Absolutely Hilarious Signs, Part 14
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11 Comments:
Great collection. However, the "Please present your Octopus" sign is actually not misworded - the Octopus is the name of the metro card in Hong Kong.
I can see why you'd include 'Swastik Spices', given the reference to Jewtown, but the swastika depicted is bent in the opposite direction from the version of the Hakenkreuz appropriated by the Third Reich.
The "Kittens" one is from Ireland - I recognise the logo of the local Electricity Supply Board (ESB) on there. But it's probably a spoof, not an official sign. (They have Lawyers here too!)
The Swastika has been a good luck symbol in India for thousands of years, and is not associated with the Nazis there. My company sent me to Bangalore to give some training, and we celebrated the opening of a new department while I was there. We had cake, and the paper plates had little swastikas on them! Only slightly weird ...
The Chinese one (blue background, white traffic paths) showing 5 lanes that go left, straight, straight, left, right is presumably legitimate. While I haven't seen that particular sign I have seen plenty of them like that. Turn lanes in the wrong part of the road are common on very wide roads. You can only go on a turn arrow so you don't actually get crossing traffic stream.
those Super Fun High Quality Chopsticks do have a reputation for interesting deaths, so better be warned.
the "Bad Hotel" is for sure in Germany, Bad means Bath in german.
The yellow one, showing someone going headfirst off a bicycle, is perfectly reasonable. The problem happens when there are trolley tracks (or railway tracks) built into the street. Effectively, there are long slots in the pavement, and the slots are wider than a bicycle tire. A bicycle can cross them easily if it travels exactly at right angles. But if you foolishly try to cross the trolley tracks at any other angle, your front tire may drop into the slot, and over the handlebar you go.
I particularly like the "Speed Limit Enforced By Sniper"... thanks for sharing all the strange signs from all over the world.
The one below the ladder in the middle of the road isn't crazy, it's just two fairly common and perfectly normal signs here in the UK. The top one is obvious - no U-turns allowed. The second one is the symbol for a clearway (a road where no stopping is allowed). The end shows that the sign refers to the end of a clearway.
These are hilarious. I think my favorite are the ones for the senior center!
I also recognized a few from NY. The one for the G subway stop and the signs on the Van Wyck Expressway which collapsed. I wonder when that was. Thanks for posting the collection.
http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/TdWdpMSAKGI/AAAAAAABedc/nA0aoVr1SBI/s640/e4t5gwerfwefwef.jpg
sigh...
Octopus is a type of electric money card in hong kong. It makes paying for bus fares and such much more easy. Think of it as a oister card from britan. That type of thing.
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