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.
My favorite was a sign at a spa.
Waxing
Coloring
Perms
Manicures
Theraputic “Massage”
Um, exactly what kind of “massage” would that be now?
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.
Perhaps they served it with the mêlée of vegetables my old work cafeteria used to offer.
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.
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.
Time to resurrect this link here.
Thailand is a great hunting ground for signs with goofy English.
One with a ‘happy ending’?
Therapeutic massage is all fine and up and up. Code word is “fluid release”. Then, the therapy skirts legal definition.
This one made me laugh when I saw it.
Pax=passenger.
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.
Ditto Japan.
On the roof… of TGI Friday’s… sorta like Clerks.
I think you found the complement to the heavy metal umlaut.
Last year, a driver’s ed school in Mississauga, ON, was having a very special special. That’s some crack marketing right there.
Someone also had a little fun with this sign about “dry” Wednesdays.
And since we’re doing products, here is some unfortunate sticker placement during the Christmas holidays. Oy vey!
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:
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.
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:
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”
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.