road signs

vespertine

hi everyone,

I love funny looking roadsigns, especially ones that have been modified by people. Was wondering if anybody else likes taking pictures of them? Ok I'll start this off with this piece of artwork:

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magicbastarder

colour me pedantic, but that's not a road sign. it's a sea sign.

vespertine

My first thread ever, and this is the first response i get?
Well I would change the title to "road signs, sea signs, etc- basically all kinds of signs" for you, but unfortunately I can't edit it.

Eirebear

I actually find signage in general pretty interesting as a form of communication and if you look beyond the primary function of the sign you can often get an interesting insight into the area or location of the sign.

I've been mucking about with a half assed project on this for a while.

Tallon

samhail

I loved seeing this at a t-junction... Go 6km left and you still be in the middle of nowhere.

DaireQuinlan

vespertine wrote: »

My first thread ever, and this is the first response i get?
Well I would change the title to "road signs, sea signs, etc- basically all kinds of signs" for you, but unfortunately I can't edit it.

Pedantification IS our watchword ...


Is this the same one as yours ?

For this amount of over-signage I reckon something awful must have happened to poor character. Probably repeatedly.

And for distinctiveness sakes, the minimum walking speed on DL pier. The grannies and toddlers are only allowed on the bottom deck.

11811

One of my favorites

rain on

I love signs! I don't have enough pictures of them. Here's a quick snap I took of one in west Cork - seafood and steaks absolutely EVERYWHERE

Taken in July 2009, so might have been changed

Edit: I see it's like that on streetview too:

http://maps.google.com/?ll=53.69508,-9.609089&spn=0.038012,0.154324&z=13&layer=c&cbll=53.695046,-9.609081&panoid=Ai9FleqAPUH_Um3O2qd8xw&cbp=11,269.8,,0,14.62

greeneyedspirit

These three never fail to amuse me -



how hard IS it to spell Louisburgh?

PopeBuckfastXVI

jpb1974

Not my photo, linked from an external site, not exactly a road sign either... but worth a look -

Fionn

not exactly roadside signs but worth a chuckle

dying for a pint!!!




ironic

vespertine

Ha, they're all great!

dairequinlan, I think mine was not that close to the water; it was taken on Inishmore.

Love the bridge one!

Here's one I saw in Sweden:

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okmqaz42

The most confusing junction I ever arrived at...

Promac

This is up the mountain from us, here in New Zealand - I quite like it.

Promac

11811 wrote: »

One of my favorites

<Narrow Bridge - osaurus>

That's brilliant!

.Longshanks.

This made me giggle - it really shouldn't have
(in the middle of the golden gate bridge)


And this one - only in Donegal would you find a sheep ahead sign with a bullet hole in it!

K_user

I must pay more attention to signs, great project idea!

Heres one I took two weekends ago. I had two thoughts in my head when I took it:

The first, who needs to be told that often to turn right? If you are half way down a mountain road and you haven't figured things out yet, well you shouldn't be driving!

The second is, what happened to bend the pole in the foreground?

K_user

kev_Longshanks100 wrote: »

This made me giggle - it really shouldn't have
(in the middle of the golden gate bridge)

Sorry but that made me laugh too, and it shoudn't!

I love the fact that it has "crisis counselling" written across the top and a warning that jumping from the bridge is fatal. Isn't that the point?

PopeBuckfastXVI

kev_Longshanks100 wrote: »

This made me giggle - it really shouldn't have
(in the middle of the golden gate bridge)

K_user wrote: »

Sorry but that made me laugh too, and it shoudn't!

I love the fact that it has "crisis counselling" written across the top and a warning that jumping from the bridge is fatal. Isn't that the point?

Sorry to off-topic - you should check out the movie 'The Bridge' about suicides from the golden gate, very sad, but interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_%282006_film%29

11811

While its not a road as such this is another classic, from Killarney, not my own shot (i had one but can't find it) but from a pals flickr...

spurious

This one always makes me laugh in NZ.

12barblues

dinneenp

some crap ones, some 1/2 way funny, one not even a road sign but I'm throwing it in anyway:

Warning: pickpockets






Children with special needs or just not very quick walkers?



Sky signs:



Yield to airplanes:


And finally a shop sign in Cork

sensibleken

they needs a better pen

Deliverance XXV

Some very inventive graffiti artists from Bagenalstown

vespertine

I always think this car must be going straight to hell:

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charybdis

af_thefragile

Took this last year in Carlingford...

How brave do you feel?

stabo

F1000017_1 by Jim Stapleton, on Flickr

Gallant_JJ

Taken in Mongolia, directions all depend on which one of the 16+ lanes you are in.

laughter189

Outside Tramore Co. Waterford

Nebezpeci Mys

Radar Enforced...Wonder if it's just 'radar enforcement' considering the holes in it...:D

very

I've always found this one amusing.

blue5

K_user wrote: »

I must pay more attention to signs, great project idea!

Heres one I took two weekends ago. I had two thoughts in my head when I took it:

The first, who needs to be told that often to turn right? If you are half way down a mountain road and you haven't figured things out yet, well you shouldn't be driving!

The second is, what happened to bend the pole in the foreground?

By any chance do you think the reflective sign is there for drivers at night and it's obviously been hit before so needs to be there to stop people going over the cliff.

Fionn

one for the ducks

Mountainsandh

I like signs too, I like the funny ones but also just simple, interesting old ones.

this one a number of people will know, it's on the ferry to Valentia island, and a bit of a "duh" one

Ferry to Knightstown sign by mountainsandheather, on Flickr

This one is just down the road from me, I'm on the look out for lime time, since I have passed same spot when there was a heap of lime right in front of it. That would make a better photo.

Not sure if this will be replaced by mountainsandheather, on Flickr

thund3rbird_

slimboyfat

Then there is always this one near Eglinton.

ChunkyLover69

vespertine

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.Longshanks.

thund3rbird_ wrote: »

http://www.elistmania.com/images/articles/306/Original/muff.jpg

1000% serious. There used to be a diving club in that town (there might still be)

slimboyfat

kev_Longshanks100 wrote: »

1000% serious. There used to be a diving club in that town (there might still be)

http://www.muffdivingclub.ie/

trooney

Who doesn't love ramps... ?