# 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:** 8
**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 9, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/141 "2024-02-09T14:07:59Z")
SPEED LIMIT 23. Ironically, it’s at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, on Checkered Flag Lane. I saw this last night as we drove by it. [![](https://i.imgur.com/b0mEj6t.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/b0mEj6t.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/142 "2024-02-09T16:34:50Z")
> [@solost](#): > > > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > > I have one of these. > > > Currently unavailable. > > We don’t know when or if this item will be back in stock. > > ☹ There are two on eBay, but the cheapest one is $50 OBO. > [@Bullitt](#): > > SPEED LIMIT 23. I think it was at NAS (now MCAS) Miramar when I was a kid that they had 11 MPH signs. I think the idea was to make people notice the speed limit. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/143 "2024-02-09T20:56:39Z")
I saw this on a car. I don’t really get it, but I like it! (I’m certain that Jerry Orbach was not on board.) [![](https://i.imgur.com/JIIOday.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/JIIOday.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/144 "2024-02-09T22:28:27Z")
This morning I saw a sporty little car with a bumper sticker that said, “Condoms prevent mini-vans.” ---
**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:** [February 9, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/145 "2024-02-09T22:32:01Z")
I saw one of those “My other car is a Porsche” stickers … in a Porsche. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/146 "2024-02-09T22:37:59Z")
[![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ABLVV85ZDIycEUkHLe0xeAnLL7Ye5CIze75bdE2-FDCG9w_Qxx8pMRsoAmh3qjFrNiR-at7JXW0HsyqenmpDqBKMBNjE3uKPCuKbn83GBL9oAEYbJ5WhW9eT=w157-h112-p-k "New item by Dave Carter") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/mUkSZgETXty2skAA6) ---
**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:** [February 10, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/147 "2024-02-10T01:01:12Z")
There’s a sign at the corner of West Grand and 13th in Grover Beach CA that can always be counted on for a humorous saying. [Here’s the most recent street view](https://maps.app.goo.gl/TW5GSHyWCDv5WEGA7) – you can click the “see more dates” option to see older sayings going back to 2008. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/148 "2024-02-10T01:23:35Z")
my money is on Nan and his books … ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/149 "2024-02-10T01:31:29Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I’m certain that Jerry Orbach was not on board. Obviously the usual sign would say “Baby On Board”, so it looks like the obscure connection must be > In 1987, he was featured in the hit film _[Dirty Dancing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Dancing)_ as Dr. Jake Houseman, the father of [Jennifer Grey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Grey)’s character “Baby”. It still doesn’t really make sense, because logically it should be Jennifer Grey on board, but Orbach is intrinsically funnier I guess. [Jerry Orbach - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Orbach) And TIL that Jerry Orbach was hella handsome as a young man. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/150 "2024-02-10T01:34:28Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > It still doesn’t really make sense, because logically it should be Jennifer Grey on board, Or in the corner. Still doesn’t make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/151 "2024-02-10T01:49:23Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Still doesn’t make sense. Ok, some more detective work, if you scroll down it’s a reward from this kickstarter. [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brandonbird/the-jerry-orbach-memorial-art-car](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brandonbird/the-jerry-orbach-memorial-art-car) And it looks like only 29 people qualified to receive it, so it was a rare sighting. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/152 "2024-02-10T02:03:47Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Ok, some more detective work, if you scroll down it’s a reward from this kickstarter. Wow, I’d glanced at that page earlier but hadn’t bothered to scroll down. Good detective work! Lennie Brisco would have been impressed! > [@Riemann](#): > > And it looks like only 29 people qualified to receive it, so it was a rare sighting. Seriously! The kickstarter was in 2016. I spotted in in 2017. I wonder if any of them are still out there in the wild. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/153 "2024-02-10T02:06:29Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Lennie Brisco would have been impressed! You have no idea how irrationally proud that makes me feel. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/154 "2024-02-10T02:18:01Z")
> [@Jegpeg](#): > > You need to be able to read welsh to get this but the Welsh part fo the sign translates to: > “I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated,” This is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/155 "2024-02-10T02:35:57Z")
Time was, there was a furniture dealer with a billboard alongside I-90 in Boston, saying “45 Years Without a Sale.” (The number was suitably changed with time, and the evidently intended implication was that they never found it necessary to offer any discounts beyond their regular pricing.) Unsurprisingly, eventually a smaller sign was appended, saying “Going Out Of Business.” Which proves you can only wait so long. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/156 "2024-02-10T02:45:15Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/4StWxnm.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/4StWxnm) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/157 "2024-02-10T03:55:44Z")
Heh, there is no indicator on that sign of what denominations are being measured. I figure if I’m going less than 10.5ly/sec, I’m fine. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/158 "2024-02-10T17:26:25Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Heh, there is no indicator on that sign of what denominations are being measured. That prompted me to search the MUTCD speed limit signs. No “mph” on those either I never noticed that before. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/159 "2024-02-10T18:20:06Z")
> [@Jegpeg](#): > > You need to be able to read welsh to get this but the Welsh part fo the sign translates to: > “I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated,” So, if you’re a person in an English-speaking country, who works most closely with English speakers, and your job is to translate things into English, why the Hell is your email autoreply in Welsh? ---
**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 10, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/160 "2024-02-10T19:56:00Z")
Here’s one I actually asked the Dope for help in locating. [SL-AE365.jpg (331×331) (signalisationlevis.com)](https://signalisationlevis.com/gestion/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/SL-AE365.jpg) The transation appears to be “Caution: woman giving birth on road!” (it actually means “look out for children, they could be your own”). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074.md?page=9)