jacqui in mo Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 "No exceptions allowed" . This was a sign I saw today at a Used children's clothing store. I pointed it out to the young "I only work here" clerk, and she did not seem interested (Or didn't get it). Anyone else see any funny signs lately? Jacqui Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 The Fail blog showed one recently that was advertising some computer games: So Fun, They Won't Know Their Learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in MO Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I didn't see this one in person but it did make my dd and me groan. http://failblog.org/2009/07/24/educational-software-ad-fail/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 My sister and I have a wonderful time sharing bloopers from our local Craigslist.com site. A funny one I found a few days ago listed a Cocktail birdcage (rather than cockatiel). I also saw an "overstuffed chair with autimun". But sometimes the pictures of the items are the funniest :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Once at a Taco Bell, there was a ceiling leak so they had a section blocked off and a sign that read, "Don't site hear." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeacherZee Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 We saw a sign at the zoo last weekend where they had spelled safety saffety. Not sure that is funny or sad. There is a sign in the local coffee shop that says "unattended children will be given coffee and a free puppy" that always amuses me. Oh and last year I saw a sign next to the Gutenberg Bible at the Library of Congress where they had misspelt photography. So we took pictures :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loupelou Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I am so glad to see this thread! My husband thinks I am the only one that can't get over it! One of my favorites was a few years back when we were living in the Seattle are and the Mariners were having an awesome season. The local motel put up a sign that said "Refuse to Loose!". :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I dearly love verbal "bloopers" ! My all time favorite -- (It has retained first place for several years.) -- is the sign hung for a local "self-storage" unit facility : " ALL UNITS ALARMED. " Dear me ! What ARE the storage units so afraid of ? ! (Never mind the ghoulish images available from the term "self storage" ! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 (edited) "No exceptions allowed" . Jacqui :lol::lol: HAHAHAHA FUNNY! Edited: Oh my gosh, they are ALL so funny! I love these bloopers. I read an ad (oh my, I almost made my own blooper and typed "add") in our local paper that listed a "Chester Drawers" for sale. I can only assume the ad meant to read, "chest of drawers." Cute! Edited July 26, 2009 by katemary63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 On the in box on the desk of a woman in the Social Security office who kept asking who my adopted Chinese daughter's "real parents" were. I insisted that my husband and I were her real parents, and the identity of her biological parents could not possibly be relevant to her Social Security records. It was so painful to be jerked around by someone who can't spell incoming. Of course I pointed out her misspelling on my way out. Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 In Oklahoma it is Bedroom Suit (instead of suite). They pronounce it that way, too, "Soooot" ugh. We get a lot of Chester Drawers in our Craigslist, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougarmom4 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 A sign on the elevator of the hotel we stayed at last weekend read: "No more than a maximum of four people." I just busted up laughing every time I saw it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 A sign on the elevator of the hotel we stayed at last weekend read: "No more than a maximum of four people." I just busted up laughing every time I saw it. Don't laugh. It was written by their Department of Redundancy Department. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 On the in box on the desk of a woman in the Social Security office who kept asking who my adopted Chinese daughter's "real parents" were. I insisted that my husband and I were her real parents, and the identity of her biological parents could not possibly be relevant to her Social Security records. It was so painful to be jerked around by someone who can't spell incoming. Of course I pointed out her misspelling on my way out. Terri :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim.4dogs Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Down the street from us recently there was a sign that read "Hose For Sale", when they meant "House For Sale". That really made me laugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV2EDU Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 (edited) Down the street from us recently there was a sign that read "Hose For Sale", when they meant "House For Sale". That really made me laugh! It is funny that you mention this. Click on this link. I am sure this child's teacher laughed until his or her stomach hurt. http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/8789/I+Like+HORES/ :blushing: Edited July 26, 2009 by LUV2EDU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 These are hilarious! Down the road from us a company put out a sandwich board-style sign to let everyone know they are "hireing" new workers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Oh, that's too funny!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 It is funny that you mention this. Click on this link. I am sure this child's teacher laughed until his or her stomach hurt. http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/8789/I+Like+HORES/ :blushing: :smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5: I just laughed until my stomach hurt. If my child had turned that in, it would now be framed and on the wall somewhere for me to laugh at every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 It is funny that you mention this. Click on this link. I am sure this child's teacher laughed until his or her stomach hurt. http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/8789/I+Like+HORES/ :blushing: Mom says, NO! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim.4dogs Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Yes, that made my stomach hurt too! I laughed so hard I cried. "Mom says no..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anissarobert Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 These are so funny! We saw the following rules on the wall at a hotel pool. It was so funny that we took a picture. "Pool open 24 hours. Do not enter the pool at any other time." "Children must be accompanied by an adult over the age of 18." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Oh, "...mom says no" is going to become legendary at my house, I can tell already. Today I saw this, not a mistake, but it cracked me up: "Graves Excavators" on the side of a truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 These are all so funny! Several years ago our dog had a litter of puppies. To sell the puppies, I called the local newspaper and placed an ad-making sure to say that the puppies were fully weaned, had their first shots, etc. The newspaper arrived the next morning and I flipped to the puppies for sale section to read our ad. Well, we must of had some pretty special dogs, because right there in black and white it stated that our puppies were "fully winged". I guess I should have enunciated better. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooketopia Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 At my grocery store there is a YEILD sign. At one of the feeway on-ramps with those meter lights, one of the signs say "One Vechile Per Green." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.z.ichigo Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 A Pearl Vision store at my mall had a large sign up for YEARS that said "buy one, get sceond pair free". It wasn't corrected until they redid the entire store with all new decor and signage. A different mall had a boys clothing store that was "comming soon". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Caution: pavemant work in progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snickelfritz Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 But a waitress... We all ordered lemonades at our table. Her response? "I guess it's anonymous!" This happened years ago, but is a standing joke for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Perhaps she thought that if she asked you long enough you would stay overnight???? Dawn On the in box on the desk of a woman in the Social Security office who kept asking who my adopted Chinese daughter's "real parents" were. I insisted that my husband and I were her real parents, and the identity of her biological parents could not possibly be relevant to her Social Security records. It was so painful to be jerked around by someone who can't spell incoming. Of course I pointed out her misspelling on my way out. Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 When I was in college in Seattle there was a street sign at the end of a bridge that said, "Right Turn Permited." Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Our local skating rink has public skates. One day as I was driving by I noticed they were having a "Pubic Skate." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 In Oklahoma it is Bedroom Suit (instead of suite). They pronounce it that way, too, "Soooot" ugh. Here in SC, they spell it "suite" but pronounce it "suit". This includes very well-educated people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockermom Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 While typing up some ad copy that was faxed to be listed in a local Real Estate Magazine, I noticed that several companies listed "attacked garages" in their home descriptions. I told my boss that I never wanted to move to that town. Too many garage attacks. It didn't sound safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 " Anyone else see any funny signs lately? Jacqui "More Blades Sharpened" Not recent, but in HUGE handpainted letters, and in the deep South. He was calling it as he heard it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deidre in GA Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 there's an army-suprplus store in TN that sells "knifes." in Atlanta, a store under renovation had a handwritten sign that said "Coming soon - The Sweet Potatoe Cafe." i told my son that i hope someone tells them there's no 'e' on the singular of potato before they pay for the real sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 There is a green sign on the interstate out here in the West Valley that says: Exit XXX: State Prison Zoo Surprise Of course, they mean the city of Surprise, but in my head I always think, "Umm..I think I'll take door number 3, Bob." Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 These are hilarious!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV2EDU Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 This is kind of eerie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacqui in mo Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 Thanks for all these funny additions. I really needed some laughs to break up some tension. My dh & I are still cracking up on "My moms says 'no' ". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 (edited) When I worked for a health insurance company we had to investigate injuries from car accidents to see if the car insurance company was already paying the medical bills. On our form asking for details the person wrote, "Fail of bac a truck." Huh? What's a bac on a truck? How does it fail--is it like failing brakes? It all made sense when I realized the person's home address showed the person lived in the south, must not have been able to spell, so had sounded out their answer: Fell off back of truck. Edited July 26, 2009 by Garga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV2EDU Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 But a waitress... We all ordered lemonades at our table. Her response? "I guess it's anonymous!" This happened years ago, but is a standing joke for us. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Do not drink anything while reading this thread! I don't know how many more times my keyboard can handle it. We really need a smiley for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLH in ND Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 a jar of candies sitting at the check-out counter of a small shop had a [handwritten] sign on it: .5¢ each :confused: My girls and I were each going to buy one and even my 10 y.o. dd had caught on and looked at me, with a sly smile, as I asked the cashier just how much the candy would be. The lady had no clue why we had to ask that question. I just chuckled and told her it was a little misleading. Sheri :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 you'll get to a point and the sign on the left says "Right lane closed ahead". Then the sign on the right says "Left lane closed ahead". Meanwhile you are left to wonder which lane is actually closed because it is only a 2 lane road! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 My husband was a supervisor in a large Navy avionics shop. One day he arrived to see one of the new pieces of equipment labeled by the last shift tech with the following information: Does not work in the O-F-F position. Sending in for repair... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 My aunt sent invitations to our entire family for a "bomb fire" they were having at their cottage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacqui in mo Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 a "bomb fire" Yikes! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 My husband's Grandma (my Grandma-in-law?) asked me if I wanted an African, since she had an extra one and her friend made it. I said, "an African WHAT?" She said, "you know, an African" and showed me a lovely crochetted blanket. (an afghan?) I thought maybe it was an African sculpture or something? I told dh about it and he said,"ohyeah, when I was little they went on vacation to Pepsicola, Florida!" I realize that some people say soooot for Suite, but I still think it's wrong. In OKlahoma they pronouce the name of the town "Miami, OK" as Miam-UH. I refuse to say it that way. It sounds wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 "Miami, OK" as Miam-UH Oh, that's one that gets me, too! I refuse to say it that way, but most people around here will tell me *I* pronounce it incorrectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Oh, that's one that gets me, too! I refuse to say it that way, but most people around here will tell me *I* pronounce it incorrectly. Hehe. Yeah, a girl at work corrected me. I said, "I'm sorry, I just can't seem to get my mouth to say it that way. My eye is bound to start twitchin'!" :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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