By the way, we weren’t quick enough to catch it on iPhone, but my dear wife Karen pointed out to me the sign outside the Somerset Drinking and Arguing Club as our tour bus came back toward the dockyard.

Really.

You could look it up.

I just did.

It seems that the lovely outdoor lounge at the Country Squire restaurant has such a lively clientele that owner Donald Hassell decided to put its nickname up there on the sign.

It’s on our list for next trip.