# Funny Signs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142 "2011-08-26T05:13:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/1 "2011-08-26T05:13:57Z")
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook: [![](http://gallery2.opalcat.com/gallery2/d/50766-1/dildo+trading+post.jpg) ](http://gallery2.opalcat.com/gallery2/d/50766-1/dildo+trading+post.jpg) What funny signs have you seen? ---
**Author:** ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/2 "2011-08-26T05:19:22Z")
:eek:😃 There was one outside of Ruidoso, NM that always made me laugh. Hand painted on plywood, all on a single line: BBQ Ice Cream → ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/3 "2011-08-26T06:26:52Z")
My high school had a sign posted over a dumpster that read: > [@](#): > > School trash only. Others will be prosecuted. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/4 "2011-08-26T07:26:22Z")
This one is on Australia’s main highway. > **[McDonalds sign at Yass | Riotact](https://the-riotact.com/mcdonalds-sign-at-yass/8149)** > > I wonder how many of you have driven past this sign without seeing the ah somewhat different interpretation. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/5 "2011-08-26T10:21:30Z")
Our local scrapyard has a sign on one of their sheds:- “non-ferrous customers only”. So the Iron Lady and Men of Steel are not welcome. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/6 "2011-08-26T11:21:11Z")
A local small farm had a shingle out for their farm stand: Tomatoes Wood chips Manure Yum, make me a salad! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/7 "2011-08-26T13:14:16Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > This one is on Australia’s main highway. > > [http://the-riotact.com/mcdonalds-sign-at-yass/8149](http://the-riotact.com/mcdonalds-sign-at-yass/8149) I have to ask… what does “Yass” mean? Is it a place? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/8 "2011-08-26T14:19:48Z")
A small farm near me: “GOATS: Pets, Milk, Meat” ---
**Author:** ![Inter\_Alia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@Inter\_Alia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inter_Alia)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/9 "2011-08-26T14:21:17Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > I have to ask… what does “Yass” mean? Is it a place? It’s a town in Australia. But you have to read the whole sign beginning with the McDonald’s logo. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/10 "2011-08-26T14:42:34Z")
Sign I saw yesterday, the original was all caps. “Free {service} at no charge.” Glad to know that! I’d hate to get charged for a free service. ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/11 "2011-08-26T15:00:31Z")
My favorite giggle is the Bong Recreation Area sign on I-94 in southern Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/12 "2011-08-26T15:10:26Z")
We drove by an obviously dead motel in a remote NM town, and the sign in the window proudly proclaimed: NOW UNDER NEW MENEGMENT! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/13 "2011-08-26T15:14:23Z")
[Sign for dogs](http://www.bored.com/photos/vancouverdogsign.html) If you insist on a sign I’ve seen in real life as opposed to online, I saw a sign for a business in Houston that was advertising they sold “Beer Firearms Insurance”. And I was thinking if I sold somebody the first two, I wouldn’t want to be the guy who was insuring them. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/14 "2011-08-26T15:51:19Z")
> [@Inter\_Alia](#): > > It’s a town in Australia. But you have to read the whole sign beginning with the McDonald’s logo. Well that part was obvious. I got the joke. I just didn’t get what the sign was supposed to be saying since “Yass” meant nothing to me. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/15 "2011-08-26T16:01:35Z")
Live chickens fresh killed ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/16 "2011-08-26T16:04:42Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Live chickens fresh killed That would almost make me feel guilty for pulling into the parking lot. I’m imagining they have all these chickens waiting and they chop off their heads as the customer approaches. And then I’d walk in and say I was just wondering if they had a public restroom. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/17 "2011-08-26T16:08:45Z")
West Covina, CA. Real sign in window of a mom & pop fabric store: “We Reweave Rugs” ---
**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:** [August 26, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/18 "2011-08-26T16:13:46Z")
Seattle Housing Authority has signs that say “Illegal Activity Prohibited” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/19 "2011-08-26T16:17:49Z")
National Lampoon used to publish these kinds of pictures all the time, sent in by readers. A couple of the more memorable were: Planned Parenthood Clinic (Use Rear Entrance) Car Wash (hand job) $5 ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/20 "2011-08-26T16:18:16Z")
I like the one on the M4 (UK motorway between London and Wales) which says: [INDENT]Windsor Castle Legoland[/INDENT] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142.md?page=2)