Author Topic: Silly signs (Read 340816 times)

tiermat · « **Reply #275 on:** 19 March, 2012, 09:09:17 am »

Quote from: clarion on 17 March, 2012, 06:28:15 pm

I misread this one slightly.

Oddly enough I saw one of them on Saturday (obviously not the same one you saw) and mis-read it too....

Bledlow · « **Reply #276 on:** 19 March, 2012, 01:05:44 pm »

Quote from: Basil on 14 February, 2012, 11:59:07 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-16983788

Not silly at all. I've seen the results of someone used to squat toilets getting confused by a sit-down crapper. Not nice.

Jules · « **Reply #277 on:** 19 March, 2012, 02:29:46 pm »

Indeed - a university not far from here with a large number of middle-eastern students now installs both types of toilet.

AndyK · « **Reply #278 on:** 22 March, 2012, 10:11:51 pm »

David Martin · « **Reply #279 on:** 27 March, 2012, 01:37:35 pm »

This one is quite a boast.. On the door of one of the other rooms of the hotel at which I am currently a resident.

Curious sign on a hotel room door by davidmamartin, on Flickr

Edit:
I now know why the comment 'Soap suds' was left on the Flickr page. Apparently this refers to a fictitious liason between two characters in a long-running northern soap opera.. Only about half Britain know that, but obviously not me.

clarion · « **Reply #280 on:** 28 March, 2012, 04:41:58 pm »

And it is patently untrue, since all three named are fictional.

PaulR · « **Reply #281 on:** 30 March, 2012, 09:45:40 pm »

catfoodfail

PaulR · « **Reply #282 on:** 30 March, 2012, 09:46:56 pm »

On a bus passing through Forest Hill earlier this year. Did they think the residents of SE23 would see this and think, "Oh yes, I must invest in some UAE government bonds"?

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #283 on:** 31 March, 2012, 03:57:47 pm »

In CPH:

IMG_5305 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Pingu · « **Reply #284 on:** 31 March, 2012, 08:36:49 pm »

http://tinyurl.com/6sopl2w

mcshroom · « **Reply #285 on:** 01 April, 2012, 04:02:35 pm »

Quote from: Pingu on 31 March, 2012, 08:36:49 pm

http://tinyurl.com/6sopl2w

I wasn't hallucinating yesterday then

Pingu · « **Reply #286 on:** 02 April, 2012, 03:17:11 pm »

Quote from: mcshroom on 01 April, 2012, 04:02:35 pm

Quote from: Pingu on 31 March, 2012, 08:36:49 pm
http://tinyurl.com/6sopl2w

I wasn't hallucinating yesterday then

Not at that point, anyway

LindaG · « **Reply #287 on:** 05 April, 2012, 09:41:47 pm »

Pingu · « **Reply #288 on:** 06 April, 2012, 10:23:10 pm »

That's a wee bit harsh

AndyK · « **Reply #289 on:** 07 April, 2012, 06:03:01 pm »

Pingu · « **Reply #290 on:** 09 April, 2012, 02:12:53 pm »

IMG_0063 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Pingu · « **Reply #291 on:** 09 April, 2012, 02:13:14 pm »

IMG_0062 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Jurek · « **Reply #292 on:** 10 April, 2012, 09:50:17 am »

Pingu · « **Reply #293 on:** 10 April, 2012, 08:17:42 pm »

IMG_0262 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Tim Hall · « **Reply #294 on:** 11 April, 2012, 08:21:08 am »

Two things:

1. No apostrophe.

2. Ew.

clarion · « **Reply #295 on:** 16 April, 2012, 09:31:07 am »

Well, not very silly.

Till you see the 'verical' drop:

Kim · « **Reply #296 on:** 16 April, 2012, 06:30:53 pm »

Quote from: Tim Hall on 11 April, 2012, 08:21:08 am

Two things:

1. No apostrophe.

2. Ew.

Nahh, you've got it all wrong. It's an observation, like "CYCLISTS DISMOUNT". After all, farmers very frequently do own seed.

Jurek · « **Reply #297 on:** 16 April, 2012, 06:43:50 pm »

Forgetting, for one moment, the cyclist's apparel (for that was clearly a 03:00am decision by the graphic design department)...
And apologies for the slightly shaky Nokia-not-Nikon quality of the photo....

But am I alone in seeing some (a lot of) irony in this train-mounted ad?

Aren't bikes banned from the Olympic Stadium for the duration? Or have I got that wrong?

Andrij?

Andrij · « **Reply #298 on:** 16 April, 2012, 09:05:47 pm »

No bikes in the Olympic Park for the duration of the Games (including Para-Olympics). The Greenway will be shut to cyclist, at least the bit which goes along the Park. The Lea towpath will also be shut starting well before the games. BTW, neither the Greenway nor towpath go through the Park itself, just along side it for a bit. You'll be able to ride your bike to near the Park, but you'll have to park up and join the peds for careful vetting to make sure you're not planning to spend any cash and/or bringing in/wearing anything not produced by one of the sponsors.

Sorry, should that have been in the Rant thread?

scott · « **Reply #299 on:** 17 April, 2012, 12:01:13 am »

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