This Restaurant’s Signs Are So Funny, You’d Probably Go Back Just To Read Them (50 New Pics)
Humor has the power to change people’s lives for the better—and also get a bunch of new customers interested in what you have to offer! There’s hardly a restaurant that’s more known for its love of comedy than the El Arroyo, in Austin, Texas.
It’s a Tex-Mex place that’s been winning the humorous sign game since forever ago. And we couldn’t wait to share their freshest and tastiest signs again with you. Upvote the pics you enjoyed the most as you’re scrolling down, and let us know in the comments which of these quips made you laugh harder than you should’ve. Are you a native Texan? We’d love to hear your thoughts about the now-legendary El Arroyo marquee sign, as well as the restaurant itself.
And for dessert, dear Pandas, you might want to consider having a few servings of Bored Panda’s recent features about the restaurant. You’ll find them here, here, and here. The lists are all delicious and might put you in the mood for Tex-Mex for lunch.
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I've had a necklace in a safe place for nearly 2 years; I'm sure eventually I'll locate it
Couldn't find my wedding ring eventually found it in my underwear drawer.
Ah, right next to my Fitbit which annoys me flashing in the night
Load More Replies...It seems every time I drop something in my craft room, it drops off the earth never to be seen. I just dropped the top to my bottle of water and the damn thing is GONE!
Is Bored Panda truly incapable of catching this bot that uses the same profile pic every time...
Load More Replies...Sirius XM baby! NO commercials EVER! And all the 90s music I want. Win win lol
And when they say "You're listening to CBC radio" ... how do they know???
I have often wondered this! Luckily it is only my backup radio stations that do this :)
This should be on bumper stickers or those home living signs in place of Live, Laugh, Love.
I feel the bad people get more penis rockets by not considering the good people
I try but it's difficult. I want to give them a taste of their own medicine!
The El Arroyo has been serving up Tex-Mex “with a side of laughs” on their famous marquee sign since 1975. The Austin phenomenon has grown into a global phenomenon. People from all around the world tune into the restaurant’s social media feeds for the latest quips and witty remarks.
The brilliant thing is, you can be a part of that. You can send the restaurant your suggestions for their next sign, whether you’re an actual customer or an internet user who’s got a wicked awesome sense of humor.
Well yes, but finding something delicious and chocolatey is so much more rewarding than finding your other sock.
No…no they can’t. (Refers to 12 adults all around the child saying “look! Look! Just there! There! No - that way! There! THERE!!!)
"You're getting warmer... warmer... no, now you're getting cold again!"
Load More Replies...Not only find them, but ensure their fertility by doing so. Easter eggs should be hollow and contain brightly colored condoms.
And why do you want to give little kids condoms? Do we need to be concerned about your plans with them?
Load More Replies...Or as Mitch Headberg put it "I have a shirt that is dry clean only. Which means it is dirty"
Most "dry clean only" garments can be washed carefully. The label is to prevent the garment being thrown into the washing machine on the longest wash, in the hottest water. then spun into an unrecogniseable condition.
most of dry clean only things can be washed, they either give off colour like anything in the beginning or they shrink in the drying machine. If they don't survive, too bad, everything will be washed here, very delicate things go line drying.
Load More Replies...Dry clean only is pure a**e covering. What it means is, wear a few times, carefully hand wash and line dry, then give up and wool wash in the machine
Possessions may choose one of three options: the washer/dryer, the dishwasher, or the trash.
I don't have a baby (not sure of I will), but I know the names I'm not picking.
Went through this with my Wife. Amazing how many people you remember from high school that you hate.
My husband randomly named our dog Bruce and it just fits. No offense to any human Bruce because I’m sure you’re lovely like my boy but I think it’s the PERFECT human name for a dog lol
Load More Replies...Part of my past career involved coming up with company and product names. I hated it. It was like trying to name someone else's child. We'd offer up hundreds of names until they finally liked one. Never mind what their potential customers thought of the names. It was all about pleasing whomever had decision making power in the company.
Given the names many people give their offspring, we apparently don't know how much we hate babies until we have one.
Yeah... Because of this my parents almost named my sister Walmartina (pronounced "Walmart" minus the T +Tina)
Even if you’re not a fan of Tex-Mex cuisine, you’ll probably enjoy the restaurant’s consistent hilarity as the main course. They’ve got their finger on the pulse of comedy, and we love it.
One thing’s for sure: the next time we’re in Texas, we’re going to drop by and see the sign in person. We hope it’s as big as we think!
Why is it that sites that require you to be 18+ have those scroll things starting at 2022?
I'm at the age where, to put in the year I was born, I gotta make that sucker spin like I'm on The Wheel of Fortune.
I will admit having to scroll down for my age on those selection bars does make me feel old even though I’m not yet 40! Then again I don’t believe one is old until he or she turns 100, anyway. At that point it’s all about how one feels, in my opinion!
My brother's computer freezes mid-way every time he attempts this.
Really? I've never felt more alone than I do right now. I have no one and I do hope this is true.
No reason to feel alone. You have a lot of Bored Pandas rooting for you right now. There is nothing wrong with being alone. It is better than being with people who only want to use you their own gratification. I've heard a saying that might help: Helping another person with a problem they have will help you feel better. Sometimes we get stuck in our own thoughts and feel like we're on a treadmill going nowhere. That just shows your a normal human. I'm sure there are people on this site that are willing to let you know you are not alone. I'm one of them.
Load More Replies...My Dad found his new love 7 years ago on the cemetery where both had buried their former spouses. They are 90 and 91 years old now and happy as can be, sometimes holding hands and giggling like teenagers!
If they could spell this out at the beginning of the fireworks show in fireworks that would be great.
Actually, there is a YouTube video about fireworks that I have rewatched many times: "How to survive Dutch fireworks".
Ha ha I moved from NL to Canada 5 years ago & my friends back home still send me videos of NYE fireworks cause it’s not that much of a thing here. Though I have to admit I don’t miss it -at all-.
Load More Replies...Or concerts! Snap a few pics, enjoy the c**p out of the performance, then find professional footage later or just love the memories.
A while back, we spoke about comedy, brevity, and shortening attention spans with British comedy writer Ariane Sherine. As it turns out, the fact that the El Arroyo has a very limited amount of space for its quips can actually work out to its advantage.
“There's a saying: 'Brevity is the soul of wit'. Often, keeping things short and snappy is the key to making them funny. Even more so these days, as people have short attention spans and there's so much content competing for their attention,” the comedian told Bored Panda earlier.
This is so true, you ask for dinner next thing you know there mad at you for bad grades and then your paying 50$ for every c+ you ha e (true story)
that is not truee. but i'm to hungry to argue with you about it hmph
I once had a breakdown over building a dog cot bc I was hangry
Correct me if I’m wrong but as a rule running errands means leaving the house…ergo it’s totally going out! —me rationalizing my choices as my youth flashes before my eyes….
Omg my youngest when younger had a talent! Sneeze -fart, cough -fart, laugh-fart😆😆😆
Just a friendly question, can you imagine diarea and sneezing together ? Can you even try to imagine it ?? 😂😬
After my infant daughter did that, my Dad commented to her, "You lose vacuum that way, kid." He was an engineer...
My Dad told my infant daughter, after she did just that, "You lose vacuum that way, kid." He was an engineer...
That doesn’t mean that all short and to-the-point jokes will land. The format alone won’t guarantee that your audience will laugh until they’re crying (or rolling on the floor). There’s a balance to be found between brevity and being informative.
“It's great to be concise, but when making a short joke or one-liner, ensure you've included all the information necessary. There's no point in making your quip short if it doesn't contain enough info for the joke to work!” Ariane shared.
I didn't read the "not" and was about to correct you :(
Load More Replies...Hyphenated has no hyphen, whereas non-hyphenated has a hyphen. Hyphen means to have a hyphen, whereas non-hyphenated means that it doesn't.
Load More Replies...There is no irony, only style guides which state that unit modifiers should be hyphenated. Hence, you may have hearing-impaired services which comprise services for the hearing impaired and be perfectly correct on both counts.
No it was not me that ripped the reseal lable off the package of oreos I have no clue what you are talking about 😌
That's what paper clips were made for. (Holding sheets of paper together? Nah!)
Because some breads (the good dense, moist ones) take longer to toast.
No, but I also don't expect you to eat over cooked, crispy, burt, black, ashy toast
Load More Replies...Because of German vollkorn sourdough rye bread. It never gets enough toastating
“Also, it's all the more important to make sure you don't stumble over your words when delivering the quip, as there are fewer of them,” she said that clarity is an important element in comedy.
“Some comics love telling long rambling stories, and others tell snappy one-liners. I personally like one-liners but I find that watching a comic come out with 20 minutes of them can get a bit wearing. Each to their own!” she noted that different people enjoy different forms of comedy. So if someone’s not a fan of the particular brand you’re delivering, it’s not the end of the world. It’s impossible to please everyone, after all.
This reference probably went over the head of anyone that has not watched back to the fueature (sorry I’m spelling tired) we’re they make a Delorian into a Time Machine. (Edit: a Delorian is a car from the 80’s) (edit: I am not that old to have watched it I just like old stuff I’m a teen)
Dude... those movies are the entire reason anyone knows about Deloreans.
Load More Replies...The DeLorean Motor Company is based in the same US state as this restaurant. That may not be interesting to anybody else, but I thought it was kind of cool.
EV Deloreans will be on the road soon. They just broke ground on a new Delorean factory in San Antonio!
I was so slap happy the other night. I was cracking up at nothing in particular and my sister was so done with my a*s.
And yet, you still don't understand them, even though they are just like you
And worse yet, when you understand them and they are just like you, it scares the britches off you.
Load More Replies...I'm adopted and am definitely the "second-class" child (my sister is parents' biological child). I was abused so often by my mother in childhood (physically, verbally, mentally, and emotionally, and was often threatened with knives and guns) that she DEFINITELY "disciplined" the "her" out of me XD I chose to be nothing like her. My sister, who was never disciplined/beaten/etc., is EXACTLY LIKE our mother.
Oh no, so awful. Hope you have a better life now!
Load More Replies...My sister: 'Why are my kids so selfish and entitled?" Me: "Because they're just like you."
So true only when I was a kid your mam could smack you up the side of the head for being a smart a*s...... you knew when to tow the line and shut up
and that is the why for the don't understand them. they ARE just like you
Some time ago, my colleague spoke to Laura Schulte, the brand partnerships and social media manager at the El Arroyo restaurant. Laura told Bored Panda that the sign was “first put out by the street in front of the restaurant by our original owner over 25 years ago to promote restaurant specials and write funny quotes.”
According to her, the staff picks out what to put up on the sign by looking at what makes them all laugh and what makes sense to draw attention to, regarding current events in the US and the world.
Well they were only half awake when they wrote the sign...
Load More Replies...I did this just this now, since my neighbor MUST go outside to scoot things around on his patio for 30 seconds MOST DAYS AT 630 AM
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those that can't
There are ten types of people in this world: those who understand binary, and those who don't
Load More Replies...dont knock it till you try it... algae aint that bad
Load More Replies...As a not native speaker, had to google booty call. This site is very helpful for us not natives to learn new stuff :D
We usually call it pocket dialing in Australia, which sounds like it is a good thing :)
Hahaha just told my son this story two days ago. When he was 7 or 8, he was walking through the living room and someone on the tv said something about a booty call. He asked "Is that like a butt dial?" I said "Yes. Yes it is. It's exactly like a butt dial!" Lol
I just visited Texas for July 4th (from Canada) to visit my grandparents and we had to postpone setting our fireworks off until the next day bc we were scared we'd either get hit by someone's firework or we'd trip over someone else's firework while trying to get away from our bc the area was so crowded
Ahhh good times. Last year was the first year in my 32 years we didn't have a mortar round go off on us...
Laura, from the El Arroyo team, said that the most popular signs are the most that are “relatable and funny to large groups of people.” She added: “We've seen a lot of success with our signs about past elections, and current events such as commentary on the pandemic.” A sign has to be genuinely funny to do well. It also doesn’t hurt if a celebrity shares it on social media!
I think when I've spent it all till it's gone, that's when I'll know to stop
The part where you assume that you are a singular entity in charge of its own actions, rather than a community of idiot savants who hate each other.
I, and all of my friends, and all of their friends, and… The aphorism "Never complain; never explain" was created to solve this exhausting problem.
This is my husband 😂😂😂 I have to warn him when I put him on speakerphone bc the c**p that comes out of his mouth is not safe for baby ears 😂😂😂
Me too, and rhe numbers always turned out to be owned by some scamming operation.
Load More Replies...When I call people for work reasons - I never start by asking for so-and-so - I always announce who I am and where I’m calling from first. I train new employees to do this too.
Also - after I announce myself, I ask to speak to Mr. or Ms., never using first names, especially if the person is over ~40.
Load More Replies...I do this all the time because I’ve gotten so many spam calls lately that I just cannot trust that I won’t pick up the scam call by mistake! If the person leaves a voice message or sends me a text message, I will most likely consider the call legitimate. Otherwise, I will not be picking up the call or responding to it later.
If someone is calling me and the number doesn't have a contact name I'm not answering it
Sometimes I give someone from school my number, so I answer if I had done that recently
Load More Replies...I just send them to voice mail, most of the ones I do recognize too... Not the wife though, I'd get in trouble for that.
Recently, Bored Panda spoke about ads, fonts, and the fluency effect with Matt Johnson, Ph.D. He’s a professor of consumer psychology at Hult International Business School and Harvard University, as well as the author of 'Branding that Means Business.’
Professor Johnson explained to us that it’s contrast that really grabs our attention due to how our brains are wired to notice differences in our environments. What this means is that, essentially, the context in which an ad (or in this case, a sign) is placed really matters. If you want to get noticed, you have to stand out from your competitors.
I was trying to find out what nonchalant means and there is a whole page on WikiHow on how to be one https://www.wikihow.com/Be-Nonchalant
I'm surprisingly good at advice for someone who doesn't have their shít together
"Sh*tload" is the unit of measurement just above "hellavalot."
"If the content can’t grab attention and stop the consumer in their tracks, they won’t have the opportunity to appreciate the ad’s quality. This is especially true in the digital environment, where the first job of any piece of content is to stop the thumb. Only after this first step can the quality of the content shine through,” the consumer psychology expert said.
According to the professor, people also find text and faces appealing. "These are special visual stimuli because they drive the brain’s automatic processing. You can’t look at a face without automatically processing its emotion, and you can’t look at a string of words without automatically processing their meaning. Because of this automaticity, these naturally drive attention and are often processed quickly within a visual scene," he said.
And resentment exactly proportionate to the accuracy of their observations.
Yes... My child after begging her not to (hadn't been feeling well) while in a convenient store!!!!! Good way to start the day😐
And to quote a movie I saw, "there are two kind of bets my friend, big ones and little ones. Little is not as risky, but you get more out of a big one!"lol
You lose that bet one time and will forever question every fart after that.
Has anyone been drunk enough to speak like how a doctor writes ?
*hick* *giggle* "Sofffff.... softhgght..... ugh fancy shmancy" *hick*
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu7EGK9PlvQm_4rGIOIknBwhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu7EGK9PlvQm_4rGIOIknBw
Johnson said that when the words are written in a font that’s legible enough, our brains access their meaning first. “Sometimes even before simple features like color,” he said. So a good (i.e. legible) font means you can get your message across as intended, as per the fluency effect.
I recently used a piece of sharp white cheddar to scoop some pimento cheese right out of the tub. Cheese on cheese. ;)
"Said no taste buds ever". Lactose intolerance, on the other hand...
I have said it. Some pizza is overloaded with cheese and it's disgusting.
Give me a slice of pizza lasagna mostaccioli anything and it better be dripping with cheese
Yes, feels like it's all kicking off again!
Load More Replies...I had no idea! He was so good in everything I've seen. Identity, Goodfellas, Blow and especially Unlawful Entry. Vale Ray
If that were the case, the appliance industry would crash overnight along with every other human endeavor.
That reminds me of the radio ads for Guitar Center. "It's our once a year sale!!!" (That we have every single month)
I will take cute pics of animals any day, especially baby animals, instead!
I have a picture of a very small bunny curled up into a ball if anyone wants to see it. I'm not going to share it if no one wants to see it, though
The two worst days for fur babies!! So many go missing on the two days and weeks around them!
Load More Replies...Ugh. My one dog thinks fireworks are intruders and wants to go bark at them outside. My other dog isn't bothered by the fireworks but hates how crazy his brother barks so goes to another room away from him. As soon as young one hears a firework, he looks at his brother and then at me and either comes closer to me so old boy doesn't bark in his face or just leaves the room
Yup. My sister’s doesn’t mind it much since she’s able to sleep through fireworks, but my baby is absolutely terrified of fireworks. Let’s just say I’ll be awake into July 5th when my neighbors start blasting fireworks.
We actually had a cocker spaniel that loved to watch the fireworks, but from inside the house.
When someone points out a mistake I've made: "Well, you can just add that to the list of all the other things I've done wrong today."
Nobody can even be bothered to panic buy anymore, even though there's big hortages. Now it's just, 'oh look, no eggs, or toilet paper, or lettuce, or chick peas. Meh, there's still chocolate.'
The skills I learned raising 5 (close in age) boys were very useful as a bartender.
Or, did he order everyone around. Spelling, like punctuation, is important!😊
"You are all individuals!". "I'm not!" (Life of Brian 1979)
Load More Replies...Anybody pick up a picket and start yelling, 'Workers, united! We'll never be divided!'
And so you see why those "they" we keep being warned about are so deeply invested in dividing us.
Because you look in the mirror and see your hair is all over and your mascara is down your cheeks and your tongue is blue from those funny but potent cocktails and you say out loud: "you're a fkn goddess"
Suddenly you have to have hand-eye coordination, while also standing still. For guys at least.
Backing up and sitting down can be a challenge for us ladies too...
Load More Replies...So true! When I'm drinking, for some reason I never take my phone to a bathroom and then I just sit and stare at a wall and realize my level of drunkness😂
When people ask why my dog doesn't eat kibble, I ask them if they'd like to eat cookies for the rest of their lives. Sure, it sounds nice at the start, but then it's years and years of only dry same-tasting cookies EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. TWICE. (My dog eats wet canned or fresh food)
The same dry tasting cookies for the rest of my life? That is pretty much how I live my life now.
Load More Replies...And resistance bands, and socks, and things that aren't food
Humans make a billion dollar industry out of swilling fizzing poison with negative nutritional value, so Fido and Puff say STFU you mewling hypocrites.
We give our cats wet and dry food instead of one or the other
Dogs are individuals with individual needs, just like people. If your dog doesn't chew nylabones or anything to "brush" its teeth regularily, then a dry diet is the best way to ensure they have cleaner teeth. If you provide fresh water it's not a problem.
My cat always had dry food available, but gets wet food twice a day. No one wants to only eat crunchy food all the time.
You can’t be a single AND a b-side. Or i suppose maybe you could be on a single album, those are things right? Right??
Load More Replies...And for our UK friends, this is a basket of tortilla chips, not golden fried skinny slices of potato chips!
Stop settling for dimes and nickels when u know u deserve a penis rocket
The supermarkets in Australia do do docket deals, though I've never used them until now
Make some nice Irish coffee. Try it with some bourbon cream, that's seriously tasty!
Load More Replies...Give me a seven-layer chip dip any day- The solution for somebody who isn’t picky and loves them all!
2022's retrograde dates being: 13 January to 3 February 3, 10 May to 2 June, and 9 September to 1 October.
Yes and no. I would LOVE to sting someone I don't like but don't want to die lol
Load More Replies...What is your body if you are an athiest? Probably a Starbucks, I guess
Our bodies are atheist temples which apparently exist according to my grandmother 🤷🤷🤷
Load More Replies...My body may very well be a temple, but I admit I have to clean out some junk every once in a while! Staying healthy can be harder as you get older.
For six months I have complained how friggin cold it is (here in Seattle) so I have forfeited my right to now complain about the heat.
And when we're done with that, we can complain we've run out of things to complain about
Little Miss is guilty of this more than she cares to admit she is! She has no shame, however, as the indulgence is rare.
Little Miss was always my nickname growing up! And this sign is me too!
Whoever writes these is amazing...clever and very insightful... Brillant!!
Whoever writes these is amazing...clever and very insightful... Brillant!!
