50 Signs So Ridiculous They’re Actually Brilliant, As Spotted By People Online (New Pics)
Interview With AuthorThe purpose of a sign is simple: to inform, promote, or spread awareness. Ideally, it should be clear and easy to understand. But as we all know, humans aren’t exactly the most logical creatures, so their attempts at creating a good message can sometimes go hilariously wrong.
To show you exactly what we mean, we’ve rounded up some of the funniest examples from the Facebook groups Really Bad Signs and Stupid and Weird Signs. Check them out below, upvote your favorites, and don’t forget to tell us which ones made you laugh the hardest!
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This sign needs to be put up in every store, bus stop, telephone pole,...
I would really like to know if the statistics change if you have to pass through the baby section to get to the condoms.
Q: How do you stop a bull from charging? A: Take away his credit card. (I'll see myself out.)
I remembered another sign: "Do not enter this field unless you can cross it in nine seconds. Because the bull can do it in ten."
If you search for "1984", it's under "Guide for starting your own social network"
When I read 1984, I honestly didn't expect the plot to become a reality. Yet here we are, with totalitarian societies become the standard, mass surveillance watching our every move (your phone is listening to you, btw), war is the norm, and our behavior is being routinely repressed. The future is here!
Load More Replies...Conrad Goeringer used to own a bookstore in Tucson. He put the Bibles and religious books in the mythology section.
Fascinated by the hilarious appeal of these photos, Bored Panda reached out to Michael Jenkin, one of the admins of Stupid and Weird Signs, to learn more about the group.
Michael shared that he originally joined the page as a regular member. “There were already 100,000 members, but the admin was reluctant to add moderators,” he explained. “It was like the Wild West with bad and inappropriate posts. Eventually, Facebook shut it down after several warnings. I liked the concept and the friends I’d made in the group, so I decided to start it back up.”
"Okay, team, there's still $20 left in this year's budget that we need to spend. What do we do with it?" "I know, let's put up rhetorical signs."
Load More Replies...I'm seeing a distinct inverse function in society. The more people inhabiting the planet, the dumber we get. Or is it the more technology we have at our disposal to improve our knowledge, the dumber we get. IDK. Bottom line, humans are becoming morons.
There's only so much intelligence in existence. If we have to spread it over more and more people... Well, you see the result.
Load More Replies...Signs like this, which seem to be everywhere these days, are giving people an excuse to be stupid
But if you don't put the sign, you are giving people a reason to sue, because you didn't warn them. When you deal with idiots you can't win.
Load More Replies...What comedian said, "If you want to thin the herd, just remove all the warning labels." There is truth to that statement.
I saw Costco butter that warned that it may contain milk products. Hmmm. I bet my grandmother used a butter churn. hmm
Much better than some "I iDenTiFy aS a WinDoW" or some other lame transphobic joke.
This is a dad joke from a dad who just learned how to create an email for the first time
It is not hard to do when after food and medicine there is not a cent left of my Social Security check.
The funny part is that someone had to spend money on that sign to accomplish deterring shoppers from buying anything.
Kinda strange to see this in what appears to be a business district. Buildings don't pay for themselves. I'd rather my money go to small business than Jeff Bozo.
Clearly not a real sign. Someone has put a cover over the advertising hoarding as a stunt.
Load More Replies...At first, some members mistakenly assumed Michael was the original admin and sent him angry messages, asking why they had been removed. “Of course, the group itself was deactivated,” he clarified. “Feeling that the original group was taken down due to a lack of supervision, I immediately looked for people from the old group to help as admins.”
Yep. Humans being so rotten rules out cannibalism for me, especially with my rather delicate digestion. Non-rotten humans would be too nice to eat.
Load More Replies...People are selfish creeps who ignore the signs and some poor animal will be put down because of it. That action should be reversed.
Sad that this sign is necessary. Maybe we should just let the animals snack and not worry.
Oh my gosh! I love this sign. Reminds me of a sign I saw in Florida about how the alligators will bite you but will spit you out because they can't tolerate the salt, being freshwater creatures. Oh, you'll bleed out without your arm or leg - but they will not kill you outright. Small comfort that. Crocodiles, on the other hand, will (living in brackish water and therefore are salt tolerant).
I'm not sure if this is a reference I don't get, or if you have your fiber arts mixed up.
Load More Replies...Essential oils exist. They don't do all the things certain people have decided to believe they do, but they exist.
Maybe we should stop believing and just learn factual information. Facts are good. Facts are truth. Believing that something exists pales in comparison to learning definitively whether or not it exists.
My then 12 year old niece declaring she still believes on Santa, “If people believe in Jesus, then I can believe in Santa”. She’s now studying theology….
Oils has some foundation you can get behind, it's the crystals I don't get.
If the essential oil believers would stop coming into my hospice patients' homes the last weeks of the patients' lives with the "this will heal him" spiel, I and the immediate family members would appreciate it very much. Inappropriate and hurtful at that point in the disease process.
14:48 here in Stockholm! Can’t wait for the winter solstice to be over on Saturday.
Load More Replies...At least after Saturday it starts going the other way...slowly, but surely.
Yes. And the neon god people made is about to become the President.
Don't blame the sign. It flashed out it's warning.
Load More Replies...Starts at 4:30 here, but now the days will get longer and I am happy!
“On day one, people volunteered, and I added admins without knowing them,” Michael said. “By day two, members were messaging me and quitting because one of the admins went on a ridiculous power trip. By day three, I was already banning and blocking that admin. I don’t understand why some people think being a Facebook admin is a position of power. Anyone can create a group—admins are not special.”
Watch a bunch of 'how to" videos on YouTube and become this guy's competitor.
Load More Replies...I'm jealous now as some people obviously have husbands who at least attempt to fix things
Please don't be jealous. You can be jealous of the ones who have husbands who attempt to fix and ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING!
Load More Replies...But what if someone's husband works for them? Then thats not a good thing
Learning from that experience, Michael reached out to friends and family to help manage the group. “I also use a lot of Facebook tools to keep the group within Facebook’s guidelines,” he shared. “There has to be a balance between letting people have fun and not going overboard or offending others. Unfortunately, admins have to rely on their personal sensitivities and judgment to maintain that balance.”
“We’re not always right, and we do make mistakes,” Michael admitted.
Ok so what are the hands on the side doing not being in the mittens? I think Trent in marketing did know what he was doing hahaha
They are supposed to be the thumbs. And someone drew on the fingers to make them look like hands.
Load More Replies...And when you erase the pen hands the poster drew on it?
Load More Replies...if the photo is confusing, they are 2 separate photos not photoshop!
Load More Replies...Y'all know this is photoshopped, right? Yes, the cow wearing the latest in toy car millinery fashion is real, but the sign in the background... well, look at it. The perspective is wrong - it's way too big.
Do these cows eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too, Mercurys, and Subaru?
OK, but why should we beware? What's she gonna do, hit us with her high beams? Honk us to death? Shoot us with the gun she keeps in the glove compartment?
I'm 42 and (so far) I'm a kid in the knees and back but probably a senior citizen at heart. It is the festive season after all and we eat a lot of fried foods...
Endowment, or lack thereof, is not the issue. The issue is that sitting is healthier. All men should be seated when urinating. Unless you're out in the woods without a choice, sit your butt down and do something good for your body.
If you're happy and you know it, stab your friend* stab stab *. If you're happy and you know it, stab your friend... If you're happy and you know it and you really want to show it .. come on, sing along..
Load More Replies...Actually they missed the bullseye and hit outside the target. On many levels.
Load More Replies...Wow, for your town, Olmoneypit, that's an amazing claim to fame!
Load More Replies...Really? At this stage of life, aren't most people aware of diarrhea? You need a meeting to discuss the topic?
It says 'Awareness', but I guess they mean ways of dealing with the problem, e.g. healthy diet, whether to seek medical advice?
Load More Replies...I don't know about the rest of you who have had children but that's definitely how I carried my son to the bathroom when he had launched chemical weapons...
Absolutely! (For me, the one I remember best has now gone down in family history as The Great Synagogue S**t of 2017. I literally had to strip her off and wash her in the sink.) Here, the person in the dress is like "Oh, darling: my hero. Looks like you've got this. I'll be in the duty free section of the airport."
Load More Replies...The kidnapper is about to drop-kick the baby up to the next floor before the mum gets hold of him.
OFFICER, I DROP KICKED THAT BABY IN SELF DEFENSE
Load More Replies...Nants ingonyama, bagithi Baba! (Lyrics to Circle of Life from The Lion King)
There are times when you are shopping with children that this would sound like a good idea.
"If this sign is flashing there was a power outage and we haven't reset it."
Load More Replies...Buy one beer for the price of two, get a second beer absolutely free!
Load More Replies...only the topless bartenders is true. They are overwight bald elderly men, but they are topless...
Liberate beer! - it is a statement, not an actual offer!
Come on, Chuck the bartender would look good without his shirt on.
The rule is, free beer tomorrow and free beer yesterday – but never free beer today. It's free beer every other day: Today isn't any other day.
Load More Replies...A duck, followed by a smaller duck, and a smaller duck, and finally an egg
Load More Replies...Looks more like a goose. If I saw that sign I'd be so busy watching my a** I'd probably hit my head
Please don’t actually walk on a broken escalator, it’s quite dangerous
Sounds like the sort of thing conservatives in America would do too.
Again, I think this is fake, as it appears to have been stuck OVER the display space.
Yes, it's fake, but it is probably more honest that the original slogan, which will be along the lines of "halving homelessness".
Load More Replies...I refuse to hand wash any article of clothing. If it can't be machine washed, it's far too delicate for me to be wearing. With that being said, I'm also not a fan of using the dryer. That's what will really damage your clothes. Line or flat drying is best for keeping your clothing intact.
After being raised by an extremely critical mother who deflated my balloons each and every time, the last thing I need is harsh criticism from my clothes. (It is unexpectedly funny, though.)
Wash the cold water to make it clean before you use it to wash anything else. Otherwise you'll make things more dirty.
Load More Replies...Dang, aaah, that is why they said that I would feel like getting roasted in this cozy coat.
How do you wash cold water? Is there more to it than just making boiling water?
Ingredients: protons, neutrons and electrons. Photons not included. May be present: gravitons
But they've cut out the quarks and leptons. Shrinkflation and corporate greed strikes again!
Load More Replies...Finally, the steam's included. I kept tripping over that each time I tried to make this.
Finally... a sign that works equally well on the golf course or at a strip club.
That looks like snow on the ground. You'd be in danger of having your assets frozen, wouldn't you?
Fascinating combination. So, if you pay attention to the left sign, you would meet the minimum requirements to be applicable for the right sign? He washes his balls, we can at least tolerate living with him!
Damn it! My GPS sent me here even though I distinctly remember punching in Socio Path.
Well, actually this sign makes perfect sense next to the visitor entrance. Please don't bring your bugs along to visit your already sick loved ones. Next to the emergency entry, oh boy...
Well... If someone is only 'unwell' (as opposed to seriously ill - which this sign is also not aimed at) with bugs it also makes a fair degree of sense at the emergency entrance too. That's for accidents that you can't treat yourself and serious illness which generally aren't if someone is feeling unwell with ordinary day to day illnesses. If someone isn't sure... fair enough, that is going to happen and some milder symptoms can be the start of something serious. Better safe than dead. Though, having sat in my fair share of A&E waiting rooms with broken bones and earlier this year with a seriously ill husband with pneumonia, it's usually easy to spot the ones who'll be triaged and back out the door shortly after being seen. Unfortunately, we humans panic or aren't sure all too often. Too many people go to A&E when they could see their doctor or go to a non-urgent treatment centre.
Load More Replies...Not a "sign" but I translated to English an 18th century charter (deed of trust) endowing a hospital. One of the provisions was to avoid admitting extremely sick people so as to keep the hospital from acquiring an "ominous" reputation.😐
This is a disability equipment shop WITHIN a hospital, and not a hospital in itself.
Hospitals still really do not want you turning up with your flu or norovirus though - not unless you have complications.
Load More Replies...Knew someone who was coming down with a cold/flu and insisted on visiting a friend in the hospital. I explained why this was not only selfish, it was dangerous to put patients' health at greater risk. But I shouldn't have had to explain something so obvious to an adult.
Okay, but if that water turns into wine it's gonna ruin the paint job
If you move a bit further along, there's no fence to put a sign on, so does that mean there's no voltage at all?
But how many of you still had the thought, "I would touch it, at the bottom."
Either way, we’re still going to bill you for the visit.
Load More Replies...Like those medical malpractice commercials. "If you died you may be entitled to compensation"
Your insurance will not cover a missed appointment, so you, or your estate, will be held liable for payment.
I imagine that's what hell is for doctor's, a never ending waiting room with a cancellation fee applied for every smoke break they take.
We all have one of these neighbors, but how many of us have the courage to put up signs? Right. This person is the hero we all need.
I want to watch this "Desperate Housewives". Is it only available locally? Do I need a lawn chair & umbrella to watch or a remote?
I hope not. I prefer believing it's a just response to an obnoxious pattern of behavior.
Load More Replies...Karen must really be over the top to deserve this - and they all deserve this
My Dad was rather paranoid on my first visit after I'd had to switch to a gluten-free diet. He went around his local supermarket and seemed to have bought every single item that said 'gluten-free'. I did ask if he'd managed to get gluten-free water, and gluten-free apples. He was ready to run back to the shops to get them. :oD
This is funny but it drives me crazy in supermarkets when things like cucumbers are marked as gluten-free like I know why don't you put those signs places that help.
They go very well with the leftover suds from a local car wash's pumpkin spice soap!
I was in hospital after being diagnosed celiac, and getting used to gluten-free diet. Lunch for the whole ward used to arrive on a trolley. One day they thought there was no dessert for me, but there was one banana. Someone had written the ward number on it in marker pen, followed by 'G/F'.
Do I have to bring them by during certain hours or can I drop them off anytime?
I'm in my 30's and I can confirm that we are both in the best decade of our lives and have seen enough BS to be perfect for resale!
I have men (or just plain annoying boys) in my class, can I come drop them off?!
Yes. It's what happens when you cross a pig and a cow.
Load More Replies...I thought it was bad a few years ago when I encountered pumpkin spice dog treats. I haven't eaten anything titled "pumpkin spice" since; I deemed it no longer fit for human consumption. Then, this fall a restaurant in my neighbourhood was advertising pumpkin spice ramen. Ramen! I had honestly thought dog treats signified peak pumpkin spice saturation, but I was sadly mistaken.
I saw a sign the other day at an oil change business that offered pumpkin spice oil change.
does it mean I get to punch someone in the throat or I get punched in the throat?
I've tried one pumpkin spiced flavored item in my life and I can tell you this sign is absolutely needed. Now pumpkin pie with whip cream, I might chance it.
I'm a vegetarian, but I could make an exception. Where abouts is this place?
It would if there was a full stop at the end of people are eating.
Load More Replies...There are many who would not understand this. Impregnable.
Load More Replies...The purported tomb of Nasreddin Hodja (a folk hero and subject of humorous short stories and satirical anecdotes) in Akşehir is an otherwise open pavillion with one locked gate.
Which day? Well, that's for us to know, and for you to find out. Happy trails.
They looked around, realized what the area was lacking, and did all of it.
It is not unknown for customers to come to blows at bargain sales.
Sorry to burst your innocent bubble but that;'snot what fisting means in some circles.
Load More Replies...This is not true. It was a marketing campaign of Austrian airports
Would be fun to bring a grill, shrimps, a hat, and greet them arriving "g'day mate! Would you like a shrimp!" (At an airport in Austria)... 🙃🤔
Load More Replies...When I worked for the airline, the two biggest draws for confused passengers were Ontario, California and Portland, Maine. I only dealt with Ontario people, and all of them were sent there by a travel agent. If you booked with the airline, we had ways to nudge you away from that sort of mistake.
When I, as an Australian, was in Austria some years ago, I saw a souvenir tshirt that said “There are no kangaroos in Austria!” I found it amusing.
A 6th grade classmate spent hours painstakingly tracing a map for our Europe reports. It was a map of Australia!
I could see how this could happen. Some people still think that Africa is a country and not a continent. Many people don't know that Australia is an island.
Dammit...you made me snort laugh vodka out my nose. Have an upvote you crazy diamond.
Load More Replies...The sign has been amended. The door is actually on the ground floor and round the corner, the sign now reflects that. Kent-Medwa...c5-png.jpg
If you get up there you don'/t get a wheelchair - you don't need one. If you don't get up there you don't get a wheelchair - you didn't turn up to collect it.
Oh, but this type of thing tends to be true. Glad to hear the office is at least on a first floor.
in fl when hurracane chatlie hit i worked for med lab and one stop was a foot and ankle dr and while lot of help was in town one truck parked in frount of the foot dr was a arborest service truck we grind stumps unfortunatly i had the old cell that was just a cell phone no pic
Ten bucks says the whole neighborhood does it now they’ve seen the sign
Load More Replies...Whoever is doing it needs a contract with a major league baseball team. That's some pretty amazing aim!
"He has harmed people for me". There's no hate like Christian love.
There's a lot to unpack with this one... Like why green peppers and not Carolina Reapers? How does the sign poster know they have a "one of a kind relationship with Christ?" Did the Pepper Projectile Pitcher pick a peck of particular peppers to persistently pelt on pernicious people in Pittsburgh?
If you call this number, the voicemail greeting asks if you're the fool who throws the peppers.
Came here to ask if anyone called the number. Thanks for doing the real work.
Load More Replies...C. S. Lewis got a letter from a lady who said, words to the effect: I have been praying for your painful death. n.b. I have had a considerable amount of success in this area/\.
Ten bucks says this guy is being an a*s about his religion and his neighbors hate. him for it.
The escalator has de-escalated. The de-escalation has been escalated to the escalation engineer. The escalator engineer will de-escalate the de-escalated escalator shortly.
Trump said during the debate Immigrants were eating the cats & dogs of people who lived in a certain town AND YET they still elected him GO Figure
Load More Replies...Birds can't taste chilli heat (capsaicin). So they'll cope just fine.
Load More Replies...Nobody's offended by that! The Snowflakes, aka conservaties are offended, if you don't say that!
Yep, only ones I hear complain is when you say Happy Holidays to snowflakes. I do it on purpose now & smile. I'm sorry, Karen, I don't know what religion you are, and New Year's is also a holiday. Go cry & make a dramatic Facebook post about it.
Load More Replies...Through my work emails we're not allowed to use Merry Christmas and have to send ' Happy Holidays' even if the client sends us Christmas wishes, I'm getting sick of these woke people at work
Just because someone sends you Christmas wishes, doesn't mean they celebrate Christmas. It means they aren't such a snowflake that they insist on wishing you THEIR holiday instead of yours. Why can't you just give basic courtesy - I didn't realize that was a woke thing since I'm in my 60's & my mom was buying Happy Holidays cards since then, AND NOBODY HAD A MELTDOWN OVER IT. What a big baby. I can't believe people can whine about someone saying Happy Holidays when they don't know what religion you are but insist on saying Merry Christmas even when you know they don't celebrate Christmas. So sick of these fake Christians. WWJD? I mean, he was Jewish & celebrated Jewish holidays.
Load More Replies...I prefer to say "Happy Birthday to That Poor Fellow Executed at the Request of the Local Religious Leaders". Or just "Merry Barrabas" for short.
It wasn't his birthday though. According to the Bible he was likely born in Spring or Fall, but definitely not winter. I just say: Happy Yule, and may Wutan and Zisa bless your fields with the blood of the Christian outsiders!
Load More Replies...Question: if he took 2 of everything, did he take fish as well? And if so, why?
Because there are few species that could survive the salinity change during the flood. Also the oceans boiling from all the energy released.
Load More Replies...Except.....they put wheat flour as a thickener in mashed potatoes and a coating on fries. Those things shouldn't have gluten, but restaurants can't leave well enough alone.
Load More Replies...Finally, a kiddie menu that understands Toddler Dinner.
Load More Replies...Good general advice, kind of like be prepared to stop, it is an eventuality
I think someone stole the pond because there was no one to guard it.
Well, they say life is a river, and no one comes out the same person they went in.
If I have wine, a cat and a meal, what would I need a date for?
Load More Replies...Definitely refuse this because everyone knows humans go in the green plastic sacks. Duh.
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. --Dylan Thomas
I've seen trash cans somewhere that have "Refuse Please" written on them.
'Crabs for Christmas' is a holiday-themed novelty song from Baltimore. You can probably find it on YouTube.
All the slots are 30 minutes except the first one, which is only 26 minutes - why?
The enforcement agent is getting his coffee for the first four minutes.
Load More Replies...I wonder if this is to make people really pay attention to the school zone?
I'm thinking it's arrival and departure times for activities plus 2 levels of school--junior and senior high, or elementary and high, etc.
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