# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/381 "2024-03-27T14:36:17Z")
At the entrance to a big church / school complex I saw a banner sign advertising the upcoming performance of **[Pope - A - Palooza](https://popeapalooza.com/)**. What made it amusing was I read it as > Poop-a-Palooza. Oops. Which rhymes with … well you know 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/382 "2024-03-27T14:58:22Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > **[Pope - A - Palooza](https://popeapalooza.com/)**. I admit, I did some immature giggling when I saw the name of the headliner (Mac McAnally). ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/383 "2024-03-27T15:06:20Z")
D’oh! I completely skipped over noticing that. 🤦‍♂️ Despite visiting the website in some detail. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/384 "2024-03-27T15:11:01Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > requesting frequent bones. 😡 ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/385 "2024-03-27T17:06:18Z")
For many years, I would drive by an abandoned building that had the following sign out front: NOW HIREING SEWERS It finally dawned on me that it had been a textile plant and they were looking for people who could sew. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/386 "2024-03-27T18:13:38Z")
My French teacher said she saw this sign for a chicken stand and about vomited. CHIC INN ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/387 "2024-03-27T18:28:05Z")
The sign on my local fabric shop attracted my attention because of this. We need a better name for people who sew. How about clothes menders? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/388 "2024-03-27T18:30:15Z")
I’ve heard that some use the term needleworkers. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/389 "2024-03-27T18:50:45Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > For many years, I would drive by an abandoned building that had the following sign out front: > > NOW HIREING > > SEWERS > > It finally dawned on me that it had been a textile plant and they were looking for people who could sew. As a kid I used to ride my bike through a light industrial area of town, and a tool & die shop perpetually had a sign up saying “BORING WORKERS WANTED”. I always found that mildly amusing. “I certainly don’t qualify, har har”. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/390 "2024-03-27T19:11:36Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > The sign on my local fabric shop attracted my attention because of this. We need a better name for people who sew. How about clothes menders? Some people who sew call themselves sewists. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/391 "2024-03-27T19:53:12Z")
If gendered terms are acceptable, “seamstress” has a long and respected history for naming the folks who make, mend, or alter clothes. Unrelated to the above … I always liked to find a juxtaposition of the road warning signs > Slow Children Playing and > Slow Men Working My standard quip: “At least they’ll be able to find jobs when they grow up.” I slay me. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/392 "2024-03-27T21:21:15Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > “seamstress” has a long and respected history for naming the folks who make, mend, or alter clothes. also “seamster” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/393 "2024-03-27T22:04:31Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If gendered terms are acceptable, “seamstress” has a long and respected history _for naming the folks who make, mend, or alter clothes._ [Among other things.](https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Seamstresses%27_Guild) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/394 "2024-03-27T22:23:02Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > For many years, I would drive by an abandoned building that had the following sign out front: > > NOW HIREING > > SEWERS > > It finally dawned on me that it had been a textile plant and they were looking for people who could sew. Shakespeare also had sewers. From “Macbeth”: ACT I SCENE VII _The same. A room in Macbeth’s castle_ _Hautboys and torches. Enter a Sewer, and divers Servants with dishes and service, and pass over the stage. Then enter MACBETH._ The annotations indicate that a “sewer” was a “chief butler”. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_G](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_g/32/5080_2.png) [@Steven\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_G)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/395 "2024-03-27T22:33:41Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If gendered terms are acceptable, “seamstress” has a long and respected history for naming the folks who make, mend, or alter clothes. Not a reader of Terry Pratchett’s “Discworld” novels then? ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/396 "2024-03-27T23:48:00Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If gendered terms are acceptable, “seamstress” has a long and respected history for naming the folks who make, mend, or alter clothes. Seam-stress also qualifies as a generic expression for fat persons ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/397 "2024-03-27T23:59:04Z")
Tailors. Sewing machine operators. Miliners. Haberdashers. Alterations. Handiworkers. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/398 "2024-03-28T00:17:31Z")
Cortez CO [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53616000334_cd5daab22c_o.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53616000334_cd5daab22c_o.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 28, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/399 "2024-03-28T01:13:01Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > The annotations indicate that a “sewer” was a “chief butler”. I wonder how that was pronounced. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/400 "2024-03-28T15:31:26Z")
I attended a “wedding” last weekend which was very non-traditional. I actually enjoyed it. No religion present, the ceremony was at [“Little Giant”](https://www.littlegiant.io/) an abandoned warehouse venue. Walls literally in various stages of collapse. Then everyone walked over to [“BottleRocket”](https://www.bottlerocketpgh.com/) a 70s themed Pittsburgh bar where I was reminded of a word from my childhood, “Nebby”, which means “nosy, prying, rudely inquisitive” I never realized it was a Pittsburgh-ese word. [![](https://i.imgur.com/lhBgFB5.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/lhBgFB5.jpg) As a kid it was common to hear someone call someone else a “nebshit”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074.md?page=21)