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Originally Posted by shawbridge
(Post 10047226)
In a dance studio in the People's Republic of Political Correctness (Cambridge, MA), the men's room is one floor up from the ladies room. Taped to the mirror of the men's room was:
"For your comfort, a gender-neutral bathroom is provided on the third floor." I've always been baffled by who that gender-neutral bathroom was really intended for. Taped to the shower also in that same men's room: "Men, Do not use the showers as a urinal." "It's all pipes!" :D |
Ever try finding the stop signs in Russia? White rectangular signs with
CTO(Pi) in large black letters. Not particularly funny, but quite disturbing if you try to drive there. Of course, no one pays much attention to them anyway so the unobtrusive nature seems a bit irrelevant! |
Originally Posted by Efrem
(Post 9995180)
Signs warning of a sleeping policeman, common in many English-speaking countries, never fail to surprise drivers from places (e.g., the U.S.) where that isn't the usual term for a speed-reducing bump in the road.
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Totally amazed that no one so far has listed my favorite SF Bay area sign, full of useful information:
http://www.fury.com/images/weblog/a_street_thumb.jpg |
Originally Posted by jarusoba
(Post 10029070)
I was driving the freeway. I saw a sign:
Fart Kontrol Does it mean you have to refrain from breaking gas? I found out the English meaning is Speed Control afterwards. In Swedish it's "Fart Hinder", which really inspires my inner 12-year-old. Of course, I'm easily amused: driving on the interstate in scorching hot summertime I always smile to see the warning, "Bridge may freeze". |
Originally Posted by Fornebufox
(Post 10061799)
In Swedish it's "Fart Hinder", which really inspires my inner 12-year-old.
Of course, I'm easily amused: driving on the interstate in scorching hot summertime I always smile to see the warning, "Bridge may freeze". |
Taken at the Scandic Sominketta in HEL (top left of machine):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46825798@N00/174307689/ A "stop" road sign on Molokai in HI which instead said "WHOA" (couldn't find the photo of it). |
Sitting in the back seat of a taxi in KIX I noticed a small sign on the seatback that said "please fasten the seatbelt and prepare for the accident".
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"Vomit Place" above a trash can in the men's bathroom in a bar in Nanjing, China.
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Cheap plug: I have a bunch off odd signs and highways pictures in the Wrong Way gallery on my website at http://www.arizonaroads.com/wrong/index.html
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Originally Posted by CEB
(Post 10058324)
Ever try finding the stop signs in Russia? White rectangular signs with
CTO(Pi) in large black letters. Not particularly funny, but quite disturbing if you try to drive there. Of course, no one pays much attention to them anyway so the unobtrusive nature seems a bit irrelevant! |
Originally Posted by alanh
(Post 10071102)
Cheap plug: I have a bunch off odd signs and highways pictures in the Wrong Way gallery on my website at http://www.arizonaroads.com/wrong/index.html
What I would think is going on is the road goes through the safety zone of the missile launch. If they are launching something they close the road in case something goes wrong and falls out of the sky. A very strange situation but not bad signage. |
On the toilet seat of a B&B in a small town in Germany, there was a sign showing that men should urinate sitting, not standing.
Part of it looked like this: http://www.mapsu.org/index_files/final.gif but there was also the image corresponding to the "allowed" sitting position.:D |
Originally Posted by blue47
(Post 10018755)
Obviously for dedicated truck drivers at a truck stop on I-10:
"Diesel Fried Chicken" |
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