Author Topic: Silly signs (Read 340280 times)

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #125 on:** 31 May, 2011, 01:45:47 pm »

To be fair to them, there is an 'E'. It's on another bench, about 15 feet away.

What really really makes my blood boil, is that the benches are where the disabled parking used to be. There is no longer any disabled parking adjacent to the York city centre.

The council (just voted out in the recent election) were a bunch of absolut morons.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #126 on:** 02 June, 2011, 04:52:54 pm »

Quote from: deliquium on 31 May, 2011, 12:46:47 pm

Snapped in Victoria Park, Newara Eliya, Sr Lanka, Dec 2007

"Behave decently" is a term for "no flirting". Another common sign, "Do not create nuisance" means do not urinate in public.

TimO · « **Reply #127 on:** 02 June, 2011, 05:22:50 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 02 June, 2011, 04:52:54 pm

Quote from: deliquium on 31 May, 2011, 12:46:47 pm
Snapped in Victoria Park, Newara Eliya, Sr Lanka, Dec 2007

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"Behave decently" is a term for "no flirting". Another common sign, "Do not create nuisance" means do not urinate in public.

I'm now really worried over what "Plucking" Flowers means.

Bluebottle · « **Reply #128 on:** 02 June, 2011, 10:59:10 pm »

Sadly no photo of this, but I loved the sign I spotted in Chennai that read, "Smoking is injurious to the health." There is something about proper Indian English that is sufficiently idiosyncratic to make things all seem theeka. Of course, this polite reminder not to put yourself, or those around you, at risk from inhaling toxic fumes was placed in the central reservation of one of Chennai's busiest roads and I was able to read it as we had been stuck in traffic for half an hour.

arvid · « **Reply #129 on:** 13 June, 2011, 07:40:16 pm »

I had to make a picture of this at some point. I only come near Titz at brevets.

Jurek · « **Reply #130 on:** 22 June, 2011, 03:20:29 pm »

A few from my China collection....

I love the bit on this one which says "The administrative offices of the park have the power to criticize and educate".

sas · « **Reply #131 on:** 23 June, 2011, 12:46:11 am »

It must be a very big van to fit everything in

Jaded · « **Reply #132 on:** 21 August, 2011, 05:05:12 pm »

At jnct CAKE!

scott · « **Reply #133 on:** 22 August, 2011, 07:40:31 pm »

Shenandoah Mountain, George Washington National Forest, Virginia

scott · « **Reply #134 on:** 22 August, 2011, 07:46:29 pm »

Virginia Beach

interzen · « **Reply #135 on:** 22 August, 2011, 07:50:19 pm »

Quote from: scott on 22 August, 2011, 07:46:29 pm

Virginia Beach

Right next door to the Fun House

geraldc · « **Reply #136 on:** 22 August, 2011, 08:57:51 pm »

A mystery sign in the toilets at Heathrow Terminal 3. It's just a mystery sign by the mens and ladies toilet, but it doesn't lead anywhere. It has the broad shoulders of a man, rather than the slope of the ladies sign. It was situated next to a fire exit, but it wasn't directly above a door of any sort.

Anyone seen anything like it before?

Andrij · « **Reply #137 on:** 22 August, 2011, 09:10:16 pm »

Perhaps it leads to a maintenance room for uni-wheeled service robots?

Adam · « **Reply #138 on:** 22 August, 2011, 09:18:10 pm »

A divine exit for a priest?

scott · « **Reply #139 on:** 22 August, 2011, 10:31:57 pm »

Quote from: interzen on 22 August, 2011, 07:50:19 pm

Right next door to the Fun House

...and the rest of that building was our hotel! Creepy....

nuttycyclist · « **Reply #140 on:** 23 August, 2011, 10:15:08 pm »

David Martin · « **Reply #141 on:** 23 August, 2011, 11:25:51 pm »

Bangor IIRC?

nuttycyclist · « **Reply #142 on:** 23 August, 2011, 11:49:52 pm »

Sustrans NCN 71 in Cumbria.

Photo was clickied to original on my website.

Salvatore · « **Reply #143 on:** 30 August, 2011, 07:10:26 pm »

mcshroom · « **Reply #144 on:** 30 August, 2011, 08:16:52 pm »

mcshroom · « **Reply #145 on:** 30 August, 2011, 08:25:10 pm »

Some responses to signs are quite silly too

tonycollinet · « **Reply #146 on:** 31 August, 2011, 02:20:01 pm »

Quote from: TimO on 02 June, 2011, 05:22:50 pm

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 02 June, 2011, 04:52:54 pm
Quote from: deliquium on 31 May, 2011, 12:46:47 pm
Snapped in Victoria Park, Newara Eliya, Sr Lanka, Dec 2007

...
"Behave decently" is a term for "no flirting". Another common sign, "Do not create nuisance" means do not urinate in public.

I'm now really worried over what "Plucking" Flowers means.

Given the rural surroundings - I think it is a spoonerism

David Martin · « **Reply #147 on:** 31 August, 2011, 11:11:42 pm »

Quote from: tonycollinet on 31 August, 2011, 02:20:01 pm

Quote from: TimO on 02 June, 2011, 05:22:50 pm
Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 02 June, 2011, 04:52:54 pm
Quote from: deliquium on 31 May, 2011, 12:46:47 pm
Snapped in Victoria Park, Newara Eliya, Sr Lanka, Dec 2007

...
"Behave decently" is a term for "no flirting". Another common sign, "Do not create nuisance" means do not urinate in public.

I'm now really worried over what "Plucking" Flowers means.

Given the rural surroundings - I think it is a spoonerism

As in 'Do not dig up this garden, berated tractorman'?

Canardly · « **Reply #148 on:** 03 September, 2011, 09:00:56 pm »

Quote from: Mal Volio on 05 May, 2011, 11:24:57 pm

Elenith riders may have spotted this on the A44 on the way from Rhyader:

Quote
You can learn quite a bit about the history of Llandegley International by putting "Llandegley International Airport" into a search engine such as Google.

http://www.llandegleyinternational.com/

Passed this today and made me chuckle, I was in a car though returning from a week in Wales. lots of cyclists around climbing those there hills.

Adam · « **Reply #149 on:** 04 September, 2011, 01:59:12 pm »

Seen next to the air machine at the petrol station halfway down Reigate Hill.

You can just see 50p written in the gap, although in real life, it wasn't clear at all.