Did the sign really say THAT?

I guess that we now know recheck and redneck can be interchanged to fool people. :smiley:

It does make for a funny line.

And when I see a sign that says: Watch Children

I always think: I wonder if they are more effective than watch dogs.

In Danbury, Connecticut there used to be a sign that said:

Department of Motor Vehicles

State Correctional Facility
Until I noticed the line, I always thought “That explains a lot

During the Carter administration, when the Camp David Accords were in the news every day, I was surprised to see that a local highway had been named after Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.

Eventually I figured out what the “Begin Highway” sign meant.

I always think that they grow up to be Slow Men Working.

Loooong ago (also during the Carter administration), there was a bar that my now-ex and I drove by in San Jose. The bar’s name was in a tall sign, in early-70s hippy-dippy font. I never could figure out what the sign said.

Apparently my ex couldn’t figure it out either. One day he asked what I thought the name was – and it was at the very moment of his question that Hi Phugger morphed into Hip Hugger.

(fortunately, no rednecks were involved)

I’ve always felt sorry for those slow children. Seems mean to embarrass them by posting signs where they live.

And to Sternvogel’s link: :smiley:

One should always choose fonts carefully. And probably have lots of people look at the resulting graphic to make sure it won’t look unintentionally stupid…

GT

My partner and I have a standing agreement to say out loud what you first thought you read. Drives are much more interesting that way! We also call them “reados” - kinda like typos. Too bad none of them are in my head right now.

That’s a good one. Touché!

Um…me too. And i didn’t figure it out until I read some of the other posts.

I recieved a check from a client; the name of the company was SBX Pearl. The font they used made it look exactly like “SEX Pearl”. Hmmm.

One of my favourite reado’s (thanks for the word, Fetchund) happened while driving on the NJ Turnpike. The license plate slogan of a nearby car caught my eye, for it read “Expiration Date”. That’s odd, thought I, that can’t be right. It wasn’t. When I got close enough to re-read it, what it actually said was “Constitution State”.

Another was the sign on a bathroom door at work, placed where you had to see it on the way out. It read “Please check your personalities at the door”. My eye! A re-read revealed it to actually say “Please check your personal items at the door”.

I do the misreads all the time, especially with thread titles. Unfortunately, I can’t remember any right now.

I don’t do this for signs much - I reserve my special talent for song lyrics. At least I entertain my husband and me with them!

Am I the only one who thought this story was going to end up with ‘testicle vesting’?

Perhaps this very thread-- “Did the sign really say TWAT?”

The old Montreal Expos logo always looked like “E L B” to me. Still does, in fact, although I now realize it actually is a cursive M.

I’m not sure how my twisted brain ever got to this one, but there’s a business in my town called “Rug Depot”. But the words on the sign are right against each other, no space in between; the only indication that it’s not one word is that the word “Rug” is ever so slightly more bold than the “Depot”.

Somehow, all mashed together like that, my brain read it as “Rudge Pot”. I have no idea what that means.

It took me years to recognize the cursive M.

There’s also a Dart Trucking company, but the way they have the name and logo (a diamond) painted on the back doors of the semis the “D” gets broken up and has always looked like “Fart Trucks” to me.

Oh, and it took me years to figure out Titleist golfballs didn’t say “Tit-Least.”

Driving through northern California last year I passed a business whose sign I thought said “THE TRANNY MAN.” I shook my head vigorously and rubbed my eyes and it still said “THE TRANNY MAN.”

It was a transmission repair shop. Seems like they’d get sick of hearing the jokes.