# More weird shit in everyday life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969 "2010-08-03T03:24:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/21 "2010-08-03T16:43:44Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > It’s been awhile since a thread about oddball signs, etc. Yeh. Like a whole two weeks ago. [Is he a Proctor or Proctologist? More lame signs seen this month.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=571467) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/22 "2010-08-03T16:43:53Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > > [@Aspidistra](#): > > > > Outside the Arts Centre complex, recessed into the tall brick wall that runs alongside the gallery, are a small number of metal-doored openings with, I think, firefighting equipment in them, with red lettering stencilled on the front. I think the signs say something like “fire hose within” or “open in cse of emergency” or something like that. > > > > Oh, except for [this one](http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac311/ebaillie83/Outside%20the%20Arts%20Centre/Image035.jpg) > > [This](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/JoeyJoeyPP/m1.jpg) was a list of thing you couldn’t bring on to a ferry boat. It’s seems to be little more then a random list of words. > > I know they say [this](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/JoeyJoeyPP/m2-1.jpg) is somewhat common in other parts of the world, having only left the states once, I’d never seen it. Mascots? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/23 "2010-08-03T16:48:46Z")
Sign outside a nearby pub, seen today: DUE TO CRETINISM, IGNORANCE AND LETHARGY, TUESDAY’S PUB QUIZ IS CANCELLED. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/24 "2010-08-03T16:53:29Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > how often do people keep squeegees in their cars? > > If you live in the north, you do; most ice scrapers have a squeegee gizmo as well. > > Mine is in my vehicle year-round. > > mmm Huh? Mine’s in my car year 'round too, but it doesn’t have a squeegee gizmo. Nor do most of the ones I’ve seen. I’m talking about the ones [like this](http://www.amazon.com/Hopkins-Subzero-16511-Hammer-Snowbrush/dp/B000HACYNY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1280854281&sr=8-1-spell); there’s also other snowbrooms or SUV type scrapers that might include a sqeegee thingie, [like this](http://www.amazon.com/Hopkins-2610XM-Super-Extender-Snowbroom/dp/B0016GRTVU/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1280854320&sr=8-12). However, I’d say those are in the minority. You have to actively seek those out; the ones like my first link are everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/25 "2010-08-03T17:20:03Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > > [@Chefguy](#): > > > > It’s been awhile since a thread about oddball signs, etc. > > Yeh. Like a whole two weeks ago. > [Is he a Proctor or Proctologist? More lame signs seen this month.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=571467) Guess I missed that one. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/26 "2010-08-03T17:29:22Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > > [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > > > Yeh. Like a whole two weeks ago. > > [Is he a Proctor or Proctologist? More lame signs seen this month.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=571467) > > Guess I missed that one. Most people did.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/27 "2010-08-03T17:35:10Z")
Seattle Housing Authority has a great sign they put up: “Illegal Activity Prohibited” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/28 "2010-08-03T17:35:36Z")
I occasionally go by a pedestrian crossing sign. It’s the kind with a walking stick figure in profile. Someone put a piece of black tape on it so that it looks like the guy, uh, really really enjoys crossing streets. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/29 "2010-08-03T17:54:15Z")
I stayed in a hotel in Terre Haute, IN a few years ago and they had a large sign posted next to their indoor pool that said: **ANYONE WHO HAS OR HAS HAD DIARRHEA IN THE PAST TWO (2) WEEKS SHALL NOT USE THE POOL** I have a photo of the sign but I’m too lazy at the moment to post upload it so I can link to it. ---
**Author:** ![Caveat\_lector\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@Caveat\_lector\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caveat_lector_1)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/30 "2010-08-03T19:49:11Z")
On Saturday I saw a guy happily unicycling his way down the street. That was good for a smile. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/31 "2010-08-03T19:54:24Z")
> [@Caveat\_lector\_1](#): > > On Saturday I saw a guy happily unicycling his way down the street. That was good for a smile. I think that would have been even better had he been UNhappily unicycling his way down the street. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/32 "2010-08-03T19:58:14Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Seattle Housing Authority has a great sign they put up: > > “Illegal Activity Prohibited” WANT!!! (I would so steal this sign if I saw it.) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/33 "2010-08-03T20:34:26Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > I stayed in a hotel in Terre Haute, IN a few years ago and they had a large sign posted next to their indoor pool that said: > > **ANYONE WHO HAS OR HAS HAD DIARRHEA IN THE PAST TWO (2) WEEKS SHALL NOT USE THE POOL** > > I have a photo of the sign but I’m too lazy at the moment to post upload it so I can link to it. This is funny on several levels. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/34 "2010-08-03T23:07:31Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > > [@Zsofia](#): > > > > I love that. > > If it counts as a graffiti, then it’s my second favourite graffiti ever, after [this](http://wordsallaround.blogspot.com/2009/11/great-use-of-two-letters-of-alphabet-to.html) I took a picture of one that I really liked - [this one](http://www.image4u.org/host/file.php?userid=interface2x&file=watch_for_sign.jpg). He’s a pretty good person of whom to be wary. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/35 "2010-08-03T23:17:36Z")
> [@Fionn](#): > > Months ago, during a heavy rain storm, I saw a guy driving down the freeway with his arm out the window, using a squeegee to clear his windshield. I wondered whether it was something he had to come up with on the fly that day, or if that was a long-term thing because how often do people keep squeegees in their cars? [It seems](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyWpwMsXzAg&NR=1) [to be](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roW9baB8xlE) [popular.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiXzI4_YkiI&NR=1) Og help us. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/36 "2010-08-03T23:58:56Z")
There is a sign on the inside of the bathroom door at my office that says in very large letters WE ARE LISTENING And then a couple of lines about paying attention to what the tenants want in tiny print Every time I leave the bathroom it creeps me out just a little. ---
**Author:** ![dragoncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@dragoncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragoncat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/37 "2010-08-04T01:03:08Z")
We have this sign in town that says “brake on yellow, stop on red,” which seems superfluous (besides wrong – unless things have changed since I got my license, on yellow you either maintain speed or stop). It’s also a long way from any intersection so I guess it’s just for our driving enjoyment. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/38 "2010-08-04T01:20:53Z")
Around here, high school seniors like to spray paint their graduation year on stop signs. I pulled up to a stop sign one night and noticed that “GED” was painted on it. ---
**Author:** ![mariposalabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/39 "2010-08-04T01:48:16Z")
Crosswalk signs around here have little circles around them so it looks like they are hula hooping. Hippies! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969/40 "2010-08-04T06:11:03Z")
I passed Sidney Street last night. I love that in the past few days someone has gone out with both black and white paint and amended the S on the sign so it is now Kidney Street. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-shit-in-everyday-life/548969.md?page=3)