Funny Signs

“Funny Names was a good thread.

How about funny signs you've seen?

I've got a couple.

The best was at a Greek Restaurant in Highland Park, NJ. It read "Greek Cuisine - Parking in Rear". Really!

Here's a weird one I photographed on a road trip.”

“There used to be a little country store in Princeton, Idaho that rented videos and sold fishing bait. They had a sign out front that said "WORMS" on top and "FINALLY GOT OUR VIDEOS" on the bottom.

Worms finally got our videos.


There is stretch of road in the Black Hills with two opposite right angle turns in it. Just before each turn is a yellow diamond warning sign. Each sign has a black arrow indicating the curve so that from a short distance it looks like there are two curves pointing into eachother.

Then in Creston BC I saw a sign in front of burger joint that lost its decimal. It said "Value Meal $1000."”

“Oh, one more. There is a sign in Chinle Canyon, AZ that says, "FOUR WHEEL DRIVE TOUR IN YOUR OWN CAR!" I still wonder about that one.”

“On Highway 50 to South Lake Tahoe, there was a sign (it's gone now) for a combo gas station/fast food place named Pow Wow. The sign read, "Eat at Pow Wow and get gas".”

“In the town of Holberg, on the logging roads to Cape Scott- Vancouver Island, there is an actual highway sign depicting a 'pink elephant crossing'. I'll have to get a picture, sometime.

You need a really good sense of humor, to live up there.”

“I-75 runs through Troy, MI. One of the exits that always makes the boys giggle...

"Exit 69 Big Beaver Rd"”

“Sure, but what are you SERVING?
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“My Favorite:
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“DUDE! Which road should I take?
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“Hiking Related:
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“Finally, an honest bum!
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“Finally, the cops are doind something with my tax dollar:
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“I wonder if they'll let you make a U-Turn?
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“I was actually here:
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“There is a sign over a burger joint in Salmon, ID that reads, "All Beef, except for the Chicken."”

“Who lives on this street?
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“I the corner of two streets named Leehver and Banger. That's right, Banger and Leehver.”

“This thread's like Headlines on Jay Leno's Tonight show.
I saw a sign for a town in central PA. called Weedville. Another town is named Intercourse.”

“The day we helped move our son to college we were driving by his old high school, the sign out front was suppose to say ORIENTATIONS BEGINNING AT 8:00 AM. The kids had robbed letters from around the sign and it read ORGASIMS BEGINNING AT 8:00AM. We went home and got a camera and came back and took a picture of it before anyone took it down.”

“The link I posted above for the sign I saw on a road trip will work if you cut and paste:

http://www.geocities.com/violinthebackpacker/Brainwash.jpg

Apparently geocities doesn't like direct links.”

“Buddha Bear, Virginia City is a cool town ain't it.
The funniest sign I have ever seen was on a construction site. There was this portable toilet and the sign in front read: "Dumping Prohibited" funny stuff.”

“Tahoe, it was a cool town. We did a shot of whiskey in almost every bar there, just to get the ole' west experience!”

“We saw several billboard signs just over the border in Wisconsin for a place that sold "Fireworks and Cheese"”

“This is very funny considering that these are official road signs: In several places across the country at rest stops you will see the blue signs directing you which way to go for "Busses"! (I wonder if they are free of charge!)”

“Well MukTuk, here in Wisconsin, we don't really see what's amusing about fireworks and cheese being sold at the same store. We'd think it was funny if they only sold one or the other...we'd point and laugh, saying, "Hey der, look -- dey fergot to sell cheese wid der Black Cats" or "Who dey kiddin'? Ya can't be comin' home wid a bagga fireworks an no Colby!"

Actually, we're only surprised that they weren't offering beer and lotto tickets, too, LOL.”

“AT the high school by my house they have some signs at the front that say: "Don't even THINK about parking here."”

“LOL, Pekka--they might have sold beer and Lotto tix, too...we didn't stop to check. We had all the fireworks and cheese we needed to last the trip :)”

“In Mi's Upper Penninsula there are MANY signs that read "Do Not Pass While Oncoming Traffic Present"...Really?”

“I liked the one as I was approaching a construction zone that read: "OBEY ALL SIGNS"”

“Lots of little towns I pass through, especially in upstate NY, say "Welcome to Podunk. Zoning ordinances strictly enforced."

Why do I, as a passerby, give a rat's @ss about their zoning laws? Are they afraid I'm gonna pull off and set up my tent on the town common?”

“It's to ward off evil car campers steiney.”

“In Atlanta, just off Monroe Drive...

S&M CLUTCH AND BRAKE”

“In the mid 80's I ran in a Washington DC marathon 4 straight years. Even though there were thousands of fans lining the streets, I would see the same guy every year holding the same sign saying:

"Does Silent Radio Control Your Mind?"

I don't know about silent radio but that sign controlled my mind for miles every year trying to understand what it meant. I still think about it now and then. Now I'm sorry I looked at this thread. LOL
Say goodnight Pennsy.”

“That sign was just too weird. We flew past at 65, looked at each other like "DUH?" and promptly pulled a U-turn. I still have no idea who paid for it or why.”

“I saw a sign in Laredo,TX that said...

Are You Sure It's Yours?
1-800-DNA-TEST”

“Here's your answer:

Little is it suspected by the citizens of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that there too a genuine folk-hero has risen from their midst.

His name is Robert Roy Lansberry, and there came a time in the 'seventies when Lansberry became acutely conscious of a disturbing anomaly in his life: Lansberry, apparently, was no longer able to receive his mail. Frustrated at every turn by unreceptive civil servants, he was forced to draw the only possible conclusion: that officialdom itself was playing a Kafkaesque cat-and-mouse with his postage. Determined to smoke them out, Lansberry took to the streets complete with scrawled sandwich-boards, denouncing the unseen cabal. Every working day, all seasons, from Grant Street to Liberty Avenue, he canvassed for support with his placards, year in year out. Administrations changed, bureaucrats came and went. Despite the changes, some secret codicil remained in place and Lansberry still did not receive his mail.

He attracted the attention of a lot of pedestrians, however, and more importantly the press began to get inquiries about Lansberry. Years of single-handed combat told him that it was time to up the ante. Bypassing the effects, he went straight to the cause. His boards began to demand: Does silent radio control your mind? People were not prepared to say so, but they were glad he asked.

He travelled to Washington D.C. and marched implacably with his sandwich-boards in front of a watchful White House. He could be seen from the Treasury Department, and God knows from what other recondite locations. It was not as if he failed to put them on notice. Still, no mail.

Resolving to meet his foes on ground of their own choosing, he took the ultimate step. In the 1981 Democratic Congressional primary, Lansberry announced his candidacy. Against their machines and money, Lansberry hurled his life-savings of $641.00. He lost. But to the shock of the political community, he made a relatively spectacular showing of 14,000 votes thus capping one of the most resourceful grass-roots campaigns in our nation's history. He was now someone to be reckoned with. So why no mail?

Here is his theory. Read it when sober only.”

“"To achieve any happiness you must be paranoid."
- Robert Roy Lansberry”

“Does he know about microwave sattelites?”

“Wow, thanks for that answer. All this time I thought he was just a kook messing with the runners. I have to copy that and share it with some other 'head scratchers' who remember that sign.”

“We have a guy in downtown San Francisco who walks around holding a sign; at first (several years ago), it read something like "Impeach Clinton Bush Reagan and Ford" with no elaboration. The lineup of presidents varied over time, and at one point even included Ben Franklin. Tough to impeach someone who is not only dead but was never president. Later he added this important message: "12 galaxies guiltied to a technotronic society". Now his message is less coherent than that.

This guy has become such a local fixture that he has apparently picked up some corporate sponsorship. A while back, the Chronicle reported that when he got a new sign made at Kinko's, whoever paid used a Chevron corporate credit card. Last I saw him, his sign had this on the back: "Underwritten by Quizno's Subs".”

“interesting link on the bottom of that page - wtf is The Intergalatic Bowling & Chainsaw Appreciation Page”

“I saw a house split into two commercial rental units. On one side the sign said bartenders local ####. On the other unit hung the sign Mothers March of Dimes. I keep thinking, "What's the #1 cause of birth defects in this country? answer - alcohol"”

“Sign in front of a church on the way to Mammoth:

"Jesus, I come quickly"”

“Sign on 64W near Charlottesville, VA:
"Sign not Operational"”

“LOL - I drive by that sign all the time Avagadro on my way to Saint Marys Wilderness”

“There's a sign on our way up north that has a likeness of Hitler with his arm raised in salute (Nazi style) that reads "All in favor of DEQ controll raise your right hand" It has also read "All in favor of DNR control...." and "All in favor of Bill and Hillary raise..." I keep hoping it'll say something else each time we go up but it hasn't changed since last year. I guess the guy must really be unhappy with the DEQ.”