07-24-2008
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 Resident USSRian        | Road Signs That Don't Make Sense So i've been working on this for a bit now, but i am compiling a list of road signs, that make no sense, if you think about them. So here we go, let me start you off with some good ones: Blind Driveway Blind Curve Ahead - (inanimate objects dont have vision, say it like it is, it's a blind driver) Caution Slow Down Pedestrian Traffic - (i still don't know what they mean) Slow Watch For Pedestrians - (as opposed to a fast watch or something) Watch for Pedestrians - (How about a watch for motorists?) Slow Children Slow Children Crossing Slow Pedestrians Slow School Slow Playground Slow Children Playing - (Am I the only person who thinks that calling people slow isn't nice, especially on a public road? To me it's one step away from calling them retarded, and that is wrong! Maybe special, or mentally challenged, or physically challenged...) Caution Falling Rock - (Though the conflict with US natives was over a long time ago?) Draw Bridge Ahead - (What if one can't draw?) Men Working - (Seems a bit sexist) Parking Lot Cycles - (Haven't been able to figure out what this one is trying to tell me either) No Dumping - (What if you REALLY have to go... i mean.... never mind) No Smoking On Campus Prohibited - (Found this one on one of the college campuses i visited) High Pedestrian Area - (I was like, am in in Jamaica or Amsterdam or something?) Tis it for now... i will post more as i find more. Don't hesitate to post, if you have signs that you still don't get. Lastly, in advanced, someone will post a speed limit sign for the high way, yes i don't understand those either, haha, you're funny, go find ones that really don't make sense. ---------------- And remember that great question that Pierre-Simon Laplace and Sir Isaac Newton, Andrei Markov and David Hilbert, Richard Feynman and Enrico Fermi, Albert Einstein and Edmund Halley did not come to ask throughout all of their dedication and work: "Who the hell is IMing me?"  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.  Last edited by alexander; 07-24-2008 at 09:43 AM. | |
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07-24-2008
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 Married man    Sponsor | Re: Road Signs That Don't Make Sense Caution Moose on Highway Speed Hump Ahead (that's probably my favorite) ---------------- Hypography Science Forums Moderator --- "There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan "We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie | |
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07-28-2008
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| Resident USSRian | Re: Road Signs That Don't Make Sense Stop here on red - (But the line is white!) All trucks commercial vehicles next right - (This one is plain, confusing, trucks are commercial vehicles, all trucks commercial vehicles does not make sense as a phrase, and then the direction gets added and it gets me waaay confused.) Use ped signal - (what is a PED signal?) This one is also from the plain stupid realm:  no thumbs up apparently...  - seriously, go forward back....---------------- And remember that great question that Pierre-Simon Laplace and Sir Isaac Newton, Andrei Markov and David Hilbert, Richard Feynman and Enrico Fermi, Albert Einstein and Edmund Halley did not come to ask throughout all of their dedication and work: "Who the hell is IMing me?" This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. | |
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09-04-2008
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 Slaying Bad Memes  | Re: Road Signs That Don't Make Sense 3-WAY STOP -- I swear, I know only ONE way to stop and that's to hit the brakes. ---------------- Hypography Forums Moderator -- - - - - - What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are. Epictetus, Greek Philosopher The map is NOT the territory. Korzybski, Polish-American Philosopher | |
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09-05-2008
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| Resident USSRian | Re: Road Signs That Don't Make Sense Hahahaha!!! 3-way stop, is a good one, first reference that made in my head did not go with the amount of ways to stop, but more of a "stop for a" ordeal, either case, makes no sense.... here are a few more: Dead End - as opposed to a live one? or is there where you end up dead? Left Lane Must Turn Left - this one makes me laugh... nothing mentions cars in that lane... Motor-Driven Cycles Prohibited - how about human-driven, motor-propelled ones? Emergency Stopping Only - so i can't safely come to a stop, only if i slam on the breaks.... got it Use Lane with Green Arrow - what if i dont have a green arrow? ---------------- And remember that great question that Pierre-Simon Laplace and Sir Isaac Newton, Andrei Markov and David Hilbert, Richard Feynman and Enrico Fermi, Albert Einstein and Edmund Halley did not come to ask throughout all of their dedication and work: "Who the hell is IMing me?" This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. | |
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09-05-2008
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 Hypographer  | Re: Road Signs That Don't Make Sense Not a roadsign but from a Newcastle subway... ----------------  Your Friendly Neighborhood AdministratorWant to sponsor Hypography? Buy a print in our Fall 2008 Benefit Sale Join our Facebook group or follow us on Twitter Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. - Carl Sagan | |
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09-05-2008
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| Married man Sponsor | Re: Road Signs That Don't Make Sense Quote:
"Road ends in (x amount of) feet" would be better. As an aside (there's another funny phrase), I've actually heard someone say "dead end cul-de-sac"!!  ---------------- Hypography Science Forums Moderator --- "There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan "We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie Last edited by freeztar; 09-05-2008 at 05:02 PM. | ||
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09-05-2008
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 Astounding Vision | Re: Road Signs That Don't Make Sense On of my "Not" favorite signs is in West Virginia out side a couple of small towns, the sign says Pinch-Quick, every time I would ride by that sign with my dad he would pinch the hell out of me! Pinch-Quick is very nice town of course. ---------------- Michael Life is the poetry of the universe. Love is the poetry of life. Nuclear is the only real option! http://www.nuclearspace.com/Liberty_ship_menupg.aspx Check this out http://www.conservationfisheries.org...ream_lines.htm Over heard from a three year old, "Daddy why do my toes get sticky when I eat strawberry jam?"  Never wrestle a troll. You both get dirty and the troll likes it   | |
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09-10-2008
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| Resident USSRian | Re: Road Signs That Don't Make Sense Hey T, i have one for you too (see attached image)Quote:
Moon, i think in san fran there is an exit sign that says "A street" (you can find pictures online) ---------------- And remember that great question that Pierre-Simon Laplace and Sir Isaac Newton, Andrei Markov and David Hilbert, Richard Feynman and Enrico Fermi, Albert Einstein and Edmund Halley did not come to ask throughout all of their dedication and work: "Who the hell is IMing me?" This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. | ||
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