# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**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 26, 2003, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/41 "2003-06-26T10:42:34Z")
**elmwood** , the US is devoted to the pursuit of happiness, is it not? Obviously someone found it. Does that mean you guys have to do something else now? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Hattrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@Hattrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hattrick)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/42 "2003-06-26T10:44:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mudshark \* > \*\*If I could, I would. I wonder how I would explain that to customs. \*\* Besides the fact that they are about 4 metres by 6 metres, and slightly hard to conceal on the top of a nissan micra. BTW there are about 10 of those damn things on the M40 last time I looked, oh how the britsh givernment spend our tax pounds :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/43 "2003-06-26T10:48:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mallocks \* > \*\*Can you take a photo of that sign **Francesca** , Iā€™d really like to see it šŸ™‚ \*\* No can do, Iā€™m afraid. I donā€™t drive! But if youā€™re in the area, I saw them between Slough and Reading on the M4. ---
**Author:** ![mallocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mallocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallocks)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/44 "2003-06-26T10:57:15Z")
Sadly not. At least now I have an aim in life, to find one of these signs. Truly that will make me very happy šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/45 "2003-06-26T11:35:30Z")
> [@](#): > > National Lampoonā€™s Big Book of True Facts showed a sign that solemnly announced, ā€œOn this site in 1892 nothing happened.ā€ I have that book. That sign was one of my favorites. Iā€™ve got to imagine that some local historical society was authorized to make, say, 10 signs but could only think of 9 events worth mentioning šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/46 "2003-06-26T12:05:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gary T \* > \*\*My favorite, rather similar, is ā€œIgnore This Sign.ā€ \*\* [Hereā€™s a picure of it](http://www.dumbwarnings.com/picturedocs/signs_ignore.htm) - sorry 'bout any pop-ups šŸ™‚ Grim ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/47 "2003-06-26T12:20:10Z")
Itā€™s always been a fantasy of mine to have signs every fifty feet or so that say GO. These would be especially nice in the desert or those long stretches where the road doesnā€™t bend or go up or down. Whenever you get to an intersection, thereā€™s no GO sign. Same with BRIDGE IN until you get to where the bridge would be. Also, signs that say FASTER And, MEN STANDING AROUND WATCHING MAN WORK ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/48 "2003-06-27T06:10:54Z")
I think my favorite road sign is ā€œOne Miles Aheadā€. Iā€™ve seen these all over Western Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![jtull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47774/32.png) [@jtull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtull)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/49 "2003-06-27T13:40:10Z")
We get a lot of ā€œPlease do not shoot the signsā€ signs in the otherwise quiet island of Crete. I say ā€œotherwiseā€, since its inhabitants have a tendency to hoard weapons, use them to solve disputes, fire them for fun at weddings and of course, practise their markmanship on the signs. (sometimes it is worseā€¦ some years ago the police captured a german tank that was hidden by some peasants since WWII. You want to know how they found out ? the peasants took it out for a joy-ride!) ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/50 "2003-06-27T13:48:10Z")
Thereā€™s a sign in a park near my home that says, ā€œNo spacewalks in park.ā€ Iā€™m sure thereā€™s a perfectly good explanation (Papa Tiger tried to offer one, but I hushed him fast), but I donā€™t want to know it! I want to imagine astronauts putting on their EVA suits and hopping up and down, saying to each other, ā€œMan, I thought we were supposed to be WEIGHTLESS when weā€™re taking a spacewalk! And does this mean we canā€™t spacewalk our dog here?ā€ ---
**Author:** ![TexGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9d8465/32.png) [@TexGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/51 "2003-06-27T14:24:33Z")
Iā€™m surprised a discussion of unusual street signs got this far without a mention of [Stanley Marsh 3ā€™s](http://recenter.tamu.edu/tgrande/vol8-4/1523.html) ā€œArt Signsā€ in Amarillo. **elmwood** was just a few miles from there when taking the picture outside Happy. I guess my hometown isnā€™t as famous as Iā€™d like to imagine. šŸ™‚ ---
**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 27, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/52 "2003-06-27T14:27:16Z")
I meant to mention the motorway emergency signs we have here in the UK; they consist of a square dot-matrix (maybe 20x20) that it typically used to post emergency speed restrictions in case of accidents ahead (in a vain attempt to prevent traffic ploughing full-tilit into the back of an existing pile-up). Anyway, as you may have been told, the weather here in the UK is somewhat variable and on a cold, damp November morning, you may be puttering along the motorway in your horseless carriage, mindful of your speed because of the reduced visibility, to see the glowing lights of the emergency sign emerge from the gloom, helpfully announcing ā€˜FOGā€™ - as if it were something you wouldnā€™t otherwise notice. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/53 "2003-07-16T10:45:08Z")
I saw a good one on the back door of a minibus last night, it said: **Emergency door handle pull handle and pull** ---
**Author:** ![smaft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@smaft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaft)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/54 "2003-07-17T18:02:21Z")
A building down the street from where I work was doing some ceiling repainting, etc., so the entrances were all scaffolded. There was a sign hung on the scaffolding: ā€œPlease excuse our progress.ā€ Yes, sorry about that- we didnā€™t mean to do it. ---
**Author:** ![carimwc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@carimwc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carimwc)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/55 "2003-07-17T19:42:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke \* > \*\*_National Lampoonā€™s Big Book of True Facts_ showed a sign that solemnly announced, ā€œOn this site in 1892 nothing happened.ā€ > \*\* Iā€™ve seen that sign, or at least a sign like that. Iā€™m not sure of the date though. But itā€™s in Fredericksburg, VA on the corner of an old bank building. It was one of my favorite signs in the town since itā€™s filled with lots of other historical signs like Mary Washington Lived Here (Georgeā€™s Mum), Civil War Historical Site, etc. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308/56 "2003-07-17T21:16:12Z")
My all-time favorite sign was in the American embassy in Vienna. It was posted next to an entry door from the parking garage into the embassy (FYI, all embassy employees are required to wear identification badges while in the embassy). Sign said: \*\* Badges Required To Be Visible Beyond This Point\*\* I put my badge in my pocket and asked the first person that said hello to me ā€œHow did you see me?!ā€ I tried to explain the nonsensical nature of the sign to the Marine det commander, but he just gave me that puzzled dog lookā€¦ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-sign-not-yet-in-use/184308.md?page=2)