Signs, Signs, Everywhere There's Signs!!

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  • GSPePGSPeP Registered Users Posts: 3,728 Major grins
    edited April 25, 2012
    It's in german, but says "Schnitzel capital of the world"

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  • GSPePGSPeP Registered Users Posts: 3,728 Major grins
    edited April 25, 2012
  • GSPePGSPeP Registered Users Posts: 3,728 Major grins
    edited April 25, 2012
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,694 moderator
    edited May 31, 2012
    I saw this sign on the north side of the Thames, returning from Greenwich. It was on a storage facility, and I barely saw it out of the corner of my eye before we floated downstream past it on the ferry. Here is what I did catch.

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    It says "Danger: If you must enter these premises UNINVITED, will you please remove your dentures.

    Our dogs find them difficult to digest."

    I couldn't stop laughing.
    Pathfinder - www.pathfinder.smugmug.com

    Moderator of the Technique Forum and Finishing School on Dgrin
  • W.W. WebsterW.W. Webster Registered Users Posts: 3,204 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2012
    On a similar theme, seen in Hahndorf, South Australia -

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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2016
    Hmmm.... found this thread on page 123 - think it's time for a bump!

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    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2016
    Ha...love this thread! What's the story behind Superfly?
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2016
    Eia wrote: »
    Ha...love this thread! What's the story behind Superfly?
    It's been several years since I grabbed this shot, but, if I recall correctly, it was a seedy Tattoo Shop in
    downtown San Diego...
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2016
    Nice image Eric!! I thought Super fly was like viagra or something......
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2016
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    I thought Super fly was like viagra or something......

    rolleyes1.gifHahahaha Taz... I think you mean Spanish Fly - but I'm guessing... I wouldn't really know about such things! lol3.gif
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2016
    Earache wrote: »
    rolleyes1.gifHahahaha Taz... I think you mean Spanish Fly - but I'm guessing... I wouldn't really know about such things! lol3.gif

    I stand corrected!:D
  • sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,822 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2016
    OMG -i just discovered this thread! I love signage and have even made a keyword for it. Because I live abroad and travel a bit, one of the things I love to photograph are interesting English translations. Here's one I found a few years ago by a path at Kursunlu Waterfall in Turkey:

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    Now I ask you, does anyone know what STRINK means or could mean?

    Cheers, Sara

    and yes, there's another story behind the little stuffed penguin...
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2016
    Hashahaahaha Sara! So bad translation is not limited to China alone! Good to know!clap.gif
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2016
    That's funny Sara!! Keep them coming!

    Little stuffed penguin... a story you say..... ear.gif
    :D
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2016
    Sometimes, I suppose, sin is in the eye-of-the-beholder... his "sin" was a too-loud volume on his speaker.
    Power would seem to be a relative concept also...

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    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,694 moderator
    edited February 18, 2016
    I started this thread in 2008 and its still fun.

    I have a couple frames to add, that someone might find entertaining, maybe ne_nau.gif

    Geometry lesson by the county highway department

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    I think this barn must have had an interesting owner. I didn't understand the sign on the roof when I photographed it in the spring of 2008. I couldn't even read the sign until I ran it through Topaz to bring out the contrast in the roof painting.

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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2016
    ^^^ The message on the barn roof is a sub-culture reference to the time (and place) for people to gather and consume marijuana - 4:20pm (original attribution is after-school).
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2016
    Earache wrote: »
    ^^^ The message on the barn roof is a sub-culture reference to the time (and place) for people to gather and consume marijuana - 4:20pm (original attribution is after-school).

    Spanish Fly, Marijuana.....is there anything you don't know about!:Dwings.gifbow
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2016
    ^^^ Haha! I don't know how to take beautiful images like you do buddy! thumb.gif

    Otherwise, my philosophy is; the best way to survive reality, is to know the enemy... mwink.gif
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2016
    Earache wrote: »
    ^^^ Haha! I don't know how to take beautiful images like you do buddy! thumb.gif

    Otherwise, my philosophy is; the best way to survive reality, is to know the enemy... mwink.gif

    Not true...I have learned from you and others and draw constant inspiration from yours!
    I am glad though now I finally understand what 420 friendly means on craigs list.rolleyes1.gif
  • bristleconebristlecone Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2016
    Somewhere in northwestern New Mexico
    This one clearly takes vouyeurism to a new high? Shot several years ago with a canon SD 880.

    Len

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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2016
    Hahahahaahaha Len! Love it!
    I actually had a similar shot that I lost when I lost my slides......it was a cab in Vegas....one side it had commercial for 'Jesus Saves', other side had an advertisement for nude club!
    Cheers!
  • JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,878 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2016
    Great catch!
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,694 moderator
    edited February 20, 2016
    I've seen signs about 4:20 in numerous places since that barn - many of them are in stalls in public restrooms

    Here is another set of signs that use to be ubiquitous, and aren't seen much anymore except in a few local areas

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    Pathfinder - www.pathfinder.smugmug.com

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  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,220 moderator
    edited February 21, 2016
    I've always been fascinated by this set of hand-lettered signs in Prescott Park in Portsmouth, NH. There are two sets of restrooms in the park, the larger of the two open only during the warm months of the year. The other set might be open year-round, but only during the day.

    A sign not too far from the seasonally open restrooms:
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    If you happen to find the other restrooms, you will see this:
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    I suppose the individual who is tasked with unlocking these can't be bothered with walking over to the building in not ideal weather.

    --- Denise
  • willard3willard3 Registered Users Posts: 2,580 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2016
    Ah, don't we love irony.
    It is better to die on you feet than to live on your knees.....Emiliano Zapata
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2016
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    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2016
    Hahahaha! Sounds like drive-way is the alternative!
  • bristleconebristlecone Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2016
    Thanks guys. I ment to put this posting into the "Signs" thread. Maybe Richard could move it?

    Best,
    -Len
  • CCoopCCoop Registered Users Posts: 511 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2016
    !!!!!!! This makes my day !! --Carter
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