# Interesting Signs.. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2000, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591 "2000-06-06T20:25:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/1 "2000-06-06T20:25:30Z")
This came to me when reading the Obvious warnings thread. What are some interesting signs you’ve seen? Like funny things or signs that didn’t belong somewhere but were funny. I’ll go first. Now downtown here in Calgary there is an A&W in one of the malls. When you go to their bathroom (which you need a key to unlock btw) on the women’s bathroom there is a sign that says “Customer Parking Only” What are some interesting signs you’ve seen? ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/2 "2000-06-06T20:44:51Z")
Topaz, I took this picture on a trip to Ireland, and submitted it to a “Weird Pictures” site: [http://www.jokeaday.com/nfweird149.shtml](http://www.jokeaday.com/nfweird149.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Ozone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e95f7d/32.png) [@Ozone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ozone)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/3 "2000-06-06T21:45:19Z")
At the D.I. (kind of like the Salvation Army) in my town, there was a big sign out front for about a month that read WOMEN’S BLOUSES HALF OFF! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/4 "2000-06-06T22:09:46Z")
On NJ Rt 46 Westbound in either Lodi or Saddle Brook, NJ (I think), there is a light right in front of McDonalds. At this light, there are two traffic control signs right next together on the same pole that say: “No Left Turn” and “Left Lane Must Turn Left” HUH?! I’ll take a picture of it and post a link tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/5 "2000-06-06T22:21:28Z")
On I-81 North of Scranton, PA is a sign that says > [@](#): > > Endless Mountain Region > Next 5 Exits I always want to pull over and replace the “5” with an infinity symbol. ---
**Author:** ![Minxsmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/6 "2000-06-06T22:37:39Z")
For the life of me I can’t remember which town in PA this is, it’s somewhere by my Dad’s house in the Poconos, but the local cemetery has a sign. Town Cemetery No Hunting This sign just slays me every time I drive by - and I always forget to bring a camera to take a picture of it. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/7 "2000-06-07T01:20:13Z")
This isn’t a street sign, but once on a road trip (I believe this was in Alabama), there was a sign on a gas station men’s bathroom that read “Caution! Door May Be Hot!” Does anyone know what that one means? ---
**Author:** ![SilentKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@SilentKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SilentKnight)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/8 "2000-06-07T01:23:26Z")
Slow children playing ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/9 "2000-06-07T05:13:59Z")
One of the fire doors at work has a sign on it that says “CAUTION! DOOR IS ALARMED!” Apparently, I’m the only person in northern Illinois who knows that “alarmed” can mean something other than “equipped with an alarm”, because I always get funny looks if I make a comment about the sign. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/10 "2000-06-07T05:44:57Z")
My brother got a bunch of pictures of odd signs, and the most memorable of the bunch is one that says “Do Not Hump Under Any Circumstances”. I sent a copy of this picture to two of my hornier friends. ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/11 "2000-06-07T15:05:43Z")
Cecil explains [here](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_402b.html). ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/12 "2000-06-07T16:33:10Z")
## On route 29 in southern Virginia, travellers in both directions are informed by a big sign: ## Hurt Next Two Exits I always thought this would be a perfect title for a Country & Western song. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/13 "2000-06-07T16:59:59Z")
I have a collage of weird road signs that I made for driver’s ed class. Now. . . how to get make it available to whoever on here wants it. . . I suppose I could just describe some of them. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/14 "2000-06-07T17:31:02Z")
I always find this one amusing… On a main street in our town are two billboards next to each other. On the right is one of a man getting a mug shot taken, his face has been cut out and in its place are the words “your face here.” Under this it says something to the effect of “When she says no, she means no.” The sign on the right is for the maternity ward at the local hospital proclaiming “Every baby is a miracle.” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/15 "2000-06-07T18:24:51Z")
Not a sign, but a banner advertising for a charitable organization. The banner read: Please donate free food. I wondered whether they wanted only food that I didn’t pay for or whether the food they were selling was free of all donates. ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/16 "2000-06-07T18:40:12Z")
I saw a sign at a local Community Center (a BIG sign, too) that read, SENIORS: FREE PROSTATE EXAM -\> Only, instead of the arrow (-\>), they used a “pointing finger” dingbat. With big, oversized fingers. ---
**Author:** ![BigGiantHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@BigGiantHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigGiantHead)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/17 "2000-06-07T18:52:22Z")
My favorite was one of those temporary electric signs with the letters you attach yourself, in Norwich, CT. It stood in front of a body shop, had lost a letter and for months after read: “WE WILL EAT ANY ESTIMATE.” Oh, and BTW ThisYearsGirl, was the sign on an outside door with a partial or fully southerly face? Because down South heah, in full sunlight it could easily reach a temperature of 3 or 4 hundred degrees. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/18 "2000-06-07T18:53:31Z")
I’ve taken a few pictures of odd signs I have seen. My favorites: 1. A drug store in south Georgia, apparently owned by a family with the last name Strange. Resulting sign on the front of the pharmacy: **STRANGE DRUGS** 2. A sign with the caption **INVISIBLE FENCE** , posted on a fence which was clearly visible. (Wishful thinking maybe. Or the Emperor’s new fence?) 3. A real estate sign in the front yard of a home under construction in Atlanta, reading **SPACIOUS INTERIOR! MUST SEE INSIDE!**. The problem? The sign was positioned right in front of a Port-o-potty sitting on the lawn. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/19 "2000-06-07T19:53:06Z")
Up near Mt. Shasta, just off I-5 is the town of Weed, California. Also accessible from one of the exits for Weed is a local college (College of the Siskiyous, I believe.) One is to the west of the highway, the other to the east. There was a sign at the end of the offramp that was simply labeled : Weed -\> \<- College Or maybe it was just a public service announcement. Incidentally I knew someone who was from weed, and went to Weed High. Their favorite cheer : “Weed High is the best high is the best high you can get!” panama jack * * * Not the one who stole the sign. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591/20 "2000-06-07T19:58:37Z")
Not a Weird Sign, really, but a weird reaction on my part: Driving down I-95 through Providence, I saw a sign: No Exit 5 My immediate reaction was not that Exit 5 was closed, but “Sequelmania strikes Jean-Paul Sartre” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-signs/21591.md?page=2)