Shown on Top Gear over here in the U.K was a sign which said

"This sign is not in use"

Ah, yes... I remember that bridge well!

And it's STILL funny, if your mind is dirty enough.

During college, I went on a camping trip to Hell, MI. We passed a sign on the way that said, "Go to Hell!" We had two cars, so the running gag was that we'd "see you in Hell"

On Sunday, I saw what was signed as a "humped zebra crossing" in London. I wasn't sure if this was an evolutionary anomaly or something quite different!

And for "gobluetwo," I've run often in Hell, MI! There's an annual trail relay there called "Dances With Dirt." The team names for that relay could provide a similar and equally funny thread!

How could I forget (not just a sign but a whole website capitalizing on it) Bunghole Liquors of Peabody, Mass.?

Back in the early '80s there was a sign at the San Diego Naval Station Chief Petty Officer's Club that indicated handicapped parking. It said "If You Aren't Handicapped When You Park Here, You Will Be When You Leave".

Both now replaced with proper signs.......

For the longest time at Taiwan's Taoyuan Airport international transit security there was a sign on a box where you could discard verboten items such as scissors, lighters and the like that read something like "Unforceful dangerous thing deposit bin".

And in the men's room in BR's lounge there was a sign inside the stall door that read something like "please do not put paper in toilet it make plug"

I was driving in western Virginia this weekend came across a sign which directed to 'Browntown Road'. Underneath was a sign directing people in the same direction to 'Waste Transfer Station'.

I thought that was some pretty good juxtaposition! :D

Alongside the trail to the Nipomo Dunes north of Santa Barbara -


"No trespassing - survivors will be prosecuted"

In the town of Zhujiajiao near Shanghai there's a giant sign reading:

"Potential danger is worse than naked fire
Precaution before salvation
Fire can be devastating"

David Sedaris' new book--"When you are engulfed in Flames" supposedly comes from the Earthquake Awareness notice in a Tokyo Hotel.

And who can forget that most poorly named of all restaurants? :D

On a menu in a country western bar on the Caspian Sea, south of Baku, "Buffalo Wings - chicken ailerons in sticky sauce."

There's a tiny ferry from Falmouth to Martha's Vineyard (no cars, twenty passengers at most, IIRC) with a sign that says, "The Use of Illegal Drugs is Prohibited."

Along the same lines, wouldn't the "Drug Free School Zone" signs fall into the same category?

At the Cagayan de Oro City airport, on Mindinao island in the Philippines:

VIP Escorts With High Powered Firearms Are Not Allowed Beyond This Point "Thank You"

To the immediate left of the text is an ad for Colt 45

The whole sign is hand-painted