A restaurant in Texas is making its customers and the internet laugh out loud. El Arroyo is putting up hilarious and witty signs to draw attention and bring smiles to people’s faces, and we’ve collected some of the very best ones.
So scroll down, have a good laugh, and upvote your faves. Don’t forget to leave a comment telling us which sign you liked the best and why. When you’re done with this list, you can check out Bored Panda’s previous article about El Arroyo’s hilarious signs right here.
El Arroyo was opened back in 1975 in Austin and has become a local landmark ever since. The restaurant is incredibly proud of its black-lettered sign and it’s become somewhat of an icon in the state capital of Texas. The best part? You can even email them suggestions if you have any witty ideas for their sign: just send them a message at sign@elarroyo.com.
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Older Than Google
You and my (late) parents! Thanks for making me feel not quite so old, LOL.
Load More Replies...I can remember carphones that had cords running from the handset to the cradle. Come to think of it, I can remember TVs that were a tiny 5 inch screen set in a beautiful piece of furniture, that had doors that closed in front of the screen so n one would see it. We got a whole two channels.
I had one of those phones for work. It was in a small bag with the battery in the bottom. The antenna didn't work very well in some of my favorite places, so my activities were restricted a bit when I was on call. We had a brick phone too, and its antenna was worse than the bag phone.
Load More Replies...Oh. My. God. Why'd you have to go and point out the truth to me?! My lies to myself were working!
I told my niece (16 years old) recently when she was struggling with her homework that we didn't have computers, let alone google etc. her answer? I remember in history lessons that you used slates with chalk - that's what you did wasn't it? I'm 47!
Were you hanging out with Laura Ingalls @ recess?
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Fortunately by Then, I should be Old & Senile ENOUGH To NOT Be Able To Notice!
Sorry...this isn't even funny. Home Schooling is the only way to go these days if you want your kids to learn to be productive citizens with basic moral values. PS...I taught for 25 years back in the "old days" when History, Math, and things like that were actually taught and kids were taught to think, rather than being "brain washed."
A Great Personality
do you have a body? is it summer? congrats, you have a summer body!
I wear a bra when I go out, however during the pandemic, I wore one daily so that Allice & Ava (the girls) could social distance, 🤣but mostly I wear a bra so that I don't get arthritis in my knees 😂😂😂
El Arroyo jokes that since its name means “The Ditch,” it’d better have food that’s good. The restaurant acknowledges that they love goofing around and having a good time, but they take Tex Mex food seriously.
The restaurant’s online presence has grown by leaps and bounds over the years. El Arroyo currently has 236k followers on Instagram and it doesn’t look like the flow of new fans will be stopping anytime soon. The staff working there know just how popular their signs are, so they’ve even published three books about them.
Free The Nip
This is funny, but why do women wear bras? And why do people shame those who don’t wear them?
I wear them because when I don't have the support they flop around as I run around after children all day, and after a while that gets painful. Some well endowed women also experience back pain if they don't have breast support. Also, during that time of the month, they can get tender--when I was a teenager, mine would hurt just from walking up and down the stairs without a bra, and that was before they were even that big. As for why people shame women who don't wear them, some people just suck.
Load More Replies...If I went around bra-less, I'd get a black eye. Hell, two black eyes!
THIS. I'm good for humor and comedy for the rest of the day.
They are for when your breasts used to be the Twin Towers, but now are Ground Zero. Seriously we wear them for the same reason guys wear briefs. And jock straps. For Sport and Support. And to hide erections. Not because people hate us, but because they are pretty. Shames gonna shame. It’s their way of life.
I'm uncomfortable without one especially in hot humid weather. I've also seen some women who stopped wearing bras probably in the '70s whose breasts are as flat as empty sausage casings. I would like to avoid that. But wearing or not wearing is up to the individual. I would just suggest that those who are not comfortable have never had a proper fitting from a professional. I would also like to point out that, if you survey women's fashions throughout history, a lot of them have some kind of breast support built right in -- right up until the 1920's, when the flapper era started (guess what was flapping) and the brassiere was invented.
Their, There And They're
If u don't know the difference between "there" "their" and "they're" then come hear to me and I'll put your heir in a ponytale
I think I'll hare on down to the library to find a book about Peter Rabbit.
Load More Replies...I think that was part of the point they were making. Grammatically, It should have been “you’re an idiot”, (contraction of “you are”), not “your an idiot” (possessive). 😁
Load More Replies...As a card-carrying officer of the grammar police, I think this one's great!
The 'L' Is Silent
stealing this one. oh god, i need to sleep and frown for a few days now.
Really sorry you are having problems sleeping. I use guided meditation, because I can't concentrate do it alone. I never went to the end of it without falling asleep and is only 18 minutes. Thanks to that, I don't need to take sleep pills anymore. Try for 2 weeks before you decide if works for you or not. Lots of love.
Load More Replies...Same as MY GLASS~ THE G.L. IS SILENT?? OORRR IS IT, JUST THE L IS SILENT... BUT DEADLY! LOL YEEAAAH, SO HOOOW LONG YOU BEEN AAALLLL ALONE WITH ONLY 3 CATS?! FOR MEEE, 15 YEEEARS! YEAH, Makes Sense NOW, huh!😂
Hahahahahahahahahaha and here I thought I'd never ever get to call my stomach flat again....now I can and call it a typo when others question me
With the number of different signs that El Arroyo puts up, some of them are bound to make someone angry. That’s exactly what happened in 2005 when the restaurant put up a sign revealing a mega plot twist at the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (you know the one I’m talking about). There was some backlash, but eventually, people got over it.
According to Austin Monthly, the witty and sharp signs may have been the reason why somebody tried to burn down the restaurant way back in 1998. Wow, some people really can’t handle someone trying to be funny, can they?
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Impressive Car
seriously though, i would love this. just hope i wouldn't be roped into working on/ for a date.
This Will Pass
I guess it's just the fact that I rewatched frozen, but when it says "It might pass like a kidney stone", it reminds me of that one troll. I-passed-a...4952b.jpeg
Frozen is the best film ever and Elsa's life is a metaphor for autism.
Load More Replies...I get them every 3 months at this point, bad genes, and let me tell you, they do not pass easily.
@SarahBrinsfield and @ AndreaAnthony - my sister gets them too. She has had some hideous ones in the past. The doctors said they could do nothing, except give her painkillers. My brother (who is into alternative medicine) advised her to try Chanca Piedra Capsules and she now swears by them. She says she can tell when a kidney stone is forming, and takes these and everything is fine. (It doesn't stop them from forming, but apparently "crushes" the kidney stones). They can be purchased via this website: https://herbosophy.com.au/chanca-piedra/ (We are not affiliates, but if something works, more than happy to pass it on). Hope it helps you as it has helped her.
Load More Replies...sent this one to my dad who is prone to kidney stones. good thing he has a great sense of humor lol
Running A Marathon
I idolize people who do athletic things for a living. I can't even walk to my kitchen without complaining about walking.
Load More Replies...nvm, i lied i can't stop reading these signs. worth 26 hrs without sleep
"Who" with an "M" upside down and "Marathons" with a "W" cosplays the "M" 😁
Humidititties
Mountain high, valley deep, river runs trough the middle
Load More Replies...Lmao I've NEVER loved a Mexican restaurant or Texas more than I do right now. That love only grows the more I read each of their signs
The Importance Of Commas
Commas actually saves lives! "Eat, my child, please!" OR: "EAT MY CHILD, PLEASE!"
Better with commas than without: I helped my uncle, Jack, off a horse.
It's Ok To Fall Apart
THIS is THE most memorable sign❗️Show unconditional LOVE to those around you-even when you are 6’ apart😷
Quarantine Buddies
My ex now lives alone, but I wish we could spend quarantine together, she's so fun, ended in good terms. Just because things didn"t work out you have to be bitter on someone.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha *takes a breath* hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha God some poor soul probably is. That poor person.
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That was a joke by the way...like, I don't get it because it's an inside joke....lol?
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Social Distancing
So good not having to come up with excuses to don't meet people.
When this is all over, there are still some of you that I don't want anywhere near me.
That's me. Give me some good books and you won't see me anyway.
It's so close to my former life, I'm not getting a car insurance rebate because my mileage hasn't decreased.
Where Do Tacos Live?
The mustachioed hot-scented Mexican taco dog is the only breed that can sniff their burrows out and they are as hard to get a hold of as combover would-be tyrants who don't tell lies.
Queer Eye
Because of your username it looks like the last heart floated up
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I think everyone who has ever met me has a therapist that knows about me lol
I was going to say pfff of course not, when all of a sudden I realized that at least one did...
Although when my ex and I went to counseling, the therapist was more interested in trying to cure my ex!
Just Let Them Nap
If you value your life do not wake me from a nap... unless there's an emergency.
The Consequences
Santa And Essential Oils
Not believing in Santa is also okay though. I was never lied to about Santa's existence and preferred it that way, as I was a sensitive child and would have gotten my heart broken when I would have found out he wasn't real.
Reminds me of the story they had where that dude believed clay could take the vaccine out of the kid, so the kid got vaccinated and the father just believed by putting clay on the kids arm he took the vaccine out.
Does no one know that "Santa" is real? Saint Nicholas was a real person you can teach your kids about and it's not lying.
Yes he WAS real but he's been pretty dead for centuries so he certainly doesn't fly around on a reindeer sleigh and brings you presents every year.
Load More Replies...I knew Santa wasn't real when I was a young kid, my friend Bigfoot told me that Santa was an ancient myth and that my parents were actually the Tooth Fairies...I was devastated...
My wife told our son when he was 12. There is nothing wrong with believing in fairy tales as long as possible and he would have found out on his own eventually...like when I caught my parents putting the toys together. I didn't forgive her for a long time. Maybe I still haven't.
And we Catholic kids believe in the Three Magi as well! Woah!
Happiness In Real Life
Life is pain. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.
Load More Replies...Make sure you're happy in real life, not just on your face. Don't smile if you're not happy, you shouldn't have to pretend to be ok if you're not.
Yes but then we'd never have a decent picture of people
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Broke Best Friend
Mom said "do I look like I'm made of money?" and I said "isn't that what MOM stands for... Made Of Money? I got my a*s kicked.
Or a drunk who staggers around with a bottle, bumping into things, crying and peeling their pants....
Fruit Puns
yeah! leaf that guy! and if he wants to fight about it, just say, "you wanna pizza this?"
That joke has a certain appeal. Orange you glad I didn't say banana?
Pet A Dog
This is literally me right now because I go on walks everyday and there's always an adorable pooch I can't pet
Of course they just have to have a doggo there for everyone to pet...and I think pupper is just LUVIN all the attention and pets! He looks exceedingly happy-goofy to see you, please straighten out his left ear if you don't mind... the last person forgot to reset him to default settings
Please explain why one can't pet dogs anymore? They don't transmit the Covid 19!
they don't that and someone infected might give it to the dog. Or at least put the virus on them and when the owner pets or hugs the dog they catch it. Think about it...
Load More Replies...Age Difference
Dame Judi Dench is on Tik Tok and she is 85, so that is not a given!
I'd never heard of Tik Tok til a couple of weeks ago... not big on social media stuff.
Laughing Stock
How far through these did you get before you realised that they were all dad jokes?
The Older I Get
The longer the lockdown lasts - the later in the day it becomes morning.
I had to get my vehicle inspected today and got to the shop around 12:30. The lady behind the desk said Good monring.
Load More Replies...The older I get, the harder it is to do the math on comments like this ...
I wouldn't mind morning so much if it came a little later in the day!
(Snort...) When you live on 3rd shift, if it's late, it's literally early!
Dear shitpanda: If you don't like things. That's OK. But to dislike all and add insults for no reason, that's not OK. AND. When almost all people like the signs and it's only you who dislike like that, believe me, IT'S YOU. (cultural notation re: ending relationships. People know.). 25Apr20.
A Reason For Everything
Yep, even though the "everything happens for a reason"-phrase is one of the crappiest there is, always told by uncaring people to people who suffer. No guys, there is no reason, but things happen regardless. Peace to mankind and clean hands!
THANK YOU, I despise how that phrase is used as a knee-jerk, thoughtless panacea. The sign’s still funny, though
Load More Replies...Now imagine someone telling you that in a funeral of a person you most love in this planet. Yes, it happened to me.
Well, it did happen for a reason. Someone in China ate a bat with coronavirus and caused the virus to mutate and become a human thing. But not everything happens for a reason.
I've never bought into that. I don't believe it. Then why do kids get cancer? No reason for that.
If you understand what cancer is, then yes there is a reason. Does it suck? Obviously. Maybe continue funding the search for cures instead of shutting down all that funding... thanks Trump!
Load More Replies...One of the most idiotic phrases that ever existed. No, it doesn't. Just like pain and suffering is not a "test of faith" or a punishment.
Rocks And Places
That remark will put you on the map, but it still takes stones to say it.
Social Media Influencer
Except it's not a kind of influenza. Still a funny joke though. :-)
Load More Replies...At least not any more. You will have a lot of fixing up to do when this is all over.
The Football Game
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Big Sleep "Looking For A Girl With A Washing Machine" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAZtA87g1Vc
Janis Joplin 'Mercedes Benz' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qev-i9-VKlY
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Probably coz even the human is locked indoors all day now..
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I went to buy food the other day (at a store that sells different things) and saw this cute pyjama and bought it. My boyfriend asked me why since I have a lot of them, I told him I needed new clothes for work.
It's a sad day for me when I have to put on a bra and get dressed to go to the store. I never look forward to it.
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I'm an April Fool, why didn't I think of that ? ( I just answered my own question!)...
With Trump every day it's fool's day. Today Donald Jenius Trump MD invented the cure for Corona: a vaccination with UV-light and bleach.
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ya'll, it's the phone number to their restaurant. I called it and then searched it up. Screenshot...a6f19d.png
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Sadly many people will not be able to carpe any diem after this 😥 So I suggest you start today ❤
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Two years from now it will take a lot of Googling to understand the joke!
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Shadow?...Puddle??? Wonder which is more likely on a sunny day?
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Light afternoon entertainment, alcohol or running for 5 kilometres.
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alas l arrived to late to up-vote these guys..I'm up-voting you mentally..
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A big thank you to the great guys at El Arroyo! If I find myself in Austin, Texas, I will eat at your place.
@sh*tpanda you are boring and dull and don't need to troll people every day!
I was about to downvote you but then I read the comment at the bottom, you tell them mate.
Load More Replies...Thank you El Arroyo! I needed a big laugh. Also, if I’m ever in Austin, Texas OR EVEN NEAR THERE, I’ll make it a point to enjoy eating at your restaurant. THANK YOU❗️
A big thank you to the great guys at El Arroyo! If I find myself in Austin, Texas, I will eat at your place.
@sh*tpanda you are boring and dull and don't need to troll people every day!
I was about to downvote you but then I read the comment at the bottom, you tell them mate.
Load More Replies...Thank you El Arroyo! I needed a big laugh. Also, if I’m ever in Austin, Texas OR EVEN NEAR THERE, I’ll make it a point to enjoy eating at your restaurant. THANK YOU❗️
