# Humorous signs and warnings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comedian-jokes\ **Created:** [March 6, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564 "2022-03-06T15:16:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/61 "2022-03-08T21:15:53Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Relative to staying four dancing penguins away from each other, wouldn’t that be 8 feet apart? 8 flippers. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/62 "2022-03-08T21:18:19Z")
I must revisit Ghent. It’s been too long. Last time we were there these signs had been put up - I couldn’t find any on google earth just now, but this nice person has preserved an example on their website. Depending where you work, it could just barely possibly be NSFW, so spoilered. [Wildplassen – Nemorino's travels](https://operasandcycling.com/wildplassen/) Last time we were there, Ghent had just won the Belgian football championships. There was much drinking. The signs were widely ignored. j ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/63 "2022-03-08T21:18:41Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Dunno if the National Park Service actually used this or if only exists on the 'Net. This one did apparently appear at Wisconsin state parks in the early days of the pandemic. [![](https://i.redd.it/79q8ogwdwm951.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/79q8ogwdwm951.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/64 "2022-03-08T21:27:50Z")
Closer to home. Here’s a road sign I’ve posted before. It’s at the bottom of Keere Street, Lewes, East Sussex. https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=%213m2%212sen%214v0%216m8%211m7%211sQfA-nCX9ybzPw8mglj8lYw%212m2%211d50.8707777%212d0.006847%213f326.21%214f9.245%215f0.6 Yes, I know the writing is tiny. You can zoom in; or, to save you the bother, the sign reads: > KEERE STREET > NO THROUGH ROAD > Although recorded in history that George IV when Prince Regent drove a coach and four down Keere Street for a wager, access by vehicles to and from the High Street is now forbidden > By Order > Lewes District Council j ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/65 "2022-03-08T21:44:30Z")
I never got a picture of it, and the sign’s been taken down since the pandemic closed the border. But someone took a picture of it: [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZkL_nsVMAA7kyL.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZkL_nsVMAA7kyL.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/66 "2022-03-08T22:14:13Z")
At the St Lucia Crocodile Center in South Africa: [![](https://external-preview.redd.it/plcjmyVIDGXQa0EVCWLhe6td2QTZ8aGAsCLBF1bTmcE.jpg?auto=webp&s=60f3943c384c0aa0a63a7d695c5568bd7c8ac444) ](https://external-preview.redd.it/plcjmyVIDGXQa0EVCWLhe6td2QTZ8aGAsCLBF1bTmcE.jpg?auto=webp&s=60f3943c384c0aa0a63a7d695c5568bd7c8ac444) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/67 "2022-03-08T23:44:32Z")
> [@Drum\_God](#): > > Yes, the buses, driven only by people trained and specially licensed for school buses, had a warning label reminding drivers to watch where they’re going. Some of them need reminding. Lets not forget about the time I got rear ended by a school bus, pushed about a block down the road, up a curb and into a block wall a few tiers high (around a garden). The driver, at least based on what he was saying, had no idea what happened. I call BS, but his official story is that he didn’t see me and didn’t see what happened.\* \*I call BS because if he was as clueless as he claimed to be, he wouldn’t have stopped. If I hit someone and didn’t realize it, I’d keep driving because why wouldn’t I? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/68 "2022-03-08T23:47:12Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I never got a picture of it, and the sign’s been taken down since the pandemic closed the border. But someone took a picture of it: I don’t get it. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/69 "2022-03-08T23:49:40Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Some of them need reminding. Lets not forget about the time I got rear ended by a school bus, pushed about a block down the road, up a curb and into a block wall a few tiers high (around a garden). My dad’s little commuter car got clipped by a tourist bus while he was at work. The only damage at the scene was a knocked-out cigarette window but the car was never quite right after that. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/70 "2022-03-09T02:20:49Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I don’t get it. ‘At par’ means ‘at face value’. So they’re saying that they’ll accept lower-valued Canadian dollars at the same value as U.S. dollars. ‘Par’ is also a golf term. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/71 "2022-03-09T23:43:51Z")
When I first saw this sign, my brain interpreted it as “Falling bicycle zone”. [https://ustrafficsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Bicycle-Pedestrian-Warning-Day.png](https://ustrafficsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Bicycle-Pedestrian-Warning-Day.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/72 "2022-03-10T00:01:31Z")
One of my favorite signs was long long ago in Bolinas, a famously idiosyncratic beach town in northern CA, on a closed door in a strange little cafe, which stated “Members and Non-Members ONLY” ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/73 "2022-03-10T00:36:48Z")
> NO ENTRY > AUTHORISED PERSONNEL ONLY So unauthorised people are fine to go in? > HARD HATS MUST BE WORN ON THIS BUILDING SITE What’s wrong with brand new ones, exactly? ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/74 "2022-03-15T23:21:04Z")
1. Before car seatbelts were required by law, I had a bumper sticker - Love your kids at home Belt them in the car 2. Every time I see a Cuidado Piso Mojado on a caution wet floor pylon sign I think of Ciudad Cuidado ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/75 "2022-03-16T01:29:58Z")
I think it’s questionable Dutch, actually. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/76 "2022-03-16T01:50:01Z")
Back in the '80s, I snapped a photo at a mini-mall in Roseville, MN, where a women’s clothing outlet was located next to a sporting goods store. Taken together, their adjacent display windows read: **HOUSE OF LARGE FASHIONS** | _Tents, Tents, Tents. BIG SALE on now!_ I still have the photo. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/77 "2022-03-16T14:08:45Z")
The welcome sign in my entry says: Welcome! Hope you like dog hair. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/78 "2022-03-16T14:47:50Z")
In a bar in Texas… We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone We don’t care who you are, who you think you are, how much money you have, or who your daddy is! ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/79 "2022-03-16T15:24:14Z")
Our local drive-in theater closed in early 1980-something. The last movie they showed was, “Clash of the Titans.” Some wank stole the “a” and “n” from “Titans,” and that was up on the marquee for months until they finally tore it down. No, it wasn’t me. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564/80 "2022-03-16T16:28:03Z")
Similarly, someone modified a street sign in the town I used to live in. The street name was ATWATER. It wasn’t me, either. (Spray painting over three letter is same color as the sign itself.) And this local business also sustained that sort of vandalism recently. [Redirecting...](https://www.facebook.com/112263440519995/posts/manus-power-motors-closes-after-72-years-in-business-on-woodward-avenuemanus-pow/175445787535093/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-signs-and-warnings/960564.md?page=5)