# Sign Fail **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322 "2010-02-24T21:59:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 24, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/1 "2010-02-24T21:59:27Z")
If you can’t find the book you’re looking for, you’re in [the…](http://www.failpost.com/2009/10/marketing-fail-wong-fook-hing-book-store/) ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Mood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/2 "2010-02-25T15:33:06Z")
Cute. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/3 "2010-02-25T16:36:07Z")
A [sign combo failure](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=Misc&pic=Misc016.JPG&picindex=15) I snapped a couple of years ago. I guess no one has caught on yet, since it’s still there. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/4 "2010-02-25T17:20:26Z")
I love these things. Not every picture at [Dave’s Daily](http://www.davesdaily.com/pictures.htm) is a sign, but there are plenty of good ones in the 36 pages (at the moment) there. And surely you’re familiar with [Fail Blog](http://failblog.org/)? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/5 "2010-02-25T17:21:50Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > A [sign combo failure](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=Misc&pic=Misc016.JPG&picindex=15) I snapped a couple of years ago. I guess no one has caught on yet, since it’s still there. OK, what’s the deal with the next photo? Progressive Inter…something? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/6 "2010-02-25T17:43:34Z")
I’m a subscriber to YouTube’s Failblog channel and this is the latest entry. It seems apropos to the thread: [Resort Name Fail](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saEfJnLiFD8) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/7 "2010-02-25T18:11:28Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > OK, what’s the deal with the next photo? > Progressive Inter…something? [Post #10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=366512). _Man_, did that ever take a lot of searching… ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/8 "2010-02-25T18:18:08Z")
I took these in New York a few years ago. Not sure if anyone has fixed the problem yet: [Pic 1](https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/mhender4/public_html/gen_images/nyuhjd.jpg)[Pic 2](https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/mhender4/public_html/gen_images/nyuhjd2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/9 "2010-02-25T18:25:30Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > [Post #10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=366512). > _Man_, did that ever take a lot of searching… But doesn’t it feel great – rewarding even – when you just know the thread exists and maybe even which forum it’s in or some other little tidbit of info about it and you keep going until you find it? Just so you can get thing off your mind and move on with your life? I’ve had that urge to search several times over the past few days, and I feel so good for staying with the task. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/10 "2010-02-25T18:27:42Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I took these in New York a few years ago. Not sure if anyone has fixed the problem yet: > > [Pic 1](https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/mhender4/public_html/gen_images/nyuhjd.jpg)[Pic 2](https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/mhender4/public_html/gen_images/nyuhjd2.jpg) Providing just that extra touch of confidence in the place, yes? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/11 "2010-02-25T18:38:22Z")
No pic to post, but years ago, driving with my folks on Long Island, NY, we saw a bar called the Silver Spoon. Except its neon wasn’t working well, so the sign outside read SILVER POON. The next business was a Chinese takeaway called HOUSE OF TANG. Yeah, we laughed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/12 "2010-02-25T19:52:45Z")
[This place](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dQuacLNyX8E/S4bUjXzx4FI/AAAAAAAADNw/FX0i6GWQTYA/s1600-h/Fook+King+copy.jpg) used to be in the Bronx a few years ago, on Westchester Avenue. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/13 "2010-02-25T20:10:00Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I took these in New York a few years ago. Not sure if anyone has fixed the problem yet: > > [Pic 1](https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/mhender4/public_html/gen_images/nyuhjd.jpg)[Pic 2](https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/mhender4/public_html/gen_images/nyuhjd2.jpg) My fail-o-meter must be on the fritz today. What’s wrong with those? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/14 "2010-02-25T20:15:03Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > My fail-o-meter must be on the fritz today. > > What’s wrong with those? “Diseases” is spelled “deaseses.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/15 "2010-02-25T20:18:41Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > “Diseases” is spelled “deaseses.” Ah. Oh. Ow! ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/16 "2010-02-25T20:55:13Z")
Sorry I don’t have a photo, but on Market Street in San Francisco there is an adult theater with a big marquee and lots of advertising about the naked women inside. Immediately next door, with it’s sign tucked under the marquee, is a convenience store called T&A Grocery. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/17 "2010-02-25T21:00:52Z")
Until last year, on 19th Street in Philadelphia you could find the House of Gayer Hair Replacement. I’m guessing that the proprietor’s last name was Gayer, but you never know. I wish I had gotten a picture before the building was rehabbed. (Philly dopers: it was on 19th just across from Metropolitan Bakery, if you are curious.) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/18 "2010-02-25T21:05:48Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Sorry I don’t have a photo, but on Market Street in San Francisco there is an adult theater with a big marquee and lots of advertising about the naked women inside. > > Immediately next door, with it’s sign tucked under the marquee, is a convenience store called T&A Grocery. > Roddy [Google StreetView link](http://maps.google.com/maps?near=Market+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&geocode=CQQ-SHfgO8n0FaZhQAIdYgG0-Cmfqh0inoCFgDF-uRqEULBl8w&q=t%26a+grocery&f=l&gl=us&sll=37.773734,-122.420894&sspn=0.107193,0.140419&ie=UTF8&ll=37.780871,-122.412036&spn=0,359.964895&z=15&layer=c&cbll=37.780802,-122.412119&panoid=gZBEBRRLlBvE437nZJLePA&cbp=12,96.68,,1,-2.34) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/19 "2010-02-25T21:10:47Z")
Years and years ago (ie pre internet) I saw a pic in a magazine of an Egyptian Construction company. The name of the company? “Al Fal Doon” ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322/20 "2010-02-25T21:28:49Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > [Google StreetView link](http://maps.google.com/maps?near=Market+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&geocode=CQQ-SHfgO8n0FaZhQAIdYgG0-Cmfqh0inoCFgDF-uRqEULBl8w&q=t%26a+grocery&f=l&gl=us&sll=37.773734,-122.420894&sspn=0.107193,0.140419&ie=UTF8&ll=37.780871,-122.412036&spn=0,359.964895&z=15&layer=c&cbll=37.780802,-122.412119&panoid=gZBEBRRLlBvE437nZJLePA&cbp=12,96.68,,1,-2.34) Nice work. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-fail/530322.md?page=2)