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.
Some of them might be in reaction to a local event, or even a worldwide event that had no local impact. But I think they're mostly just jokes.
“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”.