Signs

[+Pengy&Tigger]

 

Encounted on our recent caching trip

 

Pengy

 

Edited Double mouse click arghhhhhhh

Edited April 10, 2005 by Pengy&Tigger

[SlytherinAlex]

And there is this famous one as well.

[+klaus23]

I've got one...

 

Before you read this, I am not poking fun at people in wheelchairs, but more at people who feel the need to make their own roadsigns, which happens on an alarming basis in Ireland. Most of them are to draw attention to children at play, which is reasonable, but I know of several locations where locals have put up their own speed limit signs.

 

The reflection on the Council is very poor, as a) they're not listening to their constituents, and they're not organised enough to take down what amount to illegal roadsigns.

 

Nevertheless, this one was taken, in the middle of nowhere, at night, between Loughrea and Portumna, a road so quiet that it is perfectly safe to get out of your car and take a photo of the sign. Note the singular use of the word 'wheelchair'.

 

[+Bill D (wwh)]

It may be apocryphal, but supposedly there once existed somewhere a sign which said only, "It is an offence to throw stones at this sign".

[+-Phoenix-]

The signs that make me laugh are those that say "no dog, except guide dogs"... I often wonder if it should be rewritten to read "If you can see this then leave your dog outside"

[+klaus23]

This one has been around the interweb thingy for some time, but I know where it was taken. Not much of a sign, but it has considerable merits.

 

[+sTeamTraen]

I've always thought that one was Photoshopped. The third "F" looks suspiciously long.

 

There's an "amusing" photo of Carol Vorderman on Countdown standing in front of a collection of letters which spell out something "not at all family-friendly". But apparently that was faked.

[+klaus23]

I've always thought that one was Photoshopped.  The third "F" looks suspiciously long.

I've thought that too, but it seems "touched up" rather than faked. A few of the other letters are worn. I've seen another farmer perhaps copy this, he wrote "Crows are b****ds" on his silage bales.

 

There's an "amusing" photo of Carol Vorderman on Countdown standing in front of a collection of letters which spell out something "not at all family-friendly".  But apparently that was faked.

 

I was watching it a couple of weeks ago and an 8 year old boy, first word out, spelt "FARTED". Later, he beat the other kid's 5 with a 7 for "FANNIES".

 

From what I've been told, he's the reigning kids champion and has beaten the adult champ - but that could be hearsay.

 

(edited for wrong quote)

Edited April 10, 2005 by klaus23

[+-Phoenix-]

I've always thought that one was Photoshopped. The third "F" looks suspiciously long.

 

There's an "amusing" photo of Carol Vorderman on Countdown standing in front of a collection of letters which spell out something "not at all family-friendly". But apparently that was faked.

 

there was the time both the competitors gor the same 7 letter anagram of SWANKER, and Twice Nightly s***ely Whitely declared them to be a pair of SWANKER

[+third-degree-witch]

someone sent me a picture recently of a sign....'WARNING ..TRESSPASSERS WILL BE SHOT..SURVIVORS WILL BE SHOT AGAIN'. fair warning i say

[+Simply Paul]

At the site of 'The Last Folly' (or similar - it's between Oxford and Swindon) cache there used to be a sign saying 'People committing suicide from this tower do so at their own risk'. Quality. Clearly an eccentric builder (well, it is a 20th century folly) with a great dark sense of humour I wonder if the sign is still there?

 

SP

[Remote Part]

Is there where you'll end up if you don't have a GPS unit with you?

 

 

It is a real place in Aberdeenshire.

[+Simply Paul]

I tried to visit Lost once... Long story.

 

I remembered this shot I took of an old girlfriend and an interesting sign with a story 'behind' it...

 

 

SP

 

P.S. It's a bit big to post here, but here I am visiting a village in Cornwall.

Edited April 11, 2005 by Simply Paul

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

 

Edited April 11, 2005 by Cave Troll & Joan

[+-Phoenix-]

I think the Secret Neuclear Bunker sign is in cheshire somewhere round Bucket of Dishes, I saw it whilst caching that area

[nobby.nobbs]

you've got to go a long way to beat. "contains nuts" on the side of a packet of peanuts.

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

you've got to go a long way to beat. "contains nuts" on the side of a packet of peanuts.

One of the departments I work in produce bombay mix so maybe the bags should say "made by someone who is nuts!"

[+Stuey]

a sign which said only, "It is an offence to throw stones at this sign".

There is one in a childrens playground in Ireland. A friend of mine used to live right by it. The sign said "DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS SIGN"

[+Learned Gerbil]

I remembered this shot I took of an old girlfriend and an interesting sign with a story 'behind' it...

She doesn't look old to me!

 

As for the Secret Nuclear Bunker, that is a tourist attraction in Essex, not far from all the Epping Forest Caches.

 

This cache is linked to the attraction.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...ad-b0419f8111a9

Edited April 11, 2005 by Learned Gerbil

[+wildlifewriter]

Just outside the entrance to a prison in Northern Ireland, there's a sign which says (very sternly) that "Taking photographs of this sign is prohibited."

 

It goes on to list severe penalties for anyone caught doing so. (A spell in the gaol itself isn't one of them.)

 

I don't have a picture of it to post here, for obvious reasons.

 

-Wlw

[+Pharisee]

I photographed this one on the way up to Walker Dan's 'Rookhope Windings' cache. Best if you stick to the footpath, I guess.

 

 

Also up that way, there's a footpath that utilises the old railway line that crosses Howngills Viaduct. It's VERY high and in the middle, theres a sign inviting you to ring The Samaritans first

[Team CharlieParker]

There's a sign down here in Dorset that says "Max Stay 2hrs"...

 

Its on a block of public conveniences!

[+Roberts-tribe]

you've got to go a long way to beat. "contains nuts" on the side of a packet of peanuts.

In theory. In reality, peanuts aren't actually nuts. IIRC it is a legume.

[+Roberts-tribe]

Seen at the submarine museum, Pearl Harbo(u)r, Hawaii -

 

[+klaus23]

There is one in a childrens playground in Ireland. A friend of mine used to live right by it. The sign said "DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS SIGN"

 

We need to know where!

 

you've got to go a long way to beat. "contains nuts" on the side of a packet of peanuts.

 

Which major UK Supermarket sold a Tiramisu that read, on the bottom of the little tray, "Do Not Invert!"?

 

In theory. In reality, peanuts aren't actually nuts. IIRC it is a legume.

 

That reminds me a saying that I've heard Peter Kay say - "Knowledge is knowing that a Tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it into a fruit salad."

 

[markandlynn]

For urban legends check out www.snopes.com (unbable to post link).

[+aRRKS]

I think the Secret Neuclear Bunker sign is in cheshire somewhere round Bucket of Dishes, I saw it whilst caching that area

The one in Cheshire is at Hack Green near Nantwich, which just happens to be where this is

[+naffita]

There's a sign on the public loo in Mousehole that says 'No Dumping' and another says 'Persons using this pier do so at their own risk'.

[+Turkey Trotter]

In a certain town there is an area frequented by ladies of questionable morals.

 

One road leading into this area has a sign proclaiming "Humps 300 Yards"

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

[+jochta]

My favourite is a large billboard in America that read...

 

"Illiterate? Write for free help."

 

John

[+Nellies Knackers]

We saw this on the way to Boneychest & Catsuey's Golf,Chess & Cheese society.

Don't say you havn't been warned!

[+Peat_Bog]

It may be apocryphal, but supposedly there once existed somewhere a sign which said only, "It is an offence to throw stones at this sign".

There is a sign just like the one you mention on the River Bure at Wroxham, Norfolk Broads

[Dave from Glanton]

There's a good selection at http://www.swannysmug.co.uk/worldsigns.htm (in case you're of a sensitive disposition, I'd better point out that some of them have rude words in).

My favourite one from this site has to be...

[Mittellegi]

There's a wee cabin in a valley in South Wales - right down at the end. The RAF fighter pilots from Valley (North Wales) used to use it for target practise when training young pilots. They'd fly up the valley and "release" their bombs, which actually took a photo to see how on target they were.

 

Obviously they used to rotate the buildings etc. they used as "targets". Anyhow, unbeknownst to them the shed was actually inhabited.

 

The station commander received the following letter one Christmas time.

 

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"Dear Sir,

 

This is the third occaision I have had to write to you to request you steer clear of my property when 'buzzing' down the valleys. You're scaring my sheep and me witless.

 

After the lack of any action last two times, I took matters into my own hands and painted a message onto the top of my barn requesting your pilots keep away. Since then your obstreperous fly pasts have been near daily. I hope you will, etc. etc."

 

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And the message he had painted on top of his barn I hear you ask?

 

"F*&k-off Biggles"

 

Obviously once one of the instructors had found it - all of the students wanted to see it on their next bombing practise sortie...

[+klaus23]

"F*&k-off Biggles"

ROTFL

 

Excellent!

[nobby.nobbs]

you've got to go a long way to beat. "contains nuts" on the side of a packet of peanuts.

In theory. In reality, peanuts aren't actually nuts. IIRC it is a legume.

no-one likes a smarta%$e.

 

explain away "contents may be hot" on polystyrene coffee cups.

 

or to look at the situation from the other direction. sainsbury's do a non-dairy icecream which contains........whey powder ie. milk go figure!

[+Pasha]

In some public bathrooms where they have the continuous-roll type cloth towel, I've seen warning stickers that say "Do not hang by neck from towel." The scary part is that the warning label wouldn't be there unless someone had done so.

[+McDeHack]

On the southend road A127 (I think) at the 'Half way house' pub. Was a sign that read.

"Resturant, Toilets, 300 seats"

[Nediam]

On holiday in Florida a couple of years ago, we saw a sign on the way to "Gatorland" that said

"Walk-in Spinal Injury Center"

 

Now that's cruel!

[+Sensei TSKC]

There is of course, why is there a 'sell by' date on sour cream?

[+badger]

There is of course, why is there a 'sell by' date on sour cream?

And mineral water can filter through rocks for thousands of years, but still has a best before date on the bottle...

[Clarets0]

Which major UK Supermarket sold a Tiramisu that read, on the bottom of the little tray, "Do Not Invert!"?

 

It's only like the message on the bottom of bottles of Guinness... "open other end"

[+The Southseakers]

On a recent trip to the New Forest in Hampshire I giggled when we spotted a sign saying

"Cemetery - Visitors Only"

 

I do have a photo but techie husband overseas!

[+jochta]

On a recent trip to the New Forest in Hampshire I giggled when we spotted a sign saying

"Cemetery - Visitors Only"

 

I do have a photo but techie husband overseas!

I think I saw the same sign. Was it near the 'Geocaching At it's Best' (sic) cache? I thought it just meant that only cemetery visitors were allowed to park in that area...

 

It all hangs on the hyphen...

[+klaus23]

Which major UK Supermarket sold a Tiramisu that read, on the bottom of the little tray, "Do Not Invert!"?

 

It's only like the message on the bottom of bottles of Guinness... "open other end"

The answer is, of course, Tesco's.

 

And cheers for resurrecting one of the oldest 'Irish' jokes in the world.

[+The Forester]

My parents lived in Manhattan during the 1950s. Somewhere in my loft I've got a photograph one of them took of a sign on the Brooklyn Bridge.

 

It said:

"In the event of nuclear attack drive off bridge"

[+The Forester]

Yesterday I saw this sign. I took the picture from the edge of playing fields which had two clearly marked football pitches.

[+sTeamTraen]

And mineral water can filter through rocks for thousands of years, but still has a best before date on the bottle...

There's a good reason for that: mineral water contains a certain, very small, amount of bacteria, and they multiply...

 

If you worry about this sort of thing (and if you habitually drink mineral water instead of tap, you probably do), you might want to do some research on what the health&safety people turn up in bottled water, particularly after it's been sitting outdoors in a warehouse yard for a few months.

 

See for example here. Disclaimer: I have no idea if these people have an "agenda". Discussions about mineral water tends to split the chattering-and-chatting classes into those who think tap water is poisoning them, and those who think shipping water 1000km in bottles by road is environmentally unfriendly and causes pollution, which is poisoning them.

Edited April 13, 2005 by sTeamTraen

[markandlynn]

And mineral water can filter through rocks for thousands of years, but still has a best before date on the bottle...

There's a good reason for that: mineral water contains a certain, very small, amount of bacteria, and they multiply...

 

If you worry about this sort of thing (and if you habitually drink mineral water instead of tap, you probably do), you might want to do some research on what the health&safety people turn up in bottled water, particularly after it's been sitting outdoors in a warehouse yard for a few months.

 

See for example here. Disclaimer: I have no idea if these people have an "agenda". Discussions about mineral water tends to split the chattering-and-chatting classes into those who think tap water is poisoning them, and those who think shipping water 1000km in bottles by road is environmentally unfriendly and causes pollution, which is poisoning them.

I have in the past conducted a series of tests on microbiological content of bottled and tap water as well as mineral contents, hardness etc. Tap water always contained the least number of bugs of the water tested. Hardness of water arround the country varies immensly from arround 50ppm to nearly 300ppm in some areas. This is why tea and coffe never taste the same when you are away from home.

Dasani (remember?) is so intensively filtered that they have to add minerals after processing so that the water tastes of something.

Edit to add Link to FSA website search for bottled water

Edited April 13, 2005 by markandlynn