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Sheila Ferrell
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Ever had to re-do poorly worded signs because the customer tried to make his own sign and was experiencing strange problems at his business??

Here's some perfect examples of how MORE or even less words are not necessarily better:

~In an office:
TOILET OUT OF ORDER......
PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW

~In a Laundromat:
AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT

~In a London department store:
BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS

~In an office:
WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR
. . .FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN

~In an office:
AFTER TEA BREAK STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD

~Outside a secondhand shop:
WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?

~Notice in health food shop window:
CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS

~Spotted in a safari park:
ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR

~Seen during a conference:
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN'T KNOW IT, THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR

~Notice in a farmer's field:
THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES.

~On a repair shop door:
WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK)

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Sweet Home Alabama


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"Look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man, work like a dog"

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Dave Utter
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ah yes, and one of my favorites, right here in our town. SLOW SENIOR CITIZEN CROSSING. (they can't help it, they're old.)

funny stuff.

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Dave Utter
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Sign Designs
Beardstown, Il.
signdesigns@casscomm.com

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Bill Preston
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Yes, we are.

bill preston

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Bill Preston
Fly Creek, N.Y. USA

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Kissymatina
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CAUTION CHILDREN AT PLAY
exactly what I am suppost to caution them about?

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Chris Welker
Wildfire Signs
Indiana, Pa

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Todd Gill
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Slow Children It makes me sad everytime I see that sign...... [Frown]

[ April 20, 2005, 10:19 AM: Message edited by: Todd Gill ]

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Todd Gill
Outside The Lines
Potterville, MI

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Tony Vickio
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I liked the one I saw in the window of a book store. It said, "Learn to Read". If you didn't know how to read, you couldn'tread the stupid sign!

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Tony Vickio
The World Famous Vickio Signs
3364 Rt.329
Watkins Glen, NY 14891
t30v@vickiosigns.com
607-535-6241
http://www.vickiosigns.com

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Jackie B
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Right in our own neighborhood . . .
The "Slow Children" sign and right below it a realtors box with "Take One".

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Bomba-Dear
Jackie Vaughn #5115
Volcano, California
www.chocoholic.com

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Jane Diaz
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Why do they insist that all buildings have directories in braille? How do blind people find the signs?! [Roll Eyes]

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Jane Diaz
Diaz Sign Art
628 W. Lincoln Ave. Pontiac, Il. 61764
815-844-7024
www.diazsignart.com

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Russ McMullin
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No checks excepted

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Russ McMullin
Tooele, UT
www.mcmullincreative.com

My mind wanders. And that's not a good thing, 'cause it's too small to be out there alone.

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Mike Contreras
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or the forever infamous...Enter in Rear .... Now there's one we won't touch....Haahaahaa...!!
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John Deaton
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Or the sign on a proctologists door.
EXIT ONLY

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Maker of fine signs and
other creative stuff.
Located at 109 N. Cumberland ave.
Harlan, Ky. 40831
606-837-0242

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Peter Schuttinga
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On the Braile theme, why does the ATM in a drive through have Braile on the buttons?

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"Are we having fun yet?"
Peter Schuttinga
DZines Sign Studio
1617 Millstream rd
Victoria BC
V9B-6G4

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Bruce Williams
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And then, there's always

PLANNED PARENTHOOD
Entrance in Rear

A few years ago, some local tobakky farmer decided to tear his part of the Bluegrass into suburban lots, which he wanted to advertise as "restricted." You won't say that, I told him, because back East in recent times it meant "No Jews." What he meant was "deed-restricted." Which is a little less offensive.

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Bruce Williams
Lexington KY

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Russ McMullin
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I remember walking by a big sign near some railroad tracks: "NO HUMPING". I'm not sure what it means in railroad industry, but I don't care who y'are, that's funny.

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Russ McMullin
Tooele, UT
www.mcmullincreative.com

My mind wanders. And that's not a good thing, 'cause it's too small to be out there alone.

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Arthur Vanson
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THIS CAR IS ALARMED!
Ahh! Poor widdle fing.

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Arthur Vanson
Bucks Signs
Chesham, Buckinghamshire,
England
arthur@buckssigns.co.uk
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Ray Rheaume
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The wall at Fenway Park....NO PEPPER

Guess you can only put salt on your food there. [I Don t Know]
[Wink]
Rapid

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Ray Rheaume
Rapidfire Design
543 Brushwood Road
North Haverhill, NH 03774
rapidfiredesign@hotmail.com
603-787-6803

I like my paint shaken, not stirred.

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Bruce Bowers
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Pepper is a game played among infielders.

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Bruce Bowers

DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design
Saint Cloud, Minnesota


"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter

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Bob Kistler
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Sign in service station years ago

"Our credit manager is Helen Waite, if you want credit go to Helen Waite."

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Robert M. Kistler
South Bend Screen Process, Inc.
2018 S. Franklin St.
South Bend IN 46613

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Jon Butterworth
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We recently did all the regulation signage in a new pub. Had a running battle with the sign police.

Braille on everything for a start!!!! Even on the EXIT sign a foot above a door. Don Coplen might be able to reach that one.

Publican's final comment "I've been in the bar business for 30 years, and the only blind people I've served are blind drunk"

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Bushie^
aka Jon Butterworth

Executive Director
HARDLY NORMAL
SIGN COMPANY

http://www.icr.com.au/~jonsigns

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