Too much information

[Joanbunting Profile]

I have meaning to take a photo of this signpost outside our bank for weeks, but got round to it this morning.

I think it is a triumph of overkill!

If you zoom in the lower two yellow notices they indicate poop bag dispenser (to our knowledge there have never been any in there!) and a stern warning about fines for those who don't scoop

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Has anyone else any pictures/examples of funny or riduculous notices.

OK I know we have a childish sense of humour

[jeral Profile]

Hi Joanbunting. My favourite of all time is a sign in the middle of a pond saying nothing more than "Do not throw stones at this notice". That's a childhood memory. Googling that phrase brought up this list of equally befuddling signs (only words, no photos): http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueri ... 55,00.html Tee hee. Well I laughed out loud at some of them

Tsk! I forgot that I love your linked photo. I think defibrillateur (French) means the same in English, and if so, then it's comforting to know that one can be revived from heart attack or arrythmia within 9M of visiting one's bank following any John McEnroe "You cannot be serious!" moments...

[Joanbunting Profile]

Hi Jerel

I admit to being a keen collector of silly signs. One of our favourites is up in the viallage - loads of tourists where the English tanslation of the parking rules declares "No parking all over the place". M now helps the marie do translations but we love that one so much he has never told them

As for the difribrilator - it could be equally useful if you are fined for allowing your dog to relieve itself or someone raids the bank!

[denada Profile]

When we lived in Abu Dhabi this sign always made me smile http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/v ... Bha4rzhmwr

I always imagined someone was hiding, waiting to jump out and say "Boo" as we drove by! There was also a road sign "Beware of Others' Faults" followed by "Depression Ahead".

[Joanbunting Profile]

Hi Deneda

Wonderful - they ought to have that all over Vaucluse where both the state of the roads and the driving are unbelievably bad.

[chicken_hot_pot]

If you look closely at the left hand side of the café you'll see a tourist sign. The top one facing you says the church is to the right. Yes that tall thing you can see, with the clock on the wall. What really makes me laugh is that there is a little "man" also showing that the church is within walking distance.

[OneMoreCheekyOne Profile Website]

We spent a lovely weekend in the Cotswolds last year, and during one afternoon in Stow on the wold spotted quite a few signs which left us bemused.

- A shop with one sign saying 'open 7 days a week' with another sign underneath saying 'closed on a Sunday'

- A shop with a sign saying 'open all day', the door was locked with a 'closed for lunch' sign on it

- A clothes shop with two different signs saying menswear upstairs... there were no mens clothes to be seen in the entire shop, upstairs or otherwise

- A tea/cake shop (specialising in tea) with a big sign outside saying 'ran out of tea'

All of these spotted in one village in the space of about an hour

chp, the 'walking distance' thing is hilarious

[chicken_hot_pot]

Those are hilarious, OMCO.

When I first saw the sign I did a double take as I really couldn't believe what I was seeing.

[Sakkarin Profile]

My favourite was a Kebab shop that had a huge sign saying "Donor Kebabs" for a good year or so before someone noticed. I used to pass it every day and giggle, imagining them being made out of spare parts from the local hospital. Also a pub near me was refurbished, and one side of the pub's new nameboard said "Beer" and the other said "Larger" - again for a couple of weeks until someone corrected it.

[Amazing Profile]

Our greengrocer often spells stuff wrongly on their blackboard just to see if anyone notices. Can't think of any obvious ones at the moment.

[Joanbunting Profile]

When he was teaching M always had a piece of chalk in his pocket (yes he used chalk!!) and was well known for correcting menu blackboards in pubs - he was particularly keen on apostrophes - or their lack

Mum and I used to have a laugh every week in the covered market over such offerings as pommygranites, mango's, collyflours and best straw's.

The very best thing I ever had was a note from a mum when I was an infant teacher. I still have it . It goes;

Deer miss

Plees exuse **** for not being there yestday.

She had a bad bit of dyo (crossed out)
diero (cossed out)
Deare (cossed out)
The sh***s

Now that is really too much information!!

[jeral Profile]

A car advert on TV always makes me giggle. I'm trying to figure out if the error is deliberate or not...

An American salesman says "aluminum", the the Englishman says "it's aluminium - it has a U in it".

[Sakkarin Profile]

Blimey - I heard that ad and smirked to myself, thinking that it had TWO "u's" in it... your comment has made it clear that I am even stupider than the Englishman in the ad!!!!!

[Lou Profile]

My local has a sign saying
Fine "wines" from around the world.

always a bit worying, but its tends to taste okay.

[jeral Profile]

My local has a sign saying
Fine "wines" from around the world.

always a bit worying, but its tends to taste okay.

Tee hee. I wonder what they'd serve to you if you actually asked for a glass of wine with wine enclosed in air quotation marks? Hooch? Absynth? (Another giggle here.)

PS I've just remembered that in a brewery-tied pub, Teacher's whisky was not allowed (only Bells), so had to do a similar nudge nudge wink wink when asking for "Bells" as Teacher's was kept well out of sight

[Joanbunting Profile]

I was glancing at a Trip Advisor post about a restaurant we recently visited.

Quote "The white chocolate crime brulle was......."