Author Topic: Observations from the road.... Funny Signage (Read 546 times)

midnight Target · « **on:** December 03, 2003, 06:41:30 PM »

There were a few that brought a chuckle...

"Deaf Child Area" - Is this a limitation or a warning?

"Slow Children Playing" - Worse than deafness!

"Specializing in Cheese and Fireworks" - (on a store in Wisconsin.... )

"South Park Elementary" - Is in Rhinelander, Wisconsin

"Deer Season Hours....... " All over Wisconsin and the Yoopee.

Chairboy · « **Reply #1 on:** December 03, 2003, 06:55:11 PM »

In Veneta, OR, there's a store I used to drive by every day called 'Satellite Liquor'. They sold satellite systems (as in the 10 foot dish kind) and alcohol.

Tarmac · « **Reply #2 on:** December 03, 2003, 08:19:04 PM »

Troy, Michigan sits right off of I-75. To get there, take exit 69 -- Big Beaver Road.

Yes, it's true. I grew up there.

One of these days I'm going to take a picture of that sign.

Gadfly · « **Reply #3 on:** December 03, 2003, 09:16:57 PM »

On a small hardware store in East Texas: "Free nails tomorrow!"

Dune · « **Reply #4 on:** December 03, 2003, 09:31:37 PM »

In Flagstaff, AZ you can go to the corner of Cherry and Beaver.

Mini D · « **Reply #5 on:** December 03, 2003, 11:13:45 PM »

Had a friend that worked in a store in Nevada called "Liquor and Guns". It was a liquor store and a gun store. Really. I'm not kidding.

My favorite road signs were in Nevada. You'd be on an interstate going through a small town and they'd do the usual speed trap scenario where they drop the limit down to 20mph at every town and then have 8 state troopers there with radar guns. What was funny was on the way out... there'd be 3 signs in about 50 feet. "35", "45" and "75". The minivan I was driving wouldn't even hit 75 in time for the last sign.

MiniD

Drunky · « **Reply #6 on:** December 03, 2003, 11:17:03 PM »

A sign outside a small house on the way to my fathers on the backroads of Texas...

S & M Crafts

JB73 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 04, 2003, 12:19:03 AM »

dude where in Wisco are you?

<--- Milwaukee here, along with JB42 and maybe 5-6 other AH'ers, and like 4-5 CAF in LaCrosse

rpm · « **Reply #8 on:** December 04, 2003, 02:17:12 AM »

My favorite has to be "Guardrail Damage Ahead"...OK, I was planning to run off the road and crash into the guardrail, now I have to wait?

Chairboy · « **Reply #9 on:** December 04, 2003, 02:32:33 AM »

A great sign I saw in Hawaii (on Maui) is this:

"Emergency stopping only.
Whale watching is not an emergency."

Chairboy · « **Reply #10 on:** December 04, 2003, 02:34:25 AM »

lazs2 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 04, 2003, 08:40:21 AM »

hmm... we have a "deaf children" area complete with signs guess it cuts down on the horn leaners.

we had a liquor store that had gas pumps outside. inside it had booze and a delli and fishing gear and... a gun store complete with local gunsmith that ran it... It was my "one stop shoping" center for the town.. as the town got bigger the store turned into a more PC "24 hour store" complete with gas and booze and plastic sandwiches and slurpies and not a hint of firearms or sporting goods... real boring place.. not worth going into.

lazs

Habu · « **Reply #12 on:** December 04, 2003, 09:11:32 AM »

I saw a business west of Sudbury on the Trans Canada called

Bite Me

It was a bait shop.

I also saw a hotel in Port Harcourt Nigeria called "Seedy Hotel"

Dux · « **Reply #13 on:** December 04, 2003, 09:29:52 AM »

I saw an odd one last week...

"Autistic Child Area"

kappa · « **Reply #14 on:** December 04, 2003, 12:02:06 PM »

A sign on I-10 at the texas state line read:

Dont mess with Texas
Remember the Alamo

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AoM