# turns of phrase you find unintentionally hillarious **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-of-phrase-you-find-unintentionally-hillarious/562668 "2010-12-02T15:05:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-of-phrase-you-find-unintentionally-hillarious/562668/41 "2010-12-04T02:15:00Z")
“Depressed Storm Drains” on a highway I use occasionally. I always wonder what I could do to cheer them up. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-of-phrase-you-find-unintentionally-hillarious/562668/42 "2010-12-04T07:33:50Z")
Not really hilarious, but brings a smile. In my former home town of Anchorage there were a lot of signs in various parking lots and businesses that stated “No Snow Against Fence”. It’s supposed to let the plowers know not to pile snow against the fence of course, but it sounds like a command from God. And how, in a land where it snows 6 months out of the year, are you going to enforce this rule? 🙂 And this isn’t really quiiiiite along the lines of what the OP was looking for, as I purposely made it silly but here goes… On one of my trips back from a job, I was asked by the ticket agent if my bags had been under my control the whole time. This was during a job with massive hours per day and I was tired and silly. I glance askance at one of the bags and said “well, for the most part, but THIS one has been acting up a bit”. He must have been having a bad day, because it cracked him up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-of-phrase-you-find-unintentionally-hillarious/562668/43 "2010-12-04T07:35:54Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > At my previous job a co-worker pronounced C# “C pound”, as in “i’m going to C#MITAP”. where’s the “I’m dee deeDEEEE” smilie? Okay, what’s a C#? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-of-phrase-you-find-unintentionally-hillarious/562668/44 "2010-12-04T07:56:52Z")
Another one. There’s a street in a nearby town by town with a dead end sign. It leads to a cemetery. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-of-phrase-you-find-unintentionally-hillarious/562668/45 "2010-12-04T10:12:09Z")
Signs on Chinese restaurants in Canada that say “Chinese and Canadian Food”. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-of-phrase-you-find-unintentionally-hillarious/562668/46 "2010-12-04T12:19:01Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > where’s the “I’m dee deeDEEEE” smilie? Okay, what’s a C#? It’s a computer programming language. It looks like you’d pronounce it [C-sharp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_%28programming_language%29) even in this context, as far as I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-of-phrase-you-find-unintentionally-hillarious/562668/47 "2010-12-05T08:00:43Z")
Some of the people at my company are psychometricians. We generally find their actions baffling, so it’s amusing that their position code for the timesheet program is simply PSYCHO. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-of-phrase-you-find-unintentionally-hillarious/562668/48 "2010-12-05T08:12:03Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > It’s a computer programming language. It looks like you’d pronounce it [C-sharp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_%28programming_language%29) even in this context, as far as I can tell. And there was a big fuss about this amongst some because the symbol for sharp is actually ♯, not #. IIRC, Microsoft released a press note saying about it, saying they used the # because it was easier to type. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-of-phrase-you-find-unintentionally-hillarious/562668/49 "2010-12-05T09:37:01Z")
[The Android smart phone OS knows whether you’re a monkey](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ActivityManager.html#isUserAMonkey()): > [@](#): > > public static boolean isUserAMonkey () > > Since: [API Level 8](http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/api-levels.html#level8) > > Returns “true” if the user interface is currently being messed with by a monkey. It comes from [a way to stress-test programs by feeding them pseudo-random input](http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/monkey.html), notionally similar to a simian randomly jabbing at stuff. You don’t want the monkey to accidentally do something destructive, like erase data, so you check to see whether the user is a monkey and then disable anything that could be harmful. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-of-phrase-you-find-unintentionally-hillarious/562668/50 "2010-12-06T03:01:30Z")
I love the signs on worksites around here that say “hardhats must be worn on this site”. They make me want to call out “Hey! You can’t go in there, your hat looks brand new!” Similarly “No Entry, Authorised Personnel Only”; I’m not authorised, so logically … ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-of-phrase-you-find-unintentionally-hillarious/562668/51 "2010-12-06T03:42:18Z")
“Stop Ahead” signs. I always think, “Well, I could take away his bong…” > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I find the use of “lick” to mean “defeat soundly” highly entertaining, particularly when it is applied to any of the University of South Carolina’s sports teams. Or Oregon State’s. A couple of weeks ago, South Carolina played Troy, while Oregon State played Southern California. (Troy apparently has the same nickname as USC.) Made for some fun snickers among the sports fans at work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turns-of-phrase-you-find-unintentionally-hillarious/562668.md?page=2)