# This Sign Not Yet In Use **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308 "2003-06-25T16:01:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/1 "2003-06-25T16:01:37Z")
Whilst being driven home today (on the M4 for UK readers), I passed a road sign that said: \*\*THIS SIGN NOT YET IN USE \*\* That’s all it said. That’s a metaphysical conundrum if I ever saw one. A sign is used to inform the reader of something. This sign is clearly informing us of something - that it is not yet informing us of anything. If this road sign isn’t some kind of gateway to a quantum space-time portal leading to the diabolical dimensions, I don’t know what is. Someone ought to be told. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/2 "2003-06-25T16:09:09Z")
I don’t think I ever saw one, but I always thought it would be cool to see one say: The Space For This Sign Has Been Moved To New Location ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/3 "2003-06-25T16:09:52Z")
Dude, seeing that sign would make my life complete. No, scratch that. In order to _fully_ complete my life, I’d need it to be right behind a sign that said “This statement is false”. Then my life would be complete. I’d have to spontaneously combust, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/4 "2003-06-25T16:23:55Z")
Yep, like “This space left intentionally blank.” When I find that, if possible I add “except for this message” “and this one” “and this one…” ---
**Author:** ![HotRail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@HotRail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotRail)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/5 "2003-06-25T16:25:45Z")
Oh my god! I just saw a sign exactly like that yesterday, and I thought a bit freakish as well. Perhaps the two signs are connected by some sort of wormhole. Perhaps you could enter your sign (get your mind out of the gutter…thats not what I meant) and come out at my sign, or perhaps I could enter mine and come out yours! Very intriguing indeed… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/6 "2003-06-25T16:26:14Z")
I saw a book the other day. “The GED for Dummies.” Come ON. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/7 "2003-06-25T16:28:56Z")
What is the ‘GED’? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/8 "2003-06-25T16:40:02Z")
It should have read:[ul]**THIS SIGN NOT YET IN USE PLEASE DO NOT READ**[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/9 "2003-06-25T16:51:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sunspace \* > \*\*What is the ‘GED’? \*\* General Educational Development(/Diploma). It’s roughly the equivalent of a High School diploma that you can obtain by passing a series of exams to demonstrate your knowledge and experience obtained outside of school. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/10 "2003-06-25T17:17:23Z")
maybe we’re getting messages from the Sigh Post in _L.A. Story_. This is really amusing. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/11 "2003-06-25T17:25:17Z")
This statement is false. So is the one below. But the one above is true. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/12 "2003-06-25T17:49:32Z")
:: brain explodes :: ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/13 "2003-06-25T19:46:45Z")
I’ve always liked the sign that says “Do Not Read This Sign”. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/14 "2003-06-25T19:53:55Z")
Then there’s “If you lived here, you’d be home now!” and I always think, “but I don’t _want_ to live on the freeway!” ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/15 "2003-06-25T19:58:46Z")
I’ve always liked the sign that says “Do Not Read This Sign”. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/16 "2003-06-25T20:22:49Z")
Where is Martin Gardner when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/17 "2003-06-25T22:13:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Trigonal Planar \* > \*\*I’ve always liked the sign that says “Do Not Read This Sign”. \*\* My favorite, rather similar, is “Ignore This Sign.” ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/18 "2003-06-25T22:20:34Z")
_National Lampoon’s Big Book of True Facts_ showed a sign that solemnly announced, “On this site in 1892 nothing happened.” And apparently, somewhere in England, there is a sign which reads “Do not throw stones at this sign.” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/19 "2003-06-25T22:36:56Z")
I’m sure I saw a photo of a sign in the middle of the desert that said “please do not shoot at this sign”. (it did have bullet holes in it) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/20 "2003-06-25T22:43:15Z")
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