Cartelli in
inglese
- Bargain
basement upstairs.
- Would the
person who took the step ladder yesterday please bring it back or further
steps will be taken.
- Horse manure
per pre-packed bag do-it-yourself.
- After tea break
staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board.
- This is the
gate of heaven. enter ye all by this door. (This door is kept locked
because of the draft. Please use side door.)
- We exchange
anything - bicycles, washing machines etc. Why not bring your wife along
and get a wonderful bargain?
- Out to lunch:
if not back by five, out for dinner also.
- Slow cattle
crossing. no overtaking for the next 100 yrs.
- Due to
increasing problems with letter louts and vandals we must ask anyone with
relatives buried in the graveyard to do their best to keep them in order.
- Anyone leaving
their garments here for more than 30 days will be disposed of.
- Please do not
smoke near our petrol pumps. Your life may not be worth much but our petrol
is.
- Elephants
please stay in your car.
- For anyone who
has children and doesn't know it, there is a day care on the first floor.
- The farmer
allows walkers to cross the field for free, but the bull charges.
- If you cannot
read, this leaflet will tell you how to get lessons.
- We can repair
anything. (Please knock hard on the door - the bell doesn't work)
- Beware! I shoot
every tenth trespasser and the ninth one has just left.
- On an
Electrician's truck: "Let us remove your shorts."
- Outside a
Radiator Repair Shop: "Best place in town to take a leak."
- In a
Non-smoking area: "If we see you smoking we will assume you are on
fire and take appropriate action."
- At an
Optometrist's Office: "If you don't see what you're looking for,
you've come to the right place."
- At a Car
Dealership: "The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car
payment."
- Outside a
Muffler Shop: "No appointment necessary. We'll hear you coming."
- Outside a
Hotel: "Help! We need inn-experienced people."
- At an Auto Body
Shop: "May we have the next dents?"
- In a
Veterinarian's waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!"
- On a Music
Teacher's door: "Out Chopin."
- At the Electric
Company: "We would be delighted if you send in your bill. However, if
you don't, you will be."
- On the side of
a Garbage Truck: "We've got what it takes to take what you've
got."
- On the door of
a Computer Store: "Out for a quick byte."
- In a Restaurant
window: "Don't stand there and be hungry, come in and get fed
up."
- nside a Bowling
Alley: "Please be quiet. We need to hear a pin drop."
- In the front
yard of a Funeral Home: "Drive carefully, we'll wait."
- On a ski lift
in Taos, NM: 'No jumping from the lift. Survivors will be prosecuted.'
- Official sign
near door: Door Alarmed. Handprinted sign nearby: Window frightened.
- Guys: No shirt,
No service - Girls: No shirt, No charge
- Road sign seen
on the island of Cyprus (translation of the Greek): 'Caution: Road Slippery from Grapejuice'
- A sign
advertising a Company wide skiing race: Let's see who can go downhill the
fastest
- Sign in King's
Canyon in California: 'Slow Parking Ahead'
- A billboard
seen next to the highway, travelling from Johannesburg International Airport into town:
- An Ad for BMW
showing a photo of a BMW 328i convertible with the roof and all the
windows down. The caption reads:' Our hardware runs better without
WINDOWS!!!'
- Two signs found
on top of one another in a country kitchen several years ago: restrooms -
- - - > Please wait for hostess to seat you.
- Sign in front
of church in Montpelier, VT: Bingo Friday night at 8:00pm Quickies Thursday at 7:30pm.
- Seen in a
health food store: " Shoplifters will be beaten over the head with an
organic carrot "
- "Children
left unattended will be towed at parents expense."
- I went to a
little hole in the wall restaurant: the sign read: Women are not served
here... You have to bring your own.
- In the offices
of a loan company: "Ask about our plans for owning your home."
- In a classified
ad: "Tired of cleaning yourself? Let me do it."
- In a New York medical
building: "Mental Health Prevention Center"
- On a New York convalescent
home: "For the sick and tired of the Episcopal Church."
- Outside a
country shop: "We buy junk and sell antiques."
- In the window
of an Oregon store: "Why go elsewhere and be cheated when you can come
here?"
- In a classified
ad: "Vacation special: Have your home exterminated. Get rid of
aunts."
- I was driving
in the bay area and saw a sign for Continuum
Street. Right above it there was a
sign indicating the end of the street!!! It looked like this: End -
Continuum
- On a highway in
New York, "Caution, state correctional facility ahead, do not pick
up hitchhikers."
- I saw a sign
yesterday that read "No Outlet", right under it was a tiny sign
that said "one block ahead."
- A sign outside
a furniture store in northern Virginia states (in large letters) "ANTIQUE Tables Made Here Daily."
- On a trip to London, we visited a
museum which had special facilities for disabled visitors. Many exhibits
had small brass plates with Braille writing (you know, with raised dots so
blind people can 'feel' the words). The translation underneath said,
"PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THIS EXHIBIT."
- We were driving
and saw a sign that said, "Loose 30 pounds in 1 month." Under
the sign there was another sign that had the McDonalds arch with an arrow
pointing to the way to McDonalds.
- In a small town
in North Carolina there is a junk yard that has a huge sign on the front of the
building that says, "Drive Reckless! It Helps Business!"
- I have
repeatedly seen the same banner on bus stop benches all over Sacramento, California. They read
simply, "Learn to Read. Call xxx-xxxx"
- Billboard I saw
on a hill down south: Tattoos done while you wait!
- A local jewelry
store in my town has a marquee out front that says, "We buy old
boyfriends jewelry!"
- A sign on the
back shield of a car: DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT OR SHOULD I
DRIVE BY AGAIN?
- On the dirty
back window of a Computer company van, some funny person had written with
their finger in the dust www.washme.com.au.
- Stupid Signs: I
was driving by a KFC and on their marquee it said: "Now Hiring: 2
Chickens for $5.99."
- I used to work
at a residence for developmentally disabled adults called "Opengate."There
was a sign on their gate that read: "Gate must remain closed at all
times."
- While driving
through a small town I noticed a sign that said, "FOR SALE: BUY OWNER"
- When I lived on
California, one day I was driving down a mountainous road in the desert. I
came across a sign that said, "Watch For Trocks." I don't know
it it meant "trucks" or "rocks in the road." Ha! Maybe
it meant "trucks hauling rocks". Anyway, it was one of the
funniest signs I ever saw.
- On the way to
my sisters house in a small Minnesota town is a building with a big sign on the front door that says
"STRIP-N-SHOP." It makes me laugh out loud every time I drive
by. Turns out it is a furniture refinishing business.
- As I was
driving down the Strip in Las Vegas I noticed a sign on a small run-down motel: "This motel
highly recommended by owner."
- There is a road
sign near Cape Cod, Massachusetts that declares: "CAUTION - WATER ON ROAD DURING
RAIN"
- On a sign at an
Indiana college: "Keep Door Close."
- In a small town
next to where I live, there is a Presbyterian Church with a sign that
reads,: "Come join us for Sun. worship!"
- I saw a sign in
Kansas just off the highway that read: "WHAM for kids, a child
abuse foundation."
- Here's a sign
my friends and I get a kick out of: Sign from a clothing store, "Kids
CHEAP!"
- Rounding the
drive-thru at a local fast food place I noticed a sign on the wooden gates
around the dumpsters. It read: "OPENS FROM INSIDE"
- There is a
mini-mall in San Jose CA. It has a small pharmacy and a seamstress shop located in the
mall. The sign out front says: "Lee's Drugs -- Unlimited
Alterations"
- In the sporting
goods department of the Wal-Mart I work at there is a display with a back
to school sign. Under the sign are boxes of rifle shells.
- On the front of
a catholic elementary school Jesus is coming! No bingo Sunday
- At the entrance
to a small community is a sign that says: Private Property - No
Trespassing - No Exit
- There is a sign
at a small country cemetery near my home that is a little slanted and
pointing down toward the ground and it says "ONE WAY."
- In Ocean Springs, MS, there is a sign
that reads "speed limit 25mph unless otherwise posted." Right
below it, another sign reads, "Speed limit 30 mph."
- Sign:
"Fire wood for sale to go."
- While on a
vacation in Maine, we visited a water park. To help people who didn't want to
stay wet, there was a sign pointing to the changing areas. Right below
that sign, which pointed left, there was another one for a viewing area,
which -- you guessed it, also pointed left. I wonder who the genius was
who designed the park?
- In Richmond, KY there was a
restaurant named Bonanza and they had a sign that said, "Remember
there is no tipping at Bonanza" The place then burnt to the ground
and they changed the sign to read, "Remember there is no
Bonanza."
- This was seen
several years ago, also from the Atlanta Vasectomy Clinic, and was in reference to the Atlanta Braves baseball
team... "Atlanta Vasectomy Clinic, Atlanta's best Chop
Shop!"
- On a Plumber's
window: "We repair what your husband fixed."
- On the trucks
of a local plumbing company in NE
Pennsylvania: "Don't sleep
with a drip. Call your plumber."
- Pizza shop
slogan: "7 days without pizza makes one weak."
- At a tire shop
in Milwaukee: "Invite us to your next blowout."
- Door of a
plastic surgeon's office: "Hello, can we pick your nose?"
- Sign at the
Psychic Hotline: "Don't call us, we'll call you."
- At a Towing
Company: "We don't charge an arm and a leg. We want tows."
- Billboard on
the side of the road: "Keep your eyes on the road and stop reading
these signs."
- On an
Electrician's truck: "Let us remove your shorts."
- In a
Non-smoking Area: "If we see smoking we will assume you are on fire
and take appropriate action."
- At an
Optometrist's Office: "If you don't see what your looking for you've
come to the right place."
- On a
Taxidermist's window: "We really know our stuff."
- In a
Podiatrist's office: "Time wounds all heels."
- On a Butcher's
window: "Let me meat your needs."
- On a fence:
"Salesmen welcome, Dog food is expensive."
- At a car Dealership
: "The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car payment."
- Outside a
Muffler Shop: "No appointment necessary, we hear you coming."
- Outside a
Hotel: "Help! We need inn-experienced people."
- On a desk in a
reception room: "We shoot every 3rd salesman, and the 2nd one just
left."
- In a
Veterinarian's waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes, Sit! Stay!
"
- At the Electric
Company: "We would be de-lighted if you would send in your bill. However,
if you don't you will be."
- On the door of
a Computer Store: "Out for a quick byte."
- In a Restaurant
window: "Don't stand there and be hungry, come on in and get fed
up."
- Inside a
Bowling Alley: "Please be quiet, we need to hear a pin drop."
- In the front
yard of a funeral home: "Drive carefully, we'll wait."
- In a counsellors
office: "Growing old is mandatory, growing wise is optional."
- HOTEL:
"Help!" We need inn - experienced people
- BUTCHER'S
WINDOW: Pleased to meat you
- AUTO BODY SHOP:
May we have the next dents?
- SIGN IN AN
OFFICE: We shoot every 3rd salesman, and the 2nd one just left!
- VETERINARIANS
WAITING ROOM: Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!
- AT THE ELECTRIC
COMPANY: "We would be de-lighted if you send in your bill. However,
if you don't, you will be"
- BEAUTY SHOP:
Dye now!
- GARBAGE TRUCK:
We've got what it takes to take what you've got
- RESTAURANT
WINDOW: Don't stand there and be hungry, come in and get fed up
- BOWLING ALLEY:
Please be quiet. We need to hear a pin drop
- CAFETERIA:
Shoes are required to eat in the cafeteria. Socks can eat any place they
want
- MUSIC LIBRARY:
Bach in a minuet
- FUNERAL HOME:
Drive carefully, we'll wait
- At
restaurant-gas stations throughout the nation: "Eat here and get
gas."
- At a Sante Fe
gas station: "We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass
container."
- In an New York restaurant
"Customers who consider our waitresses uncivil ought to see the
manager."
- In a Michigan restaurant:
"The early bird gets the worm!" "Special shoppers' luncheon
before 11:00 AM."
- On a
delicatessen wall: "Our best is none too good."
- On the wall of
a Baltimore estate: "Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law." "-- Sisters of Mercy"
- On a
long-established New Mexico dry cleaning store: "Thirty-eight years on the same
spot."
- In a Los Angeles dance hall:
"Good clean dancing every night but Sunday."
- On a movie
theatre: "Children's matinee today. Adults not admitted unless with
child."
- In a Florida maternity ward:
"No children allowed!"
- In a New York drugstore:
"We dispense with accuracy."
- On a New York loft building:
"Wanted: Woman to sew buttons on the fourth floor."
- In a New Hampshire medical
building: "Martin Diabetes Professional Ass."
- In the office
of a loan company: "Ask about our plans for owning your home."
- In a New York medical building:
"Mental health prevention centre."
- In a toy
department: "Five Santa Clauses -- no waiting."
- On a New York convalescent
home: "For the sick and tired of the Episcopal Church."
- On a Maine shop: "Our
motto is to give our customers the lowest possible prices and workmanship."
- At a number of
military bases: "Restricted to unauthorised personnel."
- In a number of
parking areas: "Violators will be enforced and Trespassers will be
violated."
- On a display of
"I Love You Only" Valentine cards: "Now available in
multi-packs."
- In the window
of a Kentucky appliance store: "Don't kill your wife. Let our washing
machines do the dirty work."
- In a funeral
parlour: "Ask about our layaway plan.
- On a window of
a New Hampshire hamburger restaurant: "Yes, we are open. Sorry for the
inconvenience."
- In a clothing
store: "Wonderful bargains for men with 16 and 17 necks."
- In a Tacoma, Washington men's
clothing store: "15 men's wool suits - $10.00 - They won't last an
hour!"
- On an Indiana shopping mall
marquee: "Archery tournament. Ears pierced."
- In the bathroom
of a large apartment building: "When taking showers, please leave the
bathroom door a jar. This will prevent the plaster from peeling."
- Outside a
country shop: "We buy junk and sell antiques."
- On a North Carolina highway:
"EAT" - "300 FEET"
- On an Ohio highway:
"Drive slower When Wet."
- On a New Hampshire highway:
"You are speeding when flashing."
- On a Pennsylvania highway:
"Drive carefully: Auto accidents kill most people from 15 to
19."
- In downtown Boston: "Calahan
Tunnel/No. End."
- In the window
of an Oregon general store: "Why go elsewhere to be cheated, when you
can come here?"
- In a Massachusetts parking
area reserved for birdwatchers: "Parking for birds only."
- In a New Jersey restaurant:
"Open 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM Midnight."
- In front of a New Hampshire store:
"Endurable floors."
- On a radiator
repair garage: "Best place too take a leak."
- On a movie
marquee: "Now Playing: Adam and Eve with a cast of thousands!"
- In the vestry
of a New England church: "Will the last person to leave please see that
the perpetual light is extinguished."
- In a Pennsylvania cemetery:
"Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their own
graves."
- On a roller
coaster: "Watch your head."
- On a New Hampshire road:
"Will build to suit Emory A. Tuttle"
- On the grounds
of a private school: "No trespassing without permission."
- In a library:
"Blotter paper will no longer be available until the public stops
taking it away."
- On a Tennessee highway:
"Take Notice: When this sign is under water the road is
impassable."
- Similarly in a New Hampshire car wash:
"If you can't read this, it's time you washed your car."
- On a cardboard
windshield sun shade: "Warning: Do Not Drive With Sun
Shield in Place."
- On a package of
Fisherman's Friend(R) throat lozenges: Not meant as substitute for human
companionship.
- On a Magic 8
Ball: Not advised for use as a home pregnancy test.
- On a roll of
Life Savers: Not for use as a flotation device.
- On a cup of
McDonald's coffee: Allow to cool before applying to groin area.
- On a
refrigerator: Refrigerate after opening.
- On a pack of
cigarettes: WARNING -- The Tobacco Institute has determined that smoking
just one cigarette greatly increases your risk of heart attack by making
you so incredibly sexy that gorgeous members of the opposite sex surround
you night and day, begging for intercourse and wearing you into
exhaustion, unless, of course, you have another couple of cigarettes to
steady your nerves.
- On a handgun:
Not recommended for use as a nutcracker.
- On pantyhose:
Not to be used in the commission of a felony.
- On a piano:
Harmful or fatal if swallowed.
- On a can of
Fix-a-Flat: Not to be used for breast augmentation.
- On Kevorkian's
suicide machine: This product uses carbon monoxide, which has been found
to cause cancer in laboratory rats.
- On Lyndon LaRouche
literature: Mr. LaRouche is a serious political figure and not a paranoid
lunatic, and should therefore -- Hey, what are you looking at? Quit
staring at me.
- On work
gloves: For best results, do not leave at crime scene.
- On a palm
sander: Not to be used to sand palms.
- On a calendar:
Use of term "Sunday" for reference only. No meteorological
warranties express or implied.
- On Odor
Eaters: Do not eat.
- On Sen. Bob
Dole: WARNING: Contents under pressure and may explode.
- On a blender:
Not for use as an aquarium.
- On a fax
machine: WARNING! Never attempt to directly fax anyone an image of your
naked buttocks. Always photocopy your buttocks and fax the photocopy.
- On syrup of
ipecac: Caution: May cause vomiting.
- On a revolving
door: Passenger compartments for individual use only.
- On a
microscope: Objects are smaller and less alarming than they appear.
- On children's
alphabet blocks: Letters may be used to construct words, phrases and
sentences that may be deemed offensive.
- On a wet suit:
Capacity, 1
- And Last: On The
Washington Post: Do not cut up and use for blackmail note.
- On an
Electrician's truck: "Let us remove your shorts."
- Outside a
Radiator Repair Shop: "Best place in town to take a leak."
- In a Nonsmoking
area: "If we see you smoking we will assume you are on fire and take
appropriate action."
- On Maternity
Room door: "Push, Push, Push."
- On a Front
Door: "Everyone on the premises is a vegetarian except the dog."
- At an
Optometrist's Office: "If you don't see what you're looking for,
you've come to the right place."
- On a
Scientist's door: "Gone Fission."
- On a
Taxidermist's window: "We really know our stuff."
- In a
Podiatrist's window: "Time wounds all heels."
- On a Butcher's
window: "Let me meat your needs."
- On another
Butcher's window: "Pleased to meat you."
- At a Used Car Lot: "Second Hand
cars in first crash condition."
- On a fence:
"Salesmen welcome. Dog food is expensive."
- At a Car
Dealership: "The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car
payment."
- Outside a
Muffler Shop: "No appointment necessary. We'll hear you
coming."
- Outside a
Hotel: "Help! We need inn-experienced people."
- In a Dry
Cleaner's Emporium: "Drop your pants here."
- On a desk in a
Reception Room: "We shoot every 3rd salesman, and the 2nd one just
left."
- In a
Veterinarian's waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!"
- On a Music
Teacher's door: "Out Chopin."
- At the Electric
Company: "We would be delighted if you send in your bill. However,
if you don't, you will be."
- In a Beauty
Shop: "Dye now!"
- On the door of
a Computer Store: "Out for a quick byte."
- In a Restaurant
window: "Don't stand there and be hungry, come in and get fed
up."
- Inside a
Bowling Alley: "Please be quiet. We need to hear a pin drop."
- On the door of
a Music Library: "Bach in a minute."
- In the front
yard of a Funeral Home: "Drive carefully, we'll wait."
- In a Counselor's
office: "Growing old is mandatory. Growing wise is optional."
- I saw the
following warning label at MIT's Junior Lab: "WARNING: Do not look
into laser with remaining eye"
- On a Sears
hairdryer: Do not use while sleeping.
- On a bag of
Fritos: You could be a winner! No purchase necessary.
- Details inside.
(The shoplifter special.)
- On a bar of
Dial soap: Directions: Use like regular soap.
- On a Swann
frozen dinners: Serving suggestion: Defrost. (But it's just a suggestion.)
- On Tesco's
tiramisu dessert (printed on the bottom of box): Do not turn upside-down.
- On Marks &
Spencer bread pudding: Product will be hot after heating.
- On packaging
for a Rowenta iron: Do not iron clothes on body.
- On Boot's
children's cough medicine: "Do not drive a car or operate machinery
after taking this medication."
- On Nytol sleep
aid: Warning: May cause drowsiness.
- On most brands
of Christmas lights: "For indoor or outdoor use only." (As
opposed to what?)
- On a Japanese
food processor: Not to be used for the other use. (I gotta admit, I'm
curious.)
- On Sainsbury's
peanuts: "Warning: contains nuts."
- On an American
Airlines packet of peanuts: "Instructions: Open packet, eat
nuts."
- On a child's
Superman costume: "Wearing of this garment does not enable you to
fly." (I don't blame the company, I blame the parents for this one.)