Funny SIGNS around the World.
Jul 6, 2008, 8:57 am
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Funny SIGNS around the World.
Ok, so I am at the Crown Plaza in Philly, and I notice a sign on the 18th floor:
This is a quiet floor.
There will be no housekeeping between the hours of 9pm-10am.
Liesure travelers, marching bands and circus animals will not be placed on this floor.
If you are staying on this floor, please help us keep quiet by:
Keeping your TV on a Low volume &
No loud singing in the shower.
I do plan on taking a picture of this sign later. I took my fellow travelers to see the sign and we ended up on the floor laughing (probably laughing a little to loud). This sign probably goes unnoticied by many.
Anyone alse notice amusing signs while out and about?
This is a quiet floor.
There will be no housekeeping between the hours of 9pm-10am.
Liesure travelers, marching bands and circus animals will not be placed on this floor.
If you are staying on this floor, please help us keep quiet by:
Keeping your TV on a Low volume &
No loud singing in the shower.
I do plan on taking a picture of this sign later. I took my fellow travelers to see the sign and we ended up on the floor laughing (probably laughing a little to loud). This sign probably goes unnoticied by many.
Anyone alse notice amusing signs while out and about?
Jul 6, 2008, 9:46 am
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I was with KathyWdrf at the CNN Center in Atlanta just last week when we spotted a door with the following sign:
THIS DOOR MAY OPEN
She took a picture of it with her camera.
The door was already closed. What else is it supposed to do?
By the way, I witnessed the door being opened while waiting for her...
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Not related to the above, here is a sign found on Interstate 70 in Colorado heading east towards Denver from the Rocky Mountains, alerting truckers not to be fooled.
I laughed when I first saw this sign, found on either side of the eastbound traffic lanes of Interstate 70. It is one of the few highway signs that contains more than one complete sentence.
THIS DOOR MAY OPEN
She took a picture of it with her camera.
The door was already closed. What else is it supposed to do?
By the way, I witnessed the door being opened while waiting for her...
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Not related to the above, here is a sign found on Interstate 70 in Colorado heading east towards Denver from the Rocky Mountains, alerting truckers not to be fooled.
I laughed when I first saw this sign, found on either side of the eastbound traffic lanes of Interstate 70. It is one of the few highway signs that contains more than one complete sentence.
Jul 6, 2008, 12:29 pm
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Lost in Translation
Yellow warning sign seen at the entrance to a women's restroom at San Diego's Lindbergh Field recently:
"Cuidado - Piso Mojado."
A lady with her two female youngsters who were arriving from the Midwest and who were about to enter said: "Be careful, girls, that sign says there's wet p*ss all over the floor!"
Actual translation: "Caution - slippery floor."
"Cuidado - Piso Mojado."
A lady with her two female youngsters who were arriving from the Midwest and who were about to enter said: "Be careful, girls, that sign says there's wet p*ss all over the floor!"
Actual translation: "Caution - slippery floor."
Last edited by maltasr; Jul 7, 2008 at 12:11 am Reason: Clarity
Jul 6, 2008, 12:31 pm
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Talented bovines on the Mauna Kea access road.
Itinerant Asśes at the other end of Mauna Kea
Not a bad ratio for a Texas town.
Eeeew
And perhaps my favorite (which I wish I'd taken a picture of), on the door of a small Arkansas restaurant during hunting season: "To avoid misunderstandings, please unload all shotguns and remove ski masks before entering. Thank you."
Itinerant Asśes at the other end of Mauna Kea
Not a bad ratio for a Texas town.
Eeeew
And perhaps my favorite (which I wish I'd taken a picture of), on the door of a small Arkansas restaurant during hunting season: "To avoid misunderstandings, please unload all shotguns and remove ski masks before entering. Thank you."
Jul 6, 2008, 12:39 pm
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One sign I've seen near two airports (most recently outside CLE, the other was somewhere in Maryland) is "Caution - Low Flying Aircraft". As a motorist, what am I supposed to do with this information?
Duck?
Put up the top on my convertable?
Swerve wildly to avoid the oncoming aircraft?
I guess it's there precisely to stop people from doing exactly that last thing, but it was certainly pretty funny (maybe just to me) the first time I saw it.
Duck?
Put up the top on my convertable?
Swerve wildly to avoid the oncoming aircraft?
I guess it's there precisely to stop people from doing exactly that last thing, but it was certainly pretty funny (maybe just to me) the first time I saw it.
Jul 6, 2008, 12:54 pm
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Two Books published by Lonely Planet. Signspotting and Signspotting 2. List all sorts of great signs around the world.
Also website www.signspotting.com
Also website www.signspotting.com
Jul 6, 2008, 3:37 pm
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Two Books published by Lonely Planet. Signspotting and Signspotting 2. List all sorts of great signs around the world.
Also website www.signspotting.com
Also website www.signspotting.com
Jul 6, 2008, 3:46 pm
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Taxis in Shanghai
The ones I have been in have a sign in the back that says:
"Psychos and drunkards without a guardian prohibited in taxis" or something pretty close to that.
"Psychos and drunkards without a guardian prohibited in taxis" or something pretty close to that.
Jul 6, 2008, 3:55 pm
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A distinction needs to be made between signs that are funny because they're funny, and signs that are funny because they mangle English in another country--tons and tons of websites etc. for the latter.
Jul 6, 2008, 5:47 pm
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Jul 6, 2008, 5:50 pm
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I have a picture of a store that I took in Turkey. It says " We're Sorry, We are Open"
And I know it's the name of the village but I love driving through "Dead Maids" in England on the way to Salisbury from Wales
And I know it's the name of the village but I love driving through "Dead Maids" in England on the way to Salisbury from Wales
Jul 6, 2008, 6:13 pm
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When I was in Vancouver, I saw a sign that said "Welcome to Vancouver. A Nuclear Weapons Free Zone."
I thought it was a rather odd thing to advertise (plus it meant that I had to take the nuclear bomb out of my purse
).
I thought it was a rather odd thing to advertise (plus it meant that I had to take the nuclear bomb out of my purse
).