February Forum Challenge: Sign Sign everywhere a sign

bclaytonphoto ( ) posted Tue, 02 February 2010 at 3:10 PM · edited Fri, 20 September 2024 at 4:50 AM

Let's have a little fun this month..
Show us photos of signs where you live. It could be an odd sign, a street with a weird name, or a town with a strange name, or a sign that makes you think HUH?
If you want you could also just take a really creative or artistic photo of a sign.

I found a few examples on the web.

Say What?
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In Plain English
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bclaytonphoto ( ) posted Tue, 02 February 2010 at 3:11 PM · edited Tue, 02 February 2010 at 3:12 PM

This should be fun..I've got a few in mind already !!

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bentchick ( ) posted Tue, 02 February 2010 at 9:02 PM

Oh yeah! I know where a good one is, I have to go take that one soon..... a picture of it that is.... I wasn't going to "take" the sign! LOL :P

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kbrog ( ) posted Thu, 04 February 2010 at 1:05 PM

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I already have one up. ;)

blinkings ( ) posted Fri, 05 February 2010 at 6:12 PM

lol!

Flannelman ( ) posted Fri, 05 February 2010 at 10:29 PM

Everyone should have at least one sign. lol ;-)

Flannelman ( ) posted Fri, 05 February 2010 at 10:32 PM

One more. ;-)

anahata.c ( ) posted Sat, 06 February 2010 at 11:50 AM · edited Sat, 06 February 2010 at 11:51 AM

I don't have anything as inventive as the above, but here's my entry.

Have a good weekend, all!

inshaala ( ) posted Sun, 07 February 2010 at 10:34 AM

My father sent me these photos from out in Oman a few weeks back - i think they fit the challenge (although i will put up my hand and say they are out of date and taken by a relative (with permission reproduced) rather than me).

"In every colour, there's the light.
In every stone sleeps a crystal.
Remember the Shaman, when he used to say:
Man is the dream of the Dolphin"

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auntietk ( ) posted Mon, 08 February 2010 at 1:43 AM

What a great idea! I'll have to start looking around.

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough." ... Robert Capa

MrsLubner ( ) posted Mon, 08 February 2010 at 8:51 AM

Wonderful signs. I have tried to get a sign for over 10 years but its on the freeway and there is no place to stop to take it. And slowing down in that spot could get you killed. And of course, its a small sign to make it more difficult.

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Meisiekind ( ) posted Mon, 08 February 2010 at 12:45 PM

Great idea Bruce! My first sign is self explanatory... I just don't know how many people know that crocs are also known as Flatdogs!!!!

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Meisiekind ( ) posted Mon, 08 February 2010 at 12:49 PM

This one was also in Swaziland and had Bruce and I tickled pink! It was posted just before crossing a small lake which led one out of a wildlife area. In the end we decided that it is telling trees and plants that they are prohibited to cross the bridge - especially on their own!

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jcpowell ( ) posted Tue, 09 February 2010 at 8:07 AM

With all the snow here in New Jersey, its hard to get out for some NEW sign photos. Took this "Public Punishment" sign at a local Renaissance Festival a few years back.

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volcomman1 ( ) posted Wed, 10 February 2010 at 6:45 AM

In croatia

MrsLubner ( ) posted Wed, 10 February 2010 at 8:38 AM

that would certainly keep me from going any further!

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danapommet ( ) posted Wed, 10 February 2010 at 11:31 PM

South Beach, Florida

MrsLubner ( ) posted Thu, 11 February 2010 at 8:57 AM

Now that's something! Most of our beaches like this have been closed because there were too many people hiding in the bushes watching. Good find and good shot.

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Foto-Arte ( ) posted Thu, 11 February 2010 at 6:08 PM

I don't know what this means but here it is....

auntietk ( ) posted Thu, 11 February 2010 at 8:17 PM

LOL! It's wonderful, but not very informative! :)

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auntietk ( ) posted Thu, 11 February 2010 at 8:40 PM

Here's one I took in Seattle last week ... it appears someone has altered the sign a bit!

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auntietk ( ) posted Thu, 11 February 2010 at 8:40 PM

And here's another from just down the street.

I want to know more about take out candlelight dinners!

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Foto-Arte ( ) posted Thu, 11 February 2010 at 8:58 PM

LOL! Those are great!

MrsLubner ( ) posted Thu, 11 February 2010 at 9:24 PM

Ok, that airplane thing is baffling. :-) There are certainly a lot of signs. Reminds me of that song...

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kbrog ( ) posted Thu, 11 February 2010 at 9:48 PM

Foto-Arte the sign reads... Be by the tree at 7:14 pm to go to the airport. ;D

jcpowell ( ) posted Thu, 11 February 2010 at 10:51 PM · edited Thu, 11 February 2010 at 10:51 PM

An oldie but a goodie (For Bruce!) Captured this in InfraRed when I was up in the NY Catskills last summer

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danapommet ( ) posted Thu, 11 February 2010 at 11:36 PM

Death Valley, lowest point in the United States. 282 below sea level.

MrsLubner ( ) posted Fri, 12 February 2010 at 8:50 AM

So Bruce has a street named for him?

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danapommet ( ) posted Sat, 13 February 2010 at 3:09 PM

If there is a prize JC wins.

Dana

jcpowell ( ) posted Sat, 13 February 2010 at 3:17 PM

Bad case of T.M.S. (Too Many Signs!) New Hope Pennsylvania

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MrsLubner ( ) posted Sat, 13 February 2010 at 3:43 PM

Holy cow! You could go blind just trying to read them all! Incredible!

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LovelyPoetess ( ) posted Sun, 14 February 2010 at 1:32 PM

Now it it's posted but you can't read it anymore, does it still apply?

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless?

MrsLubner ( ) posted Sun, 14 February 2010 at 1:58 PM

Sort of goes with if you are alone and pass gas, do you still need to say "Excuse Me" ? LOL

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kbrog ( ) posted Sun, 14 February 2010 at 2:05 PM

#Signs..signs everywhere are signs# There was an old song with them words in it. That picture fits!

kbrog ( ) posted Sun, 14 February 2010 at 2:10 PM

Here's a good one!

How many bullet holes you count?

auntietk ( ) posted Sun, 14 February 2010 at 2:18 PM

Wow. You gotta wonder what precipitated THAT sign! LOL!

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MrsLubner ( ) posted Sun, 14 February 2010 at 7:40 PM

Now that's funny. :-)

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LovelyPoetess ( ) posted Sun, 14 February 2010 at 9:55 PM

So, as long as the car has no motor, it can legally sit on the lake bottom, right? :unsure:

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless?

LovelyPoetess ( ) posted Sun, 14 February 2010 at 10:03 PM

Ok, so I should pre-key in those phone numbers on my cell phone, so when I get swept away by that "high velosity flow" I'm sure to call the correct beaurocratic agency so they can dispatch the appropriate governmental department to come fish me out, is that what they are saying???

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless?

BobKemper ( ) posted Mon, 15 February 2010 at 8:25 AM

It's interesting what you find when you start looking for unusual signs.

BobKemper ( ) posted Mon, 15 February 2010 at 8:29 AM

This is for a cosmetics shop, not t-shirts or jackets. Too bad.

BobKemper ( ) posted Mon, 15 February 2010 at 8:31 AM

The little signs - those are for 50% and 70% discounts.

BobKemper ( ) posted Mon, 15 February 2010 at 8:32 AM

Too cute to pass up.

BobKemper ( ) posted Mon, 15 February 2010 at 8:34 AM

This one is for when it's time to take a break from walking around and looking at all the other signs.

BobKemper ( ) posted Mon, 15 February 2010 at 8:50 AM

I think it's time they used a different name.

inshaala ( ) posted Tue, 16 February 2010 at 3:08 PM

Shame i didnt have a camera with me the other day but there was a sign in the entrance to Victoria St Station in London on a rather large A-Frame board which was positioned so that it took up about a 1/3 of the width of an already congested chokepoint into the station - so very visible to everyone... What did it say?

"How you we can improve this station for you? Call 020 ...[etc]"

I just laughed out loud as i walked past it at the irony of it during rush hour. I think someone gave me a funny look as i was by myself.

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In every stone sleeps a crystal.
Remember the Shaman, when he used to say:
Man is the dream of the Dolphin"

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ocoee53 ( ) posted Tue, 16 February 2010 at 7:36 PM

I travel eight miles of this road to reach the highway. There are curves where I am looking at my tail lights!

mbz2662 ( ) posted Thu, 18 February 2010 at 1:32 AM

LOL.. these are great. I enjoyed and laughed my way through. As for the airplane sign..... Duck.. Low Flying Planes???

jcpowell ( ) posted Sat, 20 February 2010 at 8:46 AM

Luvin' all the cool signs everyone's sharing!

Here's one I took in Wildwood NJ....Up...UP and AWAY!

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MrsLubner ( ) posted Sat, 20 February 2010 at 11:21 AM

beautifully done! too funny!

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Faemike55 ( ) posted Sat, 20 February 2010 at 11:51 AM

interesting signs of our times

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