# Amusing Signs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 3, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074 "2024-02-03T19:04:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/201 "2024-02-13T13:59:36Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > > _Krötenwanderung_ - Toad Migration; a warning that migrating amphibians may be crossing the road. > > OK, so what are you supposed to _ **do** _ about it? > > … _Krötenwanderung_ signs are usually put up in a pretty narrow time range. If you see the sign you should - drive slowly in order to drive around single toads if consistent with traffic safety - if encountering a stream of toads, be prepare to back up and make a detour - drive slowly because you may suddenly encounter a barricade temporarily closing the road. - drive slowly and carefully because you may encounter conservation volunteers helping toads cross the road. Because of these complications there has been a drive in the last few decades to fit existing and new roads that cross toad migration routes with toad tunnels (and low roadside barricades directing toad traffic to the tunnel - unfortunately they mostly disregard signage). ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/202 "2024-02-13T15:56:50Z")
Have we had swans yet? https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!4v1707839423039!6m8!1m7!1sjrnN2vsdiHxvupvxZkI9ew!2m2!1d51.19063777536314!2d-0.04055035033074358!3f208.4319319019405!4f-9.458838552940193!5f3.325193203789971 When I first moved south four decades and change ago, the Deceptive Bends road sign was still in place, not very far from us. > **[Deceptive Bends | Cover and title](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deceptive_Bends#Cover_and_title)** > > The cover design was provided by Hipgnosis. The title of the album was taken from a sign warning of dangerous curves in the southbound A24 between Leatherhead and Dorking in Surrey. Gouldman said in 1977: "Every day I used to travel down from London and see the sign, 'Deceptive Bends.' It struck me to be quite a subtle word the Department of Transport was using, and Eric agreed it was a nice title." The sign is no longer there. 10cc album before anyone asks. To the best of my knowledge it was never stolen. Unsurprisingly. j ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/203 "2024-02-13T16:16:24Z")
I saw a sign on a street saying Slow Children Crossing and thought it would be cool to film kids walking across reallly slow. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/204 "2024-02-13T16:18:00Z")
It turns out I’ve stopped at the same mile marker, 900 miles away from home, 3x over the last 8 years. Why stop at a mile marker? It’s a 356 mile marker, and I’m a fan of the Porsche 356, the first car they ever mass produced. Why 3x in remote country? It’s on our way to Monument Valley, a favorite place of ours. [[Album] The same 356 marker near Shonto AZ: in 2016, 2023, and 2024 ![](https://i.imgur.com/FuMWlsh.jpeg?fb "The same 356 marker near Shonto AZ: in 2016, 2023, and 2024") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/Al0ern3) ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/205 "2024-02-13T16:29:57Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > I am not enamored with people who puree and eat babies. If that’s your thing then cool, I guess. What is your problem with humanitarians??? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/206 "2024-02-13T16:44:36Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Why stop at a mile marker? It’s a 356 mile marker, and I’m a fan of the Porsche 356, the first car they ever mass produced. I must confess that I’m a bit disappointed. I thought you had taken pictures of the sign and some of your several Porsches 356… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/207 "2024-02-13T17:07:10Z")
I skimmed this thread quickly, so I hope this isn’t a repeat. I was in Austria (Vienna) recently and I saw this sign all over the place. I believe it means this is a “No Child Abduction Zone” [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/G1T1RW4.jpeg "Seen in Salzburg Vienna. Anyone know what this means? “Men in hats can’t hold...") ](https://imgur.com/G1T1RW4) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/208 "2024-02-13T17:09:35Z")
She’s wearing a dress. It’s a “No little girl abduction zone” sign. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/209 "2024-02-13T17:09:58Z")
75 miles south of San Francisco there’s an exit #356 sign. [![](https://i.imgur.com/7gT6odw.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/7gT6odw.jpg) We stopped there for a picture with our 356 about 2 years ago. [![](https://i.imgur.com/XHzrWrb.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/XHzrWrb.jpg) A couple of months back someone hit the sign and I found it lying on the ground. It was an opportunity! [![](https://i.imgur.com/XykCosx.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/XykCosx.jpeg) Guess who owns that 356 sign today? 😉 [![](https://i.imgur.com/IStQ3yM.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/IStQ3yM.jpeg) When the sign was replaced, there was no 356 on it. Go figure. [![](https://i.imgur.com/mEKR5UM.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/mEKR5UM.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/210 "2024-02-13T17:12:11Z")
Sooo… abduction is permitted in other zones?? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/211 "2024-02-13T17:17:04Z")
Those things have gotten craaaazy expensive now. Long after we bought ours. There’s no way I could afford more of them! ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/212 "2024-02-13T17:17:36Z")
Not far to the south is another exit sign that made the papers: > **[Oops: New Highway 1 sign misspelled in Sand City](https://www.ksbw.com/article/oops-new-highway-1-sign-misspelled-in-sand-city/10224166)** > > A new Highway 1 sign in Sand City alerts drivers that the exit for Seaside and Del "Ray" Oaks is coming up in 1 1/4 miles. Last I checked, you could still see where they covered up the “a” with an “e.” ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/213 "2024-02-13T17:48:02Z")
Indeed, you’ll see that sign in some places without the red slash. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/214 "2024-02-13T17:51:47Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Those things have gotten craaaazy expensive now. Long after we bought ours. There’s no way I could afford more of them! But hey, you really own at least one, and that’s mighty cool. Sure, they’re very expensive now, but I think still more affordable where you live than in their country of origin. In Germany, much less have survived because of the humid climate and the inevitable rust. It has been a thing for German aficionados of classic Porsches to import them back from California and other South Western US states for decades. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/215 "2024-02-13T17:59:59Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I saw a sign on a street saying Slow Children Crossing and thought it would be cool to film kids walking across reallly slow. Yes. Also for _Slow Children Playing_. Then make a video clip of belly dancers next to an _Undulations_ sign. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/216 "2024-02-13T18:29:58Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > I believe it means this is a “No Child Abduction Zone” I think the sign is saying “no cosplaying as Oppenheimer on Daddy-Daughter Day”. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/217 "2024-02-13T19:46:04Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > I was in Austria (Vienna) recently and I saw this sign all over the place. I believe it means this is a “No Child Abduction Zone” It got me curious, so I looked it up. Apparently it means “End of footpath” which is disappointingly bland compared to some of the interpretations in this thread. [Wikipedia on Austrian road signs (scroll down to 17c)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_signs_in_Austria#Mandatory_signs) ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/218 "2024-02-13T19:57:25Z")
But that little girl does NOT look happy to be holding that guy’s hand. Which, you’d think someone would have noticed. I was there for a conference and those signs were the talk of the show. I was by no means the only one who thought it odd. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/219 "2024-02-13T20:03:32Z")
I posted one of these signs in a similar thread a couple of years back but struggled to find them again - turns out I can’t spell urinate in Dutch. This is a Dutch language link, but indulge me - the sign’s message is universal. “Boete” is a fine. And just to be on the safe side we’ll say NSFW. [Man plast in portaal van politiebureau tijdens Gentse Feesten (Gent) | Het Nieuwsblad](https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20190724_04525285) (portaal van politiebureau = police station doorway) j ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/220 "2024-02-13T20:06:25Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Around here roads are commonly named after 1. people who used to live there a hundred years ago, 2. the town the road goes to, or went to at one time. 3. a major business, like a that has long since folded. > > The usual habit of naming a road after the town it goes to is especially challenging for newcomers, since no one at the time of naming grasped that roads generally go both ways. If you are going west the road has one name and if you are going east, another name. I think they understood it fine; they just didn’t care. Where I used to live, I knew a road about ten miles long that had, IIRC, five different names; though I no longer remember what all of them were. It was – let’s see. Wine Cellar Hill Rd in Town Y, and Town X Road as soon as you got out of town, and Town Y Road in Town X, and Something Hollow Road for part of the area in the middle, and I don’t remember the fifth name at all any longer. Most people who lived in the area knew all the names and would use the one for the portion of road they were thinking of; but it must have been really confusing for out-of-towners, especially since the name on a given road sign didn’t necessarily match – oh! That was the fifth name! The road signs mostly called it County Road [number I’ve forgotten]. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Short commute for the soon-to-be ex-residents, but what a depressing view out your window in the meantime! When my mother was in her 80’s, she had an apartment that looked out on a cemetery. She thought it was funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074.md?page=12)