Signs posted

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:39 pm

No photo, but a couple of decades ago, in Tucson, there was a laundromat with a small parking lot on the side. The sign for the lot said, "Parking for laundry only. Cars will be towed." I loved it.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:49 pm

There is a thrift store in town that my grandmother goes to that has a sign up that says "All book prices is new." If I remember I will take my camera next time.

Not quite in the same vein, but the semester before last I made a big white sign that said, "GOD IS WATCHING YOU" and I planned to tape it over a toilet in the bathroom, but I never did because I felt like God was watching me and did not approve of my silliness.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:54 pm

Cranberry wrote:There is a thrift store in town that my grandmother goes to that has a sign up that says "All book prices is new." If I remember I will take my camera next time.

Not quite in the same vein, but the semester before last I made a big white sign that said, "GOD IS WATCHING YOU" and I planned to tape it over a toilet in the bathroom, but I never did because I felt like God was watching me and did not approve of my silliness.

Oh man... I can think of so many great places to post that thing! And I believe that G_D is not only watching, but has a sense of humor.

MarkS · Post by **MarkS** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:55 pm

In Waterford city in 2002, we saw a sign that read:

"No Spontaneous Fish Impressions"

Haven't the foggiest notion what it means.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:58 pm

There used to be a men's apparel shop outside Chicago called The Little Brick Shirt House.

djm

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:01 pm

anniemcu wrote:
Cranberry wrote:There is a thrift store in town that my grandmother goes to that has a sign up that says "All book prices is new." If I remember I will take my camera next time.

Not quite in the same vein, but the semester before last I made a big white sign that said, "GOD IS WATCHING YOU" and I planned to tape it over a toilet in the bathroom, but I never did because I felt like God was watching me and did not approve of my silliness.
Oh man... I can think of so many great places to post that thing! And I believe that G_D is not only watching, but has a sense of humor.

I'm not so sure. I think God is very serious. Let's debate it!

But I guess I also just feared getting in trouble if they found out it was me that left the sign, but I do make and leave other things at school, though--the army sends me recruitment brochures (as if!) and I take out words like "well-respected career" and "soldiers" and replace them with "death," "child-killers," and "violence," and I replace the URLs with Christian pacifist websites. I do leave those in the lobby, and I suspect people know it's me but it doesn't bother me as much as the "GOD IS WATCHING YOU" sign.

BillChin · Post by **BillChin** » Sun May 15, 2005 6:23 pm

I got my name from a sign, for a car-dealer, Williams Chevrolet. Wish I had a photo of it, but it is gone now. When I see an business with an unusual name, I am glad my parents did not live across the street from them

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dfernandez77 · Post by **dfernandez77** » Sun May 15, 2005 7:15 pm

missy wrote:...we have an intersection in a county near here where Barrett Rd. intersects Grinn Ln..........

We have an intersction in the O.C. ...
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Ball+and+ ... s+CA&hl=en

I'm NOT going to draw a picture.

OutOfBreath · Post by **OutOfBreath** » Sun May 15, 2005 7:19 pm

There is currently a hideous purple billboard on my commute that reads "Doobie Brothers Kiss Twisted Sister" - it is for a local radio station.

dfernandez77 · Post by **dfernandez77** » Sun May 15, 2005 7:54 pm

MarkS wrote:In Waterford city in 2002, we saw a sign that read:

"No Spontaneous Fish Impressions"

Haven't the foggiest notion what it means.

Undisputed King of Spontaneous Fish Impressions

http://www.dalewisely.com/3FishProductions.htm

rebl_rn · Post by **rebl_rn** » Sun May 15, 2005 8:14 pm

In a town near mine, there is a sign along the road "Park Slow Zone". I don't know what happens if you park too fast.

Hey Cran, speaking of putting up signs in toilets, in the church I used to go to we had put up signs on the inside doors of the stalls in the ladies' room that said, "Make A Joyful Noise!". I think some of the parishioners were a little offended, but I don't think God was.

Beth

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Sun May 15, 2005 9:07 pm

Over the lavatory in a corporate bathroom, someone put a sign saying, "Think!" The next day, a hand written one appeared in the corresponding place nearby that said, "Thoap!"

Best wishes,
Jerry

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Sun May 15, 2005 9:59 pm

I always liked stores that sell "homo milk."

You'll love Canada. That's the only kind we sell.

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Sun May 15, 2005 10:18 pm

Sign spotted in the parking lot of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Ben Lomond: "Church Parking Only. Violators will be baptized."

The sign I always wanted to get a picture of was in the cooking oil section at Harris Teeter in Durham, NC. Right under the olive oil was a sign that said "Fat Free!" My guess is they'd run out of "cholesterol free" signs and figured (wrongly) that "fat free" meant the same thing. I always figured it would be a neat trick if they could do it (fat free olive oil, that is!).

Redwolf

jbarter · Post by **jbarter** » Mon May 16, 2005 6:06 am

dubhlinn wrote:Those who know where I live will understand why I cannot post any pictures of defaced road signs..though I do have a few stashed away somewhere

Heh, heh, heh. A name that always raises jokes around the county.