Andrea does not say what this store sold but was pleased to note that riding was allowed. Get out of that trolley immediately, Andrea!
There's a sign at the edge of my town that says "USE OF ENGINE BRAKES PROHIBITED" but it's printed in such a way that it looks like drivers can use neither the engine nor the brakes until they leave town.
JayTee found this sign while cruising the canals and has concluded there's a hotline for everything these days.
What is the maximum permitted number of dogs per lead?
A deep lake, with untreated water - whatever next?
From experience, I can tell you it is not to the right. [Hayley Conference Centre, Ettingham Chase - 19 Oct 2007]
What does dead traffic look like?
We know that you are not allowed to clean fish in the toilets but obviously there are some specialist anglers who can fish there.
Caroline found this sign in the bathrooms at the top of Haleakala (the volcano) in Maui. She rightly asks, "Do they really think that people might consider drinking toilet water???!!!"
Maybe 'Lockal' rabbits are a new breed? Perhaps this restaurant serves them for lounch?
Given that many English street names came from trades undertaken there: Bread St, Butchers Row, Mill Rd, Dairy Lane, etc one wonders about the story behind this sign.
Fortunately this sign was not erected at a grave-yard ....
Paul Geering, who spotted this near a ramp down to an underpass in Cardiff, Wales, wants to know: Is this sign
Laura spotted this on a boat on Loch Ness.
If you can read these words then clearly someone is not sitting on the seat and the seat is, thus, 'not in use'. I imagine what they really meant to say was "Do NOT Use Seat".
If Newton is by Toft then it follows that Toft must be next to Newton: Simple!
There is nothing I enjoy more than motor cycling through deep water!
A number of Barcelona's fountains display this fine pair. 'No swimming' is obvious but the other one????
A number of parks in Barcelona have this trio of signs. 'No football', I can understand; 'No Dogs' is quite clear; but 'No walking in the park' seems a little strict.
Play in a park? What a crazy notion! Everyone knows parks are really there for ...
A question posed by Joe James who snapped and forwarded this matching shot.
The sign on the door says, "No Parking. In Constant Use."
Other suggestions welcome.
Who would have thought it? Fancy getting tickets from a ticket office - but only if you haven't already done so.
An explanation of the crack in the hull of the SS Great Britain. Since, as in this notice, ships are referred to as 'she', who is the 'His'? The other interesting thing is that the ship had sat on the sea floor for 33 years without the wind and some 24000 tides breaking her in half so the last sentence is a tad dramatic.
Again, not a sign, but far too good to not share with you all.
How far can the average person throw a fly?
Or, perhaps it is something to do with baseball?
[Thames Festival, London September 2006]
We can, exclusively, reveal secret tests of the new braille road signs. Remember folks, you saw it here first - this will not be reported anywhere else on the Web.
This sign is helpfully placed at the top of a cliff. You will have to take my word for it that there is absolutely nowhere a rock could fall on you from if you can read this sign. Therefore the rocks have to drop off the eroding cliff at your feet, circle up around and fall on your head. Unfortunately climatic conditions were such that the phenomenon was not happening on the day we were there.
[St Andrews, Scotland - August 2006]
These are all over Scotland. Considering the numbers of foreign drivers on the roads I am sure the single word "Ice" would be more easily comprehended than this mouthful. Notice, too, the hinges: these signs were able to be closed when the message was inappropriate yet we saw dozens when we toured in the height of summer!
I guess the fact that the 'All Butter' twists had Cheese in them was a bit of a give-away but even so a look at the ingredient list shows that 'All' now equals 29%. [At an M&S store near you]
P.S. They are very scrummy
Sighted visitors can see that these interpretation boards are written in braille, the blind visitors cannot see the word "Braille" on the post, so what is the point of putting it there? [National Botanical Gardens of Wales]
In case its is hard to decipher, the sign reads. "New sign required"
Unless, of course, the sign on the other side of the pole says, "Reading of signs prohibited"
Although, come to think of it, isn't milk the one thing that butter doesn't contain? My understanding of the butter production process is that the cream is skimmed off and separated from the milk and the cream is churned into butter while the milk is used for other purposes.
