Author Topic: Silly signs (Read 340352 times)

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1100 on:** 08 September, 2015, 01:37:57 am »

P9070351 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr

Quite a sensible sign until the local equivalent of RZ showed up.

hatler · « **Reply #1101 on:** 08 September, 2015, 08:05:42 am »

Or a Kiwi.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1102 on:** 10 September, 2015, 03:04:32 am »

P9080362 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr

The blue squares denote rest areas. I do not think the uppermost one is a particularly appealing spot for a picnic.

clarion · « **Reply #1103 on:** 10 September, 2015, 10:32:43 am »

Have you asked Windy?

Basil · « **Reply #1104 on:** 21 September, 2015, 05:26:32 pm »

There are some rather odd signs appearing. At first glance they appear sort of "official", being on proper metal posts, but then you realise that they can't be.
There are a couple within a mile of our house.

Mrs. B says she has seen others further out. She thinks it may be guerilla 'Art'.

Moleman76 · « **Reply #1105 on:** 21 September, 2015, 10:19:26 pm »

I haven't been there, but this could be a problem anywhere that Aberdeen Black Angus cattle roam

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1106 on:** 22 September, 2015, 03:14:46 am »

Quote from: Moleman76 on 21 September, 2015, 10:19:26 pm

I haven't been there, but this could be a problem anywhere that Aberdeen Black Angus cattle roam

About ten years ago I saw two dead cows within a hundred yards of the famous Black Mailbox near Area 51. I think semis were a more likely cause than alien experiments.

benborp · « **Reply #1107 on:** 22 September, 2015, 09:24:36 am »

Dead farmyard animals? Semis? Technically Cameron would have been an alien!

I seem to have left my coat by another thread, I'll go and get it.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1108 on:** 22 September, 2015, 09:38:13 am »

This

Quote from: Oranj on 21 September, 2015, 09:21:22 pm

2015-09-20_08-46-21 by Oranj, on Flickr

This sign will be familiar to those who traverse the Eastern bypass on the Oxford ring road. I can't help feeling that it should say "Diverted cycle path" (as the accompanying signs reveal)

explains this

Quote from: Basil on 21 September, 2015, 05:26:32 pm

There are some rather odd signs appearing. At first glance they appear sort of "official", being on proper metal posts, but then you realise that they can't be.
There are a couple within a mile of our house.

Mrs. B says she has seen others further out. She thinks it may be guerilla 'Art'.

You are a diverted cyclist!

billplumtree · « **Reply #1109 on:** 23 September, 2015, 10:39:13 am »

In the computer shop in Arnside,

clarion · « **Reply #1110 on:** 23 September, 2015, 11:03:15 am »

Tbf, it's a very sound reason for not being open.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1111 on:** 24 September, 2015, 02:46:17 am »

I did pass a "Basil Road" this morning but there was nowhere to stop, so you'll have to make do with this:

P9230214 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr

On the bridge over part of the Bridge River hydro-electric scheme.

fuzzy · « **Reply #1112 on:** 24 September, 2015, 01:04:29 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 24 September, 2015, 02:46:17 am

I did pass a "Basil Road" this morning but there was nowhere to stop,

The first house purchased by Mrs. F and I was here

Tim Hall · « **Reply #1113 on:** 10 October, 2015, 10:18:00 pm »

Round the back of Gatwick Airport is a quiet (give or take the aircraft noise) road.

Jurek · « **Reply #1114 on:** 10 October, 2015, 10:25:53 pm »

Choice!

David Martin · « **Reply #1115 on:** 10 October, 2015, 10:32:17 pm »

Quote from: mcshroom on 17 August, 2015, 08:58:13 pm

Next one: -

Highland safaris do rather good cakes and have a track pump by their cycle racks. A good stop on a ride out from Dundee if doing the round of Glen Lyon/Ben Lawers (which looked remarkably like the flooded Scottish village dam in Dr Who)

T42 · « **Reply #1116 on:** 11 October, 2015, 08:07:09 am »

Quote from: Tim Hall on 10 October, 2015, 10:18:00 pm

Round the back of Gatwick Airport is a quiet (give or take the aircraft noise) road.

In "Sensible Signs", maybe?

Blodwyn Pig · « **Reply #1117 on:** 11 October, 2015, 12:36:50 pm »

Kim · « **Reply #1118 on:** 19 October, 2015, 11:16:59 pm »

Didn't get a photo, but sign in the window of a hair & beauty type place:

"Eyebrows £6 or 2 for £10"

Moleman76 · « **Reply #1119 on:** 20 October, 2015, 01:59:20 am »

but only if you see one of these signs. Otherwise, keep your foot away from that brake pedal

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drossall · « **Reply #1120 on:** 20 October, 2015, 07:41:54 am »

Especially if you're a cyclist using the verge to escape the traffic...

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1121 on:** 20 October, 2015, 08:47:59 am »

Quote from: Moleman76 on 20 October, 2015, 01:59:20 am

but only if you see one of these signs. Otherwise, keep your foot away from that brake pedal

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/Joel_Niemi/Be-prepared_to_stop_zps5mkfxnhp.jpg[/img]]

See numerous thoughts by various people that one effect of road signs is to legitimise dangerous driving except where a sign tells you to slow down/take care etc. Frinstance: https://beyondthekerb.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/i-fought-the-law-and-the-law-lost/

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1122 on:** 20 October, 2015, 11:33:27 am »

Quote from: Kim on 19 October, 2015, 11:16:59 pm

Didn't get a photo, but sign in the window of a hair & beauty type place:

"Eyebrows £6 or 2 for £10"

Does that mean you could do both Gallagher brothers for a tenner?

DDCyclist · « **Reply #1123 on:** 23 October, 2015, 02:07:24 pm »

Seen on an old bus, years ago, was the "Standing forward of this partition" sign which, with selected letters scratched out, read "Stan ward is a tit".

Basil · « **Reply #1124 on:** 23 October, 2015, 02:30:08 pm »

That reminds me. Some years back, the buses in Brum had a sign at the front that read "Bus Stopping" which lit up whenever someone pressed the bell. I travelled on a bus where some of the lamps in the box had failed. Every time someone pressed the bell, the sign lit up "ping"

Author Topic: Silly signs (Read 340352 times)

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