They certainly don't write them like they used too.[9 Sep 2005 Fowey, UK]
Maybe it is just my strange sense of humour but I do enjoy finding signs that are just a little 'odd'. I hope you will get a grin or two from these as well. Due to popular demand, I have set up an email for contributions. Pictures emailed to address in sidebar may or may not make it on to the blog. (Let's keep it family oriented.)
If the gate is going to be "closed one hour before published time", let's say 6pm, then this gate has to close one hour before that i.e. 5pm, and since that fact is published on this gate it becomes the new "published time", and since this gate will close one hour before the published time, this gate has to close at 4pm, which means ....
(Sorry about the focus) This sign is in the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Read the sign! (If it hurts your eyes, skip to the end.) http://www.heligan.com/home/home.html
[18 Jan 2004, Heligan, Cornwall, UK]