CHILDREN'S FUN BOX
CHILLED LOCAL BEERS AVAILABLE
CHILLED LOCAL BEERS AVAILABLE
Pictures I have taken of surprising signs.
The mysterious, the nonsensical, and the downright weird:
— Beer for the kids
— Pole-dancing school
— DO NOT LEAVE LUGGAGE AT STONEHENGE!
— Toilet for giants, to your left
— Jose Chang's Kosher House of Curry
— Some rule about dogs
— An unexpected roadsign suggestion
— True, but why the monumental version?
— What's "diabetic" honey?
— Marriott's non-religious religious greetings
— Attention, all lumberjacks!
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In the common lounge at the Youth Hostel in Salisbury,
England:
CHILDREN'S FUN BOX
CHILLED LOCAL BEERS AVAILABLE |
Higher education offered in Salisbury, England:
Apparantly that's a frequent problem there.
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On the campus of Cambridge University. And notice the surveillance camera. |
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Handicap-accessible toilets: Turn left here GIANT-ACCESSIBLE TOILETS: Also turn left here |
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| Also see my Toilets of the World page. |
Or something like that:
<spanish>Nuevo</spanish>
<french>Jardin de</french>
China
The business name suggests a very broad menu. 32-05 Broadway, Queens, New York, just a block from the N/W MTA station.
Seen in the lawn of the U.S. Post Office, Chicago, a few blocks north of the Chicago River (on Dearborn between Grand and Illinois). I have no idea what this is supposed to mean.
If "curb your dog" means to prevent your dog from defecating on the sidewalk or grass, then what does "do not curb your dog" mean?
Should we force our dogs to defecate on their lawn? (And, while we're at it, any dogs that wander past while we're there?)
Or is this mysterious sign the work of the Anti-Animal-Constipation League, telling us that it's allowed (but not required) for our pets to relieve themselves there?
Also see my Toilets of the World page.
This enormous billboard stood for several years alongside I-65 just outside Lebanon, Indiana, on the way from Indianapolis to Chicago.
It was aimed at that common demographic of men driving north through Indiana while thinking, "Hmmm. Maybe I should go to Texas to get my vasectomy reversed..."
It's good that they point out that it's a microsurgical procedure. Otherwise you might assume that they did it with shovels or something.
I can't imagine that they made a lot of money through this billboard. But it had been there for several years when I took this picture in January 2006 — its background used to be a much brighter and darker blue.
This is a strange Latin sign carved in stone along
a street in Amsterdam:
HOMO SAPIENS NON URINAT IN VENTUM
WISE MEN DO NOT URINATE INTO THE WIND
Here is a sign made even dumber by its abuse of so-called "quotation marks". In front of a hillbilly mini-mart in Martinsville, Indiana, this advertises " "DIABETIC" HONEY".
What might diabetic honey be? Some strange fluid that looks and tastes like honey but contains no sugars? Or honey produced by diabetic bees?
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Here's a bizarre sign
spotted in front of the Marriott hotel on
North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illiois.
"Happy Holidays from Marriott to You" It says "Happy Holidays" because fear of lawsuits in the U.S. causes people to avoid saying "Merry Christmas". But if you look carefully (click here for an enlarged version), almost all of them are of a religious nature! It's not that they're trying to be "multi-cultural", since there's no line reading: Israel: Happy Hannukah |
Here's a bizarre display in La Guardia Airport in New York. It explains that these oh-so-common carry-on items would not be allowed in the secure area of the airport or onto the aircraft:
How many people have ever, in any airport, been on the verge of attempting to carry these items onto the plane, only to be informed at the last moment that perhaps they should check them? And if you were nutty enough to be carrying a chainsaw onto an airliner, would you really pay attention to this display case?
And does TSA and Delta Airlines really expect to see a lot of people flying out of New York City with chainsaws? The airport in Atlanta, Georgia has a similarly demented display. At least some people in Atlanta might own chainsaws.
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