# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/21 "2007-09-06T23:37:12Z")
I once saw a sign reading “Chocolate Covered Strawberry’s.” I guess that’s the nickname of the guy who runs the place, though it’s a rather strange one. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/22 "2007-09-06T23:54:52Z")
My favorite was a sign at a spa. Waxing Coloring Perms Manicures Theraputic “Massage” Um, exactly what kind of “massage” would that be now? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/23 "2007-09-07T00:00:22Z")
My favourite was over the door of a pub: LICENSE’E. There was also a hair salon in Woy Woy (say no more) in the early 1980s that had a sign along the lines of: Juliétté’s Hair Salon - Pérms, stréaks, and blow wavés. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/24 "2007-09-07T01:26:13Z")
[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] Perhaps they served it with the mêlée of vegetables my old work cafeteria used to offer. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/25 "2007-09-07T02:41:34Z")
One in my neighborhood that is FINALLY gone said: THE TASTETIEST TACOS IN TOWN I’m embarrassed to say that I drove past it for several weeks before I figured out why it bothered me. Now, of course, it says: TACOS TOSTADAS BURRIDOS I don’t want to know who is ordering the small donkeys. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/26 "2007-09-07T03:05:01Z")
At my neighborhood post office, there’s a huge sign indicating a special line to pick up your “Parcles” if you have a notice slip. It’s been there at least five years. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/27 "2007-09-07T03:16:51Z")
Time to resurrect this link [here.](http://www.bangkokbob.net/strange.htm) Thailand is a great hunting ground for signs with goofy English. ---
**Author:** ![DellieM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@DellieM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DellieM)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/28 "2007-09-07T03:42:46Z")
[QUOTE=congodwarf] My favorite was a sign at a spa. Waxing Coloring Perms Manicures Theraputic “Massage” Um, exactly what kind of “massage” would that be now? [/QUOTE] One with a ‘happy ending’? ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/29 "2007-09-07T03:57:23Z")
[QUOTE=congodwarf] My favorite was a sign at a spa. Waxing Coloring Perms Manicures Theraputic “Massage” Um, exactly what kind of “massage” would that be now? [/QUOTE] Therapeutic massage is all fine and up and up. Code word is “fluid release”. Then, the therapy skirts legal definition. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/30 "2007-09-07T04:30:06Z")
[This one](http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f380/nemph99/Sign.jpg) made me laugh when I saw it. Pax=passenger. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/31 "2007-09-07T04:50:44Z")
The Tube in London has this sign on its trains: _Caution sliding doors._ I did my part and said “be careful, doors” whenever I exited. I don’t know if it did any good. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/32 "2007-09-07T05:59:29Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Time to resurrect this link [here.](http://www.bangkokbob.net/strange.htm) Thailand is a great hunting ground for signs with goofy English. [/QUOTE] Ditto [Japan](http://engrish.com/). ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/33 "2007-09-07T06:31:40Z")
[QUOTE=whiterabbit] There’s the sign hanging over Main Street in the next town south of here advertising high school football on **Friday’s** …_twitch__twitch_ [/QUOTE] On the roof… of TGI Friday’s… sorta like _Clerks_. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/34 "2007-09-07T06:53:14Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] Juliétté’s Hair Salon - Pérms, stréaks, and blow wavés. [/QUOTE] I think you found the complement to the [heavy metal umlaut](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_umlaut). ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/35 "2007-09-07T07:23:08Z")
Last year, a driver’s ed school in Mississauga, ON, was having a [very special special](http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l313/Angellove_010/Misc/Photo_081906_001.jpg). That’s some crack marketing right there. Someone also had a little fun with [this sign](http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l313/Angellove_010/Misc/Photo_081006_001.jpg) about “dry” Wednesdays. And since we’re doing products, here is some [unfortunate sticker placement](http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l313/Angellove_010/Misc/Musical_Jew.jpg) during the Christmas holidays. Oy vey! ---
**Author:** ![H3Knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/36 "2007-09-07T07:35:33Z")
[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] I’m guessing it’s called a “filly steak” because they got tired of complaints that they don’t know how to make a proper “philly cheese steak?” Like in Pittsburgh (don’t get me wrong, it’s a nice city), where my mom once got an “authentic Philly cheese steak sandwich” (as advertised on the menu) that was a couple pieces of new york strip steak on a bun, with slices of cheddar cheese on it. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/37 "2007-09-07T13:06:29Z")
I saw a billboard the other day advertising Arby’s _chedder_ burger. There is a drawer near the coffeemaker where I work labeled: Spoon’s, Forks, & Knifes. I hate people. Yes, a few misspellings and misplaced apostrophes is all it takes. ---
**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 7, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/38 "2007-09-07T13:43:13Z")
Fillies have their own special race, The Oaks, held on the Friday before the First Saturday in May (the Kentucky Derby) … so maybe filly steaks really _could_ be served at the Kentucky Derby! :eek: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/39 "2007-09-07T13:55:23Z")
My favorite sign was on the top floor of the Dillard’s department store at the St. Louis Galleria, near the bridal registry: “FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, AN ELEVATOR IS LOCATED IN CHINA” ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236/40 "2007-09-07T14:01:35Z")
My all-time favourite sign, now that I think of it, was one that actually had nothing wrong with it, in a way. It was on one of the ticket windows at my local railways station when I was a kid, and it simply said “THIS WINDOW IS CLOSED”. And it was. I always wanted one for my house. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-sign/418236.md?page=3)