# A funny, sign **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236 "2007-09-06T13:27:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/1 "2007-09-06T13:27:02Z")
Mrs Princhester and I just came home from a gala black tie stiff upper lip function at Brisbane’s (arguably) most exclusive all male membership Club. While waiting for the concierge to retrieve Mrs P’s wrap we noticed a sign on the front desk listing a number of rules, including this gem: > [@](#): > > Please note that the wearing of denim, clothes is strictly prohibited Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/2 "2007-09-06T13:50:54Z")
Now, that don’t make no sense at all. I can’t imagine why you would think there was a need to intentionally put a comma there - I’m thinking typo? Are commas the new emphasis (quotes being so last year)? As in - ,NEW, and ,IMPROVED, ? ---
**Author:** ![Mame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mame)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/3 "2007-09-06T13:51:54Z")
Oh, of course. The misplaced comma is such an easy mistake. It should be “Please note that the wearing of denim clothe’s is strictly prohibited.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/4 "2007-09-06T14:31:15Z")
[QUOTE=Mame] “Please note that the wearing of denim clothe’s is strictly prohibited.” [/QUOTE] You misspelled “Plea’se.” ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/5 "2007-09-06T14:33:40Z")
[QUOTE=Mame] Oh, of course. The misplaced comma is such an easy mistake. It should be “Please note that the wearing of denim clothe’s is strictly prohibited.” [/QUOTE] _twitch_ ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/6 "2007-09-06T14:39:21Z")
Maybe it’s supposed to be a semi-colon. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/7 "2007-09-06T17:13:51Z")
I’ve noticed, a lot of this random comma abuse in recent years. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/8 "2007-09-06T19:09:32Z")
Somewhere, [Lynne Truss](http://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Tolerance-Punctuation/dp/1592400876) wakes up screaming from a nightmare… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/9 "2007-09-06T19:19:55Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] Somewhere, [Lynne Truss](http://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Tolerance-Punctuation/dp/1592400876) wakes up screaming from a nightmare… [/QUOTE] …and then she looks around and realises that she’s still in the nightmare… :: shudder :: ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/10 "2007-09-06T19:21:50Z")
[Here’s my funny sign](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/Soileau/detour.jpg) It’s just down the road from my house, where a road-widening project is beginning. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/11 "2007-09-06T19:26:15Z")
Here’s [a course that was offered at my local community center this summer](http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=119131&l=20632&id=551442651). :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/12 "2007-09-06T19:27:14Z")
I always thought the “Beware of Children and the Elderly” sign in my old neighbourhood was a trifle ambiguous … :eek: ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/13 "2007-09-06T19:29:41Z")
[QUOTE=Princhester] Mrs Princhester and I just came home from a gala black tie stiff upper lip function at Brisbane’s (arguably) most exclusive all male membership Club. While waiting for the concierge to retrieve Mrs P’s wrap we noticed a sign on the front desk listing a number of rules, including this gem: > [@](#): > > Please note that the wearing of denim, clothes is strictly prohibited Heh. [/QUOTE] Apparently, it’s a very exclusive all male NUDE club. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/14 "2007-09-06T21:31:42Z")
[Insert snarky comment, deploring the illiteracy of the Commonwealth’s antipodal colonial types, here.] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/15 "2007-09-06T22:07:24Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd] Here’s [a course that was offered at my local community center this summer](http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=119131&l=20632&id=551442651). :smack: [/QUOTE] That doesn’t even make sense without the apostrophe. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/16 "2007-09-06T22:42:22Z")
My sister found this in the cafeteria at work: [Filly Steak.](http://bp3.blogger.com/_dQuacLNyX8E/RuCCJu9r0TI/AAAAAAAAArk/vsbi_zll0cQ/s1600-h/508733942_7cebb213e8_b.jpg) I think she said they served it the day of the Kentucky Derby. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/17 "2007-09-06T22:49:42Z")
[QUOTE=postcards] My sister found this in the cafeteria at work: [Filly Steak.](http://bp3.blogger.com/_dQuacLNyX8E/RuCCJu9r0TI/AAAAAAAAArk/vsbi_zll0cQ/s1600-h/508733942_7cebb213e8_b.jpg) I think she said they served it the day of the Kentucky Derby. :eek: [/QUOTE] No, that would be the day _after_ the Kentucky Derby. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/18 "2007-09-06T23:07:01Z")
A sign at my college which promotes the benefits of studying there has this > [@](#): > > A repuation for academic excellance Obviously this excellance doesnt include spelling! ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/19 "2007-09-06T23:23:38Z")
There’s the sign hanging over Main Street in the next town south of here advertising high school football on **Friday’s** …_twitch__twitch_ ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/20 "2007-09-06T23:33:42Z")
I saw one on Bill’s Fruit Stand Today: PEACHE’S [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236.md?page=2)