St. Barnabas’ Anglican Church on Broadway, Sydney, had one of these billboards, and this became part of a famous series of witty exchanges between the church, and the pub directly opposite.
With thanks to woolly, here is a small exerpt from an article in The Sydney Morning Herald:
Arthur’s daughter was married in the church in 1992.
[sup]1[/sup]A reference to a famous Australian cricketer.
[sup]2[/sup]On the day the pub closed down in 1997.
“Sign Broken. Message inside Sunday.” :rolleyes: “An atheist is a person with no invisible means of support.”
Not on a church, but on a tire store right next to a church with similar “witty” signs. If I got a flat right in front of that store, I’d pay the $50 to get towed somewhere else rather than have those bastards sell me a new tire.
“God saved us from the hurricane!”
Then who made the hurricane?
“Never to bad to come to church. Never to good to stay home.”
Never too good to pass 6th grade English.
If you really want a lot of these signs to laugh at, take a vacation down South sometime. They’re fucking everywhere! Once one church posts a mildly amusing one, three or four other churchs will have ripped it off within a week.
Seen on the animated marquee of a seemingly fundy (and prosperous) church on the interstate in Tulsa, OK prior to the OU-Texas game…
A longhorn <segue> Is only a cow <segue> When its horns are removed…
(Segue to a display of the Oklahoma University logo (interlocking O and U, kinda like Yankees or Mets) and the Texas Longhorns logo (head-on silhouette of a cattle head w/ horns).
An animation ensued; the OU logo came scrolling across the board and collided with the UT logo, knocking the horns off the UT logo. Whatever the hell happened to “Love thy Neighbor”?
Testament ( ) to the phenomenon of Football as Religion in Oklahoma.
Thank you for my first genuine laugh of the day (even if it is only 3 hours and 16 minutes into the day.) Nothing more amusing than tired cliches forced into weird surroundings. For some reason, I simply never tire of them. By the time they aren’t cool anymore, they’re retro. So bring on the Admiral Ackbar photoshops, www.somethingawful.com, I dare you!
I am a religious person and I still have to roll my eyes at some of the signs I see on church marquees. I’ve seen some that are kinda cute and some that are just plain silly, but one I saw the other day had me going . It said simply that “a snake on the windshield is a windshield viper.” I get the joke (groan), but what has it got to do with ANYTHING, much less religion?
Oh, I am so glad i found this thread.
There is a church right next to my home. I drive by it every evening coming from work.
The sign has a different saying every week.
This week : " A lot a forbidden fruits create many jams"
Last week (my favorite) : “God answers knee-mail”
Before : “don’t wait for four strong men to carry you to church” (not a bad one!)
Geez, I forgot the rest, but I get a big laugh every day I drive by…