Does no one check?

Maybe 'Lockal' rabbits are a new breed? Perhaps this restaurant serves them for lounch?

Thanks to Peter Debono for these two.

Huh????

Semi-amphibious vehicles must keep one wheel on dry-land?

[Ironbridge gorge - 9 June 2007]

Walk it at your peril!

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.

[Shrewsbury, UK - 10 June 2006]

Anti-resurrectionists at large?

Fortunately this sign was not erected at a grave-yard ....

[Little Paxton Nature Reserve - 3 June 2007]

Push or pursue?

Paul Geering, who spotted this near a ramp down to an underpass in Cardiff, Wales, wants to know: Is this sign
A) Actually encouraging people to push wheelchair bound people down the ramp?
or,
B) Is it reminding you to chase after your friend if they are out of control?

Falling rocks? Where?

An artist with a sense of humour.

[Presernov trg, Ljubljana 20 May 2007]

Clever!

Laura spotted this on a boat on Loch Ness.

A local joke to get the message across.

[December 2006 - Loch Ness, Scotland]

A Poor Losers Rant?

Spotted by Craig in Austria

[28 March 2007, Feldbach, Austria]

Stating the obvious

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".

[No 245 Bus, London - 10 May 2007]

At last: Proof of The Commutative Law of Geography

If Newton is by Toft then it follows that Toft must be next to Newton: Simple!

There is a quaint sort of, self-referencing, circular logic to these town names, and since there is no "Newton" and no "Toft", the full names must be something like, "Newton by Toft next Newton by Toft next Newton by Toft next Newton by ....." (until you run out of envelope)

[Lincolnshire, UK - 22 April 2007]

Spoilsports!

There is nothing I enjoy more than motor cycling through deep water!

[Middle Nene Sailing Club, Thrapston, UK - 1 April 2007] (Perhaps the date is significant?)

Fine details

The last Barcelonian curiousity is the sign in all the Metro carriages telling passengers what is probibited and the fines for breaking the rules. All quite straightforward and clear in three languages. However, I found the fine for smoking to be somewhat curious (sorry no picture). If caught smoking the fine is 30.05 Euro. Why the .05? Will that little extra really discourage those who can afford the 30 Euro?

[Barcelona 26 February 2007]

Barcelona strikes again.

A number of Barcelona's fountains display this fine pair. 'No swimming' is obvious but the other one????

"If you swim here lightning will strike you in a very painful place"?

Suggestions please.

[Barcelona - 25 February 2007]

First, no playing and now - no walking

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.

[Barcelona - 25 February 2007]

Wouldn't dream of it ...

Play in a park? What a crazy notion! Everyone knows parks are really there for ...

[Snapped by (another) Murray while ignored by Max in Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka - January 2007]

Is this an international phenomenon?

A question posed by Joe James who snapped and forwarded this matching shot.

Perhaps they are constantly putting out the trash?

The sign on the door says, "No Parking. In Constant Use."

The small green sign says, "Another service provided by Islington Council."

I wonder what that service is?

[Old Finsbury Town Hall, London, UK - 27 January 2007]

So now we know who is responsible!

[Oxford St, London, UK. November 2006]

Warning! Birds evolving in flight.

Other suggestions welcome.
(Maybe a local can translate?)


[Spotted by Laura on summer vacation in the north Fjords of Iceland, 2006]

Now here's a novel idea ...

Who would have thought it? Fancy getting tickets from a ticket office - but only if you haven't already done so.

[Spotted by in Iceland by Laura from Italy,
Stykkisholmur Harbour Summer 2006]