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Old Oct 23rd, 2006, 02:40 PM
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Favorite Sign Posted in UK

Came across a delightful sign posted in a B&B in Cornwall just over a narrow and short staircase: "Duck or Grouse". Wish I could find one similar.
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Old Oct 23rd, 2006, 02:51 PM
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What about this one? ;-)

http://www.swimclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=5975

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Old Oct 23rd, 2006, 06:37 PM
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I love the "No Soiling" signs you see, with a drawing of a dog doing its business marked with a big red line through, that you see beside some walking paths.
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Old Oct 23rd, 2006, 08:10 PM
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As you leave the visitor's center at Loch Ness, there's a sign saying "Drive on the LEFT!" (Half of the road accidents in Britain are caused by foreign tourists from countries where they drive on the right.)
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Old Oct 23rd, 2006, 10:07 PM
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JJBhoy, that was truly funny, LOL
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I love the roadsigns for "the secret bunker"
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Old Oct 24th, 2006, 12:05 AM
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Here are some of my favourites:-

Warning of randy motorists....

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/sign132.htm

Binge drinkers on the road

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/sign102.htm

The M25

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/sign109.htm

Antiques roadshow ahead

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/sign106.htm

Al Qaeda prohibited

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/sign055.htm
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<i>&quot;As you leave the visitor's center at Loch Ness, there's a sign saying &quot;Drive on the LEFT!&quot; (Half of the road accidents in Britain are caused by foreign tourists from countries where they drive on the right.)</i>

It's the same here. We have signs all over saying to &quot;Keep Left.&quot; Want me to steal one for you? We also have a lot of the crosswalks marked with &quot;Look right.&quot;
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Old Oct 24th, 2006, 02:55 AM
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These signs should exist in a perfect world:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4470516.stm
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My favorite sign was actually seen in Barbados...

&quot;Taxi and Funeral Service&quot;
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kwren, I've always been amused by those types of dual purpose shop which you sometimes see in small villages here. My favourite (somewhere in Northumberland) was Guns'n'Videos.

sassh, I too have always been amused when being driven round Fife to see enormous 'SECRET BUNKER' signs everywhere

Daisy, I don't doubt that you really did read that somewhere, but I find it extremely hard to believe that &quot;Half of the road accidents in Britain are caused by foreign tourists from countries where they drive on the right.&quot;. My feeling is that the proportion of car journeys made by foreign visitors must be so small as to be undetectable.
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Old Oct 24th, 2006, 03:24 AM
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Many small villages in England have some very strange names. A cartoon showed a man and woman in a car, both obviously tourists, and the woman is pointing to a sign saying; &quot;Look dear. It's 'Loose Chippings' again. I knew we'd been this way before.&quot;
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Old Oct 24th, 2006, 03:29 AM
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Reputedly there was once a sign in the middle of a field, which couldn't be read from the path at the edge of the field. If you walked across the field to read it, you would see it said &quot;Do not throw stones at this notice&quot;. Or am I confusing it with the too small notice in the middle of a pond that said &quot;Keep clear, thin ice&quot;?
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Old Oct 24th, 2006, 03:32 AM
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And londonengland has forgotten:
Man shaking umbrella:
http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/sign178.htm
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Not sure if my new neighbour's a vet or what, but there's a new roadsign outside which says:

Beware - Cats's Eyes Removed

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Old Oct 24th, 2006, 05:22 AM
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Patrick - LOL at man shaking umbrella!
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Old Oct 24th, 2006, 06:07 AM
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Seen in Knigtsbridge:

Parking Unsuitable for Fancy Goods Vehicles

U.S version:

No Trucks
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Old Oct 24th, 2006, 06:35 AM
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Right in the Theatre District in London i once saw, on the Univ of London's Urology Department door - &quot;No public lavatories&quot;
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A friend of mine sent me a picture of a bank in London. The front door had a sign saying &quot;This door is alarmed.&quot; He was never able to find out what upset the poor door so badly. I hope the door is feeling better by now.
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Old Oct 24th, 2006, 08:28 AM
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Hi all,

My LW reminds me of a sign at the head of a flight of stairs,

Ladies Room
&lt;--------
Go Right

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