# Best fast food signs you've seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2003, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935 "2003-01-11T08:35:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/21 "2003-01-12T15:06:26Z")
Not as good as some of the others posted here, but a few years back a local Checkers posted an advertisement for its spicy chicken sandwich. Apparently the restaurant had a limited supply of certain letters, because the staff used plain white paper to cover up parts of the sign. What they didn’t realize was that the sign’s light would shine right through the paper after dark, making the sign read: TRY OUR NEW SPIGY CHICKEN! For weeks people went through the drive-thru and demanded “spigy chicken” sandwiches. I heard the staff was not amused. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/22 "2003-01-12T20:31:22Z")
Saw this at a Bob Evans restaurant in Louisville once: “Try Our Hometyle Meatloaf” What exactly is hometyle meatloaf? ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/23 "2003-01-12T20:55:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AubreyAnn \* > \*\*My last week of work at a local grocery store. I had the responsiblity of posting the “reader board”. I had my helper clerk post - Coke 150\_ Bud-799. No one got it \*\* I don’t either. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/24 "2003-01-12T21:12:32Z")
psssst… coke=cocaine, bud=marijuana. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/25 "2003-01-12T22:22:57Z")
I thought maybe it was supposed to be a sports score. Never heard of “bud” for pot. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/26 "2003-01-12T23:31:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladybug \* > \*\*Not as good as some of the others posted here, but a few years back a local Checkers posted an advertisement for its spicy chicken sandwich. Apparently the restaurant had a limited supply of certain letters, because the staff used plain white paper to cover up parts of the sign. What they didn’t realize was that the sign’s light would shine right through the paper after dark, making the sign read: > > TRY OUR NEW SPIGY CHICKEN! > > For weeks people went through the drive-thru and demanded “spigy chicken” sandwiches. I heard the staff was not amused. \*\* If the supply of letters was so low, what I would have done is omitted the second C in CHICKEN and used it in the word SPICY. I don’t think as many people would have bothered to tell the staff that someone misspelled CHICKEN out on the sign. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/27 "2003-01-12T23:39:14Z")
In Germany, **McDöner’s**! A “Döner” is a kebab-type of sandwich and the combination of the name and the way it is pronounced never fails to make me laugh out loud. (I don’t get out much.) 😉 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/28 "2003-01-12T23:46:27Z")
Not fast food, but still a good moment. A horrible string of tornados ripped apart the area I lived in (and a long, long way in either direction). We were out for a drive, a few days after, and passed what had been a drive-in movie theater. The screen was gone, the buildings were rubble, but the tornado had left the ‘Now Playing’ sign standing. On the marquee: “Now Playing: Gone With The Wind.” ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/29 "2003-01-13T00:38:51Z")
Not exactly fast food, but food related. A boat sales place in northern Ohio had a sign up advertising, “A Free gallon of milk with the purchase of a boat.” ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/30 "2003-01-13T00:50:07Z")
My sister lives in a relatively small city up north of the Twin Cities. Ever time I visit I go by one of the two chinese restaurants in town. They have a permanent sign that says; “Best Chinese Food in Town. Thank You” (Grammatically it should be better, but it’s just the fact that they say “thank you” after it, it just strikes me funny.) ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/31 "2003-01-13T01:04:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > **In Germany, McDöner’s! A “Döner” is a kebab-type of sandwich and the combination of the name and the way it is pronounced never fails to make me laugh out loud. (I don’t get out much.) 😉** Ooh, that reminds me of another one! On the window of a shop in Ealing, London: “Chicken Donor, 2.50” I’ve heard of blood donors, but… ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/32 "2003-01-13T01:12:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by stpauler \* > \*\*My sister lives in a relatively small city up north of the Twin Cities. Ever time I visit I go by one of the two chinese restaurants in town. They have a permanent sign that says; > “Best Chinese Food in Town. Thank You” > > (Grammatically it should be better, but it’s just the fact that they say “thank you” after it, it just strikes me funny.) \*\* Maybe the town has one of those annual “Best of” contests – best steak joint, best ice cream sundae, etc.? If they were VOTED best, then the “Thank You” makes perfect sense. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/33 "2003-01-13T05:43:32Z")
Not a fast food story but a sign in a material store. " No Eatables allowed" ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/34 "2003-01-13T06:18:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jake \* > \*\*jackelope, funny stuff! Try to link a photo. 🙂 \*\* Photo coming tomorrow; my friend is going to send it to me. I apparently lost the original in a computer crash. ---
**Author:** ![cybersnark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@cybersnark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cybersnark)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/35 "2003-01-13T14:12:55Z")
I went to the University of Tennessee (UT). One of the local bars had a no-cover-charge night for coeds, advertised via the sign out front, which read “Ladies free with UT ID”. Someone altered the sign to read “Ladies free with IUD” I’m sure the guy at the door had fun that night! ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/36 "2003-01-13T14:22:16Z")
A local cinema was playing “A Life Less Ordinary” a few years ago. The sign ran into the space of the next screen and read “A LifeLess Ordinary Film” ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/37 "2003-01-13T17:55:39Z")
For about a year, a local Wendy’s had “WARM UP WITH A SPICY CHICKEN” on their marquee. I always pictured this suave rooster sitting at the counter holding a cocktail. \"'Allo. I am Ramon. Come with me to the casbah…"\ ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/38 "2003-01-13T19:10:03Z")
On a Chinese restaurant in Davis Sq: “We open latest!” It’s true. They opened at 4:30 pm everyday and the other chinese places in the square were open for lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/39 "2003-01-13T19:29:13Z")
On a Wendy’s sign in Minot ND in around 1980" Wendy’s can make it 531 different ways…" ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935/40 "2003-01-13T20:10:32Z")
Got the photo! Enjoy your lunch at [Captain D’s](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/jackelope/captainds.jpg), Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-signs-youve-seen/147935.md?page=1)