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Subject: funny signs/store names
have you ever seen a really funny sign or store that you couldn't believe someone actually took time to think up?
here are some i saw in delaware.
signs:
deaths caused by traffic accidents this year: ( :o what a way to welcome tourists!)
deaths caused by fires this year: (now it just sounds like they're competing with other states.)
stop when flashing. (okay, it was referring to the traffic light. ;D)
stores:
happy harry's discount drugs (no comment. ;D :D ;D and harry looked quite happy on the sign on the building!)
hing wang (a chinese resturant)
there were probably others, but i can't think of any.
i'll post pictures when they're developed. (and if they turn out...i took them from a moving car.)
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I read of a porn shop that was called "Victoria's little secret", that got sued for whateveryoucallit infringment.
In Black Hillsa national park there are road signs that look like this, more or less, going up from the bottom. Sorry, no pictures ;)
- - - I
I I
-----I----
I
Hope this makes sense ;D
Also, on the Will Rogers toll road in Oklahoma there are signs saying "Do Not Dive Into Smoke" aduh ;)
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I read of a porn shop that was called "Victoria's little secret", that got sued for whateveryoucallit infringment.
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That was called "VICTOR'S Little secret." ;)
Cat
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One store I saw was an ad on the Leno show. It was a Chinese restaurant called "SARS."
I went to visit a friend in South Bend, Indiana, last year, and we ate at a sports bar called "Between the Buns." Every time I'd hear an employee answer the phone with, "Thank you for calling Between the Buns," I'd lose it.
My father and I were on a fishing trip some years ago, and passed through a small town in Michigan called Hell. The "Welcome to Hell" sign was good for a chuckle.
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There is a restaurant in Indianapolios called Mike's Crab Shack (or something like that). They were selling tee shirts that said, "I got crabs at Mike's."
Cat
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In upstate New York, there is a town called "Hoosik" and then the next town seen, while driving up the Toconic, is called "Hoosik Falls" and there was a sign in Hoosik that read, "Hoosik Falls, 4 miles" and I remember my dad commenting on the name "Hoosik" saying "Whosik, who's sick?" and then when he read this sign he said, "well Im sure that whoever was sick would fall after 4 miles!" ::)...yeah, corny...
in the town of "Sample" Missori, there is a sign that reads, "Youre in Sample" ;)
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store names -
Two supermarket/grocery store chains in the south called "Piggly Wiggly" and "Jitney Jungle" ;D
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On the same lines as the original post....
A road sign in Ireland (EIRE) read
"Last year, 16 people died on the roads of County Kildare"
I think this was supposed to scare people into driving more carefully but to anyone from the UK (and I imagine the US too) this sounds like an incredibly safe place to drive.
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Not exactly the same but, I've always thought the signs on the door of IHOP that say "Braille Menus for the blind" were kind of funny. How do they know? ;D
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Two supermarket/grocery store chains in the south called "Piggly Wiggly" and "Jitney Jungle" ;D
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I think I remember reading that Piggly Wiggly is the name of the first supermarket (at least according to Bill Bryson - Made in America). I can't recall the location of it so not sure if the one you know is the original or not.
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up in the townof Hempstead, theres a sign on the Southern state parkway that reads "Hemp state Park next exit"....I think there was a accident there because people were cutting across five lanes to exit lol ::)
Did you hear about the family that took a 5 days to travel to Niagra falls?....Its because everytime they saw a sign that said "Clean restrooms", they did
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There's a regular feature every fortnight in Private Eye magazine...
The one that amused me when I went to Denmark was to see a "Boghandel"...only to find it means "Bookshop" ;-)
Phil
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Not exactly the same but, I've always thought the signs on the door of IHOP that say "Braille Menus for the blind" were kind of funny. How do they know? ;D
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I like the fact that drive-up atm's have braille on the numbers. Excuse me, but if you have to use braille to use it, should you be driving? ;D
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I like the fact that drive-up atm's have braille on the numbers. Excuse me, but if you have to use braille to use it, should you be driving? ;D
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Lol...
and I remember that blind guy on Jeopardy who won 5 times and got a car his reaction to it was priceless!
Subject: Re: funny signs/store names
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have you ever seen a really funny sign or store that you couldn't believe someone actually took time to think up?
here are some i saw in delaware.
signs:
deaths caused by traffic accidents this year: ( :o what a way to welcome tourists!)
deaths caused by fires this year: (now it just sounds like they're competing with other states.)
stop when flashing. (okay, it was referring to the traffic light. ;D)
stores:
happy harry's discount drugs (no comment. ;D :D ;D and harry looked quite happy on the sign on the building!)
hing wang (a chinese resturant)
there were probably others, but i can't think of any.
i'll post pictures when they're developed. (and if they turn out...i took them from a moving car.)
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:o :oHave you ever seen any Chinese restaurants called "Long Wang"?Cheers! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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:o :oHave you ever seen any Chinese restaurants called "Long Wang"?Cheers! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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lol...that was good!
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In a newspaper ad It said "Special Delivery Offer" and on the bottom it said " Pick up only" How confusing is that? ???
Subject: Re: funny signs/store names
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In upstate New York, there is a town called "Hoosik" and then the next town seen, while driving up the Toconic, is called "Hoosik Falls" and there was a sign in Hoosik that read, "Hoosik Falls, 4 miles" and I remember my dad commenting on the name "Hoosik" saying "Whosik, who's sick?" and then when he read this sign he said, "well Im sure that whoever was sick would fall after 4 miles!" ::)...yeah, corny...
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Been there, and this is absolutely accurate. Whosick? You sick, doctor is sick. So Sorry. ;D
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I can't think of any funny store names/signs exactly at the moment, but on the back of the label of Cookie's barbecue sauce it says "Use it like ketchup. Use indoors or outdoors." ::)
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Oh wait, I thought of one. It was at night and we drove by the place you go to get a driver's license, and some of the letters were burnt out so it said
DRIVER'S LICE
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Sanat (used to be Hallmark)
Wah Hing Chinese Food Store. ;D!
Howard
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I guess the best one I have seen was one of those yellow flashing signs in front of a McDonalds...it simply read
EAT HERE
Uh...ok..but are you sure that is ok with you???
And at a local church every summer when it gets so hot here in Arkie that you can't breathe....they put up a sign that says
"And you think it is hot HERE??"
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oh yeah, and there is a sign by a stream in my town that reads "No Dumping," but when I first read it, I thought it said "No drowning" and all of us(my friends and I)couldn't stop laughing at this, but then I realized that it said "Dumping," and wow, we looked pretty stupid...
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The Gin Blossoms got their start at a local hang out called "Long Wong's". ;)
In Northern Arizona, there's a collection of these road signs posted about a minute apart:
"Elk are large"
"In herds they run"
"Across the road"
"Don't hit one"
The first time we saw them, we had not seen the first sign & all we noticed was the "In herds they run". The turn-off for our campsite was just before the next sign. So, we were quite puzzled as to what the hell that meant. ???
The next morning, we were driving around and finally saw the others. ::) It's still an on-going joke. If someone asks "What did that sign say?", either me or the wife will hafta say "In herds they run". :P
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This isn't so much about funny signs as it is about being obnoxious & bored.
There was a little pizza place called "Giant Pizza King". One day I wondered aloud to the wife, "So, is it Giant Pizza King? Giant Pizza King? Or, Giant Pizza King?"
Depending on the emphasis, is he a Giant that's king of pizzas? Is he a giant king made of Pizza? Or, is he a King of giant pizzas?
This was actually a raod trip game with a bunch of us going up north to the Cardinals training camp every summer. Unlike my example, it can be very funny depending on the sign. ::)
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I've seen a Chinese restaurant called "Fuk Mi" ::)
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When I lived in Northampton, our regular Chinese was "Lo Hung"... often wondered if he knew something we didn't ;-)
Phil
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There's a Thai food place here called "Thai Foon". The pun is deliberate, and therefore pretty clever.
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There are signs on the highways around here that say "Moose." I have this urge to get a can a spray paint and write "And Squirrel" under it. ;)
Cat
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"Depending on the emphasis, is he a Giant that's king of pizzas? Is he a giant king made of Pizza? Or, is he a King of giant pizzas?"
LOL!!!!! ;D ;D ;D
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There's a sign in a lane near here that reads:
"When you can't see this sign the river is under water"
One that always used to crack me up was in a dry cleaners I used to use, which said something like
"If you feel we have failed you in any way we shall be pleased to do it again at no extra charge."
Fortunately I never had any problems with them....
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http://www.ahajokes.com/cartoon/150.jpg
I saw a sign on a Taco Bell one time that said
IF U CN RD THS
WELL HIRE U
They probably ran out of letters ::) :P
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http://www.ahajokes.com/cartoon/150.jpg
I saw a sign on a Taco Bell one time that said
IF U CN RD THS
WELL HIRE U
They probably ran out of letters ::) :P
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that reminds me of the hamburgers at Roy Rogers......when you unwrap the burgers, the wrapping says under it "Place sandwhich here"......
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A sign on a pipe shop, "Best place in town to take a leak."
Cat
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http://www.octanecreative.com/Parodyville/driveby/index.html
for some reason, the pictures aren't working on my computer right now, but as i recall there were some good ones...
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I've seen a Chinese restaurant called "Fuk Mi" ::)
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It said that? LOL ;D
Howard
Subject: Re: funny signs/store names
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http://www.octanecreative.com/Parodyville/driveby/index.html
for some reason, the pictures aren't working on my computer right now, but as i recall there were some good ones...
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Lol...that was a good site!
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There was a Sushi Bar in my town called, "U82much" just spelt like that...
I read about a sign that said, "If you could read this, your vision is fine, if not, go see Dr____ optrician" ;D
I once got a computer error where a sign popped up on my screan that said, "Your computer has preformed the square root of a negative number." I still wonder where and how and why that popped up...
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There was a Sushi Bar in my town called, "U82much" just spelt like that...
I read about a sign that said, "If you could read this, your vision is fine, if not, go see Dr____ optrician" ;D
I once got a computer error where a sign popped up on my screan that said, "Your computer has preformed the square root of a negative number." I still wonder where and how and why that popped up...
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no no no..you messes up the stupid error...it went "Floating decemil ! box square root of a negative number".....Microsoft claims that this error does not exist at all
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no no no..you messes up the stupid error...it went "Floating decemil ! box square root of a negative number".....Microsoft claims that this error does not exist at all
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Sorry if according to my post count, Im stuck in the dark ages...
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In one of my Smash Hits magazines, there is a picture of a street sign called Hamilton Mews. A reader of that magazine was on a school trip to see Buckingham Palace and she saw the sign mentioned above. The sign is quite funny because the reader thinks that Natasha from Atomic Kitten lives there. Tash's surname is Hamilton and kittens mew.
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In the Black Forest:
'It is not permitted in our Black Forest camping site, for people of opposite sex, for example men and women, to sleep in the same tent unless they are married for that purpose'
Gee, we sure are glad they listed examples...also I like the idea of being married 'For that purpose'!
I heard of a Korean blender that had upon it the cryptic warning, 'Not to be used for the other use'. Well, heaven forbid.
Finally, I once got a pack of cotton wool with a sticker on it that said 'eat within 24 hours'. I didn't.
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Ooh, and just ONE more:
Under a sign by a church that said 'Jesus died for our sins, Jesus rose from the dead', someone had graffitti'd:
'...beat that!'
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being out on the road for the past 3 days, I must say taht I saw a lot...
heres some of what I remember:
on a throughway somewhere, dont remember where, there was a sign dignifying a rest area, that read, "Gas exit AS-S" I thought that was hillarious...I think that the "AS" was the name of a street or something, and the "S" was south, but it read just like that with the dash in the middle. It was hillarious!
and I saw a sign in "" quotes...now knowing my english pretty well, I can tell you this, when you put something in quotes, you either mean it sarcastically, or youre quoting another sign! Genius who thought this up...
how about the "Dont even think about parking here" signs...those are always good for a laugh...
English 8th grade:
teacher: you cannot commit violance while being still
other kid: what about violating street signs
tecaher: but youre moving the car
me: what about the sign that says, "dont even think about parking here?"
got the whole class laughing, but it felt good to prove that teacher wrong...ok, I talk too much...
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Fook Yu (Chinease Restaurant)
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Fook Yu (Chinease Restaurant)
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LOL :D
Howard
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Professional signs/shingles I have seen:
Hyattsville MD - "Dr. Robert W. Rabbit. Obstetrics and Gynecology"
North Miami FL - "Dr. Jack Sober, Dentist"
And then there are the signs that say the opposite of what they mean, like the one I saw in a hospital parking lot - "No Parking, Ambulances Only" (Everybody EXCEPT ambulances may park there, I guess?)
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I like the shirt that looks like a doctor's office eye chart:
S
T O P
R E A D
I N G M
Y S H I R T Y
O U I D I O T
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I like the shirt that looks like a doctor's office eye chart:
S
T O P
R E A D
I N G M
Y S H I R T Y
O U I D I O T
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I have that shirt! Well a shirt like it, it just says, printed on the front, in normal sized letters, "Stop reading my shirt"...always gets people laughing...
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I've seen a Chinese restaurant called "Fuk Mi" ::)
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:D :D :D :DWell the name Fuk,i believe is found in both china and Korea.I think Korean names have the most instances of being unintentionally naughty in English,with names like Wang,Suk,Cheers! 8) 8)
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I like the shirt that looks like a doctor's office eye chart:
S
T O P
R E A D
I N G M
Y S H I R T Y
O U I D I O T
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I saw a shirt at Hot Topic that said:
I S E E D U M B
P E O P L E R E A D I N G
MY T SHIRT
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:D :D :DThere's one called Yet Wah in concord,california---I'm still trying to figure out if that means anything improper. :o :oCheers!
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There is a place near where I grew up that sell Christmas trees, wreaths and acording to their sign POINT SETTERS!!! I was wondering if that was a new breed of dog??
The Krispy Kreme near me has a lot of letters burned out on the sign, and the other night it said "Hot Doug (doughnut)Now"!!
I also saw a sign at a little store once, they were advertising the Fish Samich!! LOL!!
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I like the shirt that looks like a doctor's office eye chart:
S
T O P
R E A D
I N G M
Y S H I R T Y
O U I D I O T
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I saw one that says:
If you can read this, you are too close.
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You know, there's nothing like going on a ride at an amusement park, only to see a gigantic billboard for vasectomy reversal...
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You know, there's nothing like going on a ride at an amusement park, only to see a gigantic billboard for vasectomy reversal...
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Maybe some guys do need that after going on some of those rides. ;)
Cat
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Maybe some guys do need that after going on some of those rides. ;)
Cat
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ha ha ha
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The Wig Gig
The Hair Shack
Stubby's Fine American Cuisine
Subject: Re: funny signs/store names
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have you ever seen a really funny sign or store that you couldn't believe someone actually took time to think up?
here are some i saw in delaware.
signs:
deaths caused by traffic accidents this year: ( :o what a way to welcome tourists!)
deaths caused by fires this year: (now it just sounds like they're competing with other states.)
stop when flashing. (okay, it was referring to the traffic light. ;D)
stores:
happy harry's discount drugs (no comment. ;D :D ;D and harry looked quite happy on the sign on the building!)
hing wang (a chinese resturant)
there were probably others, but i can't think of any.
i'll post pictures when they're developed. (and if they turn out...i took them from a moving car.)
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LOL
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the pictures didn't come out too well. :'(
when i went to north carolina, we drove through delaware, and we saw another great sign that makes you feel welcome in DE:
number of deaths by alcohol related traffic accidents:
we did pass a lot of happy harry's discount drugs though. ;D