# Hmmmm. I'm skeptical \[road signs\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455 "2021-12-03T15:56:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/61 "2021-12-06T00:49:46Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I have a dirty sense of humor, but I’m not getting this one … 'lil help, plz? I had to have Gato explain it to me, too. Quoting: One of my favorite lines from **Dr. Strangelove** is, _“I’ma gonna git them bomb doors open even if it hair-lips ever’one on Bear Creek!”_ So, whenever I see a Bear Creek sign, I want to steal it. Only got one really good one so far… You would be surprised just how many Bear Creeks there are out there. > [@silenus](#): > > To make a Toadsuck Pond Cocktail: Does it go with moose chili? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/62 "2021-12-06T00:55:35Z")
A møøse once bit my sister… ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/63 "2021-12-06T00:56:52Z")
I’m told that people who live close to Normal, Illinois joke about how they are near normal. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/64 "2021-12-06T01:08:25Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > A møøse once bit my sister… No realli! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/65 "2021-12-06T01:25:49Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > people who live close to Normal, Illinois First place I lived, after my parents moved with infant me to the States. Running joke is, it didn’t “take.” ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/66 "2021-12-06T01:31:48Z")
I can confidently say that I am nowhere near Normal. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/67 "2021-12-06T01:38:56Z")
Thank you. He wouldn’t tell me cause he hates my guts. Granny Hawkins has spoken, Mr. Fishface! AKA @Gatopescado ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/68 "2021-12-06T01:46:05Z")
If you got beef, take it to the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/69 "2021-12-06T01:49:17Z")
It’s not that way. We tease and bug each other for shits and giggles. No worries. 🤗 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/70 "2021-12-06T01:49:49Z")
A beef? With a catfish? More cross-species shenanigans, I say. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/71 "2021-12-06T01:51:17Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I have a dirty sense of humor, but I’m not getting this one … 'lil help, plz? Ninja’d by myself with an assist from The Wonder Mutt. See if I ever send you an incriminating PM again! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/72 "2021-12-06T01:51:20Z")
I’ll endeavor to persevere ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/73 "2021-12-06T01:54:19Z")
You have earned “Perseverance” as a middle name, my friend. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/74 "2021-12-06T01:55:44Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > He wouldn’t tell me cause he hates my guts. No. He. Doesn’t. BTW, how much are tickets to your 3-ring circus? 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/75 "2021-12-06T01:58:12Z")
Cheap, Burpo, cheap. Come on up. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/76 "2021-12-06T02:38:56Z")
I reckin’ ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/77 "2021-12-06T03:11:26Z")
No street signs visible on street view [for this intersection](https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6915654,-77.2376719,3a,75y,344.52h,98.82t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1sHnlMx0fCEDuYBkuRlQu2hw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!9m2!1b1!2i52), sadly (perhaps they’ve been stolen once too often). It does explain why you can’t simply walk into Mordor, however: there are no sidewalks! ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/78 "2021-12-06T06:02:08Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > No such thread would be complete without the sign to Boring, Oregon. Famously twinned with Dull (in Scotland) and Bland (in Australia). Here’s some more to be going on with; [https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-english-place-names-signs/](https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-english-place-names-signs/) And here’s one that apparently freaks out some visitors: [https://metro.co.uk/2017/08/14/council-renames-cats-eyes-after-american-tourists-think-animals-are-being-hurt-6851958/](https://metro.co.uk/2017/08/14/council-renames-cats-eyes-after-american-tourists-think-animals-are-being-hurt-6851958/) ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/79 "2021-12-06T23:25:48Z")
A long time ago, Ball State University in Muncie, IN was called Indiana “Normal School.” Back then, that meant “Teachers’ College.” ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/80 "2021-12-07T00:08:22Z")
There are or were five towns in the U.S. called Normal (or something like that) because they were once the location of a normal college. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455.md?page=5)