Author Topic: Silly signs (Read 340463 times)

rogerzilla · « **Reply #1325 on:** 19 March, 2017, 10:01:25 am »

Are "adult cereals" anything like "adult films"?

hellymedic · « **Reply #1326 on:** 19 March, 2017, 01:14:42 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 19 March, 2017, 10:01:25 am

Are "adult cereals" anything like "adult films"?

No.
Adult cereals are dull by design...

Adult films are dull by misfortune.

caerau · « **Reply #1327 on:** 21 March, 2017, 10:05:19 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 19 March, 2017, 10:01:25 am

Are "adult cereals" anything like "adult films"?

Yes, they are shaped appropriately

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1328 on:** 26 March, 2017, 09:42:02 pm »

On the back of a Mazda MX5: No hairdressing products left in this car overnight.

Quisling · « **Reply #1329 on:** 31 March, 2017, 11:11:01 am »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 30 January, 2017, 03:53:16 pm

EXCHANGE STREET in Aylesbury was at one time similarly tweaked to "SEXCHANGE STREET"

The train ticket machine in Basingstoke irritates me by stating "Finished Printing" and on the same screen "your receipt is being printed". Make your mind up

Pingu · « **Reply #1330 on:** 31 March, 2017, 11:26:05 am »

Quote from: Quisling on 31 March, 2017, 11:11:01 am

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 30 January, 2017, 03:53:16 pm

EXCHANGE STREET in Aylesbury was at one time similarly tweaked to "SEXCHANGE STREET"

The train ticket machine in Basingstoke irritates me by stating "Finished Printing" and on the same screen "your receipt is being printed". Make your mind up

Years ago CANAL STREET here was amended to ANAL TREET.

Basil · « **Reply #1331 on:** 31 March, 2017, 11:46:35 am »

I think Dogpoo Lane in Brum has been mentioned before. (Dogpool Lane)

Kim · « **Reply #1332 on:** 31 March, 2017, 02:26:23 pm »

Quote from: Pingu on 31 March, 2017, 11:26:05 am

Years ago CANAL STREET here was amended to ANAL TREET.

I thought that was traditionally the Manchester one?

orienteer · « **Reply #1333 on:** 31 March, 2017, 04:32:08 pm »

There are a number of artisan yards running off Uxbridge High Street, one was called Cooks Yard originally. Some years ago a wag painted out part of the 2nd O to make it Cocks Yard. When renewing the signs, Hillingdon Council simply copied this and it has remained Cocks Yard to this day.

Bluebottle · « **Reply #1334 on:** 31 March, 2017, 09:49:20 pm »

Doesn't Pusey Street in Oxford suffer a similar problem?

Wowbagger · « **Reply #1335 on:** 25 April, 2017, 02:02:36 pm »

A bit rude to photograph it since it's on school grounds, but

WARNING

THESE GATES MAY OPEN WITHOUT WARNING!

Blodwyn Pig · « **Reply #1336 on:** 08 May, 2017, 06:44:23 pm »

Oopps! still, we might need to know where this is soon.

Its...............................ssshhh!

Pingu · « **Reply #1337 on:** 20 May, 2017, 09:43:09 pm »

IMG_8596_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Ruthie · « **Reply #1338 on:** 20 May, 2017, 09:48:57 pm »

Quote from: Pingu on 20 May, 2017, 09:43:09 pm

IMG_8596_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

That's a great sign! 👍

Blodwyn Pig · « **Reply #1339 on:** 28 May, 2017, 06:27:50 pm »

Pingu · « **Reply #1340 on:** 04 June, 2017, 01:26:59 pm »

No extra:

IMG_8734_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1341 on:** 05 June, 2017, 09:48:44 am »

Torslanda · « **Reply #1342 on:** 05 June, 2017, 10:00:58 am »

Often wonder if the badgers know that they're only at risk over that 2 mile stretch . . .

Deano · « **Reply #1343 on:** 11 June, 2017, 10:59:39 pm »

Safety first.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1344 on:** 12 June, 2017, 12:53:34 pm »

Quote from: Torslanda on 05 June, 2017, 10:00:58 am

Often wonder if the badgers know that they're only at risk over that 2 mile stretch . . .

Of course they don't. The sign's in Wales, the badgers all speak Welsh!

noisycrank · « **Reply #1345 on:** 14 June, 2017, 03:55:23 pm »

It piqued my curiosity so I googled it and came up with this
https://roadsignsdirect.co.uk/news/here-24859-miles-sign-london-artists-thomson-craighead

It points North. Its only a few meters above sea level so one pointing east or west would be 24,874 (the equatorial circumference) times the cosine of the latitude (57.149 for that particular sign) about 20,525 miles

Quote from: Pingu on 20 May, 2017, 09:43:09 pm

IMG_8596_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Thor · « **Reply #1346 on:** 19 June, 2017, 09:16:29 pm »

Bawdy butcher, Chalfont St Giles

Blodwyn Pig · « **Reply #1347 on:** 26 June, 2017, 07:46:20 pm »

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1348 on:** 27 June, 2017, 05:25:49 pm »

From the https://twitter.com/BritishSigns linked to in the percentage road signs thread.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1349 on:** 03 July, 2017, 03:55:34 pm »