# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/61 "2011-08-29T18:54:33Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Not far from where I grew up in England, there used to be a large sign, by a major road, pointing the way to a “Secret Government Research Centre.” My google-fu has failed to find me photo of it, though. When my FIL lived in Califonia he drove past a secret Naval base every day. We know this from the huge blue road sign proclaiming “Secret Naval Base” with an arrow pointing the the really obvious military base on the bluff to the side. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/62 "2011-08-29T18:57:06Z")
Hmmmm…maybe the sign in SF is stolen often? Another example not too far from me: For I-40, there is the sign in [Barstow, CA](http://www.interstate-guide.com/images040/i-040_wt_04.jpg) and [Wilmington, NC](http://www.interstate-guide.com/images040/i-040_et_08.jpg). I think somebody already stole the human sign holders though… ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/63 "2011-08-29T19:46:11Z")
Darren Rovell of CNBC is asking followers to tweet funny signs. this is [one of the latest](http://www.yfrog.com/kh68gdoj) and [another](http://www.yfrog.com/hwas5j). ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/64 "2011-08-29T19:50:37Z")
Near Chesterfield, IN, close to I-69 is a little booze store called **69 Liquors.** We’re inured to the 69 humor by now, but people still steal the I-69 signs. Across the river from Cincinnati is a very tall sign; Big Daddy’s I want to be your Liquor Man. Here in Anderson is Fox Radiator. The best place in town to take a leak. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/65 "2011-08-29T20:20:42Z")
In western NC, I used to see the sign for “Bat Cave.” In fact, there is a Bat Cave Baptist Church. In Rutherfordton, There’s “The Barbecue Place” which has a sign below it reading, ``` "Lunch specials Night Specials Fresh Cool Salads ``` Ornamental Cement" ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/66 "2011-12-15T18:38:39Z")
[Shouldn’t “To open center emergency door” (step 5) come before “Exit the train” (step 4)?](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ddErrTLmzME/SaQ0cQbaTPI/AAAAAAAAAFc/-aDd8BfmG0s/s1600/390641253_56b8992a36.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/67 "2011-12-15T20:44:01Z")
The ‘Pull Your Part’ sign outside the auto salvage yard always makes the inner child in me snicker. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/68 "2011-12-16T00:41:14Z")
I could have sworn that I posted about the sign for Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky the first time this thread was active. The first time I saw that sign, I about pissed myself laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/69 "2011-12-16T01:00:17Z")
Heading up Highway 6 through the Bruce Peninsula, you come to a crossroads. One side is labeled ‘Cemetery Rd’, the other is labeled ‘Spry Rd’. Guess which one I’d prefer to take… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/70 "2011-12-17T09:26:09Z")
Over in the next county there is a place that sells truck accessories. Of course they have a sign out front with the company’s name. What’s the name on the sign? Be sure to say it carefully when you are speaking as you don’t want to be misunderstood. The name of the place is “Mother Truckers.” ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142/71 "2011-12-17T12:28:02Z")
I visited a small town called ‘Fairlie’ in NZ, which was great for signs. I think the ‘Fairlie Public Toilets’ were my favorite 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-signs/594142.md?page=3)