50 Times Signs Were So Funny, People Had To Share Them In This Facebook Group
Interview With OwnerBefore we dive into the crux of it all, can we just stop for a moment and appreciate the fact that appreciation societies—whether fun or real ones—exist and are a positive thing in general? Keep it up!
With that said, we present to you an admiration society for a curiosity of a concept that we’ve already discussed numerous times, but can’t get enough of—and that is signs. The Sign Appreciation Society collects and shares all manner of signage for the internet to enjoy.
Scroll on to see the best of the best signs appreciated in the group as well as our chat with the society's founder.
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So true, we'd hear music and not see it. The very first moment MTV aired the song by the Buggles was played, "Video Killed the Radio Star." It was a brilliant move and sad at the same time.
I always am wary of adorable, hugable dogs because I'd be in front of that gate for a solid hour.
So, the Sign Appreciation Society is a public group found on Facebook that, just like the name suggests, is all about appreciating signs in a collective manner.
The group isn’t even a year old and already it has a bit over 200,000 members—actually surpassed this threshold in the last week—who bring in around 50 new posts a day with 2,000 just in the last month.
Another sign in Tenby Wales. They got a good sense of humour.
Joe has now seen this while riding on Worker's Compensation Benefits.
Oddly specific on some things...
"No three racoons in a trench coat trying to trick me." Love it. 🦝
Bored Panda reached out to the founder of the Facebook group to learn more about the society, the signs, and everything in between.
“The group is for the appreciation of signs. Seeing them in another way,” elaborated the founder. “Some signs are inherently intended to be amusing, such as, Warning: Do not enter unless you can cross this field in 9 seconds. The bull can do it in 10.”
They continued: “Others are humorous because they are unintentionally funny, be they misspelt, located in a peculiar place, ironic, mind-boggling, the image is confusing or can be seen in another light.”
"Others are just signs that people get a chuckle out of by not taking it literally or seriously, such as the warning notice on Ramganga River, posted by Peter Waanders, it had a 1.2m reach (2.9k shares, 380 comments, and 14k likes), the sign was simply about not swimming in a river with crocodiles but members found humor in it by thinking and looking at it from another perspective.”
For a moment I thought their name was meh instead of mela... would've worked for them with the sign. Lol
I'm in Australia and we have big ones - whenever there is a Huntsman or a big whitetail, I scream, try to run away to find the nearest human and promptly pass out at their feet!
The founder went on to say that humor is a key part of the group–it is in its ethos to find a little fun, happiness, and laughter in that, which is often considered mundane, everyday, or purely simple.
The group’s biggest hit was a coffee shop sign that invited people inside because, outside, there were raptors. The reach on that one was 7.6M with 226,000 likes.
The gays are exempt. (Don't worry about it. They’ll be fine on their own.)
“The group membership is diverse and global, yet, on the whole, everyone gets along making quips, fun comments or tongue in cheek remarks,” elaborated the founder of the Sign Appreciation Society. “It makes for an interesting mix of view points. We have signs from all over the world, which is fab.”
I always love when I am walking my dogs and they yell on your right. Dude dogs have no clue what the right is.
"IF They're THAT STUPID, Let'em Keep Posting"!!!! It's a WIN-WIN for mankind.
A common theme we see with groups like this is that the Sign Appreciation Society too doesn’t allow for political or religious discourse–oftentimes, that gives a reason for obnoxious people to ruin everyone’s fun. And that’s what the group is all about, really: lighthearted sharing of the enjoyment of signs.
“Although SAS is not a comedy group, it is for fun, but not all signs need to be funny, we have historical and interesting signs and signs that some people appreciate for the sign in itself,” noted the founder.
My kids goldfish died and I didn't have the heart to tell them
“We can't predict which sign will light up the members’ imagination. What has been a nice part of the group, to see as admin, is when members recognize the sign from their street, neighborhood or indeed took the picture that has been floating around the Internet for years and they can finally be reunited and 'claim' it back.”
All the more reason to join the group and appreciate some signs.
I don't know about you, but I hate bones in my bananas and always make sure to buy the boneless ones
NO. THEY DO NOT
Reassuring to all arachnophobics I'm sure...
If you’ve come this far, then you’re probably craving more sign appreciation so do check out the Sign Appreciation Society on Facebook, or check out more from Bored Panda on the topic of signs.
And if not, hey, the comment section is always there for your takes, stories and whatever else you feel like sharing! Keep it within the realm of signs, though.
I want to meet the guy on the bottom right, but only when he is fully clothed and sober.
As far as I know, we don’t have these in Canada.
That’s actually a pretty good price. Jonathan Swift would be so proud.
interesting. in the thumbnail for the article, "honest" was replaced with "white"...
Yes, I caught that too. The "white" was clearly pasted over top, so I'd love to know who actually thought that was funny
Load More Replies...Yo, BP, which one of your staff is responsible for this ugly, disgusting, racist sh!t? racistthum...04-png.jpg
There was one yesterday too, which was ranting about a "black-owned" business. It was changed several times when people commented that it doesn't matter whether a business is black-owned or not.
Load More Replies...RACISM ALERT: Here it says "honest people" the photo displayed on the start page says "white people". WHAAAAAT? I got a screenshot, don't know how to Insert IT Here though.
Upload the screenshot to https://postimages.org/ then paste the URL for the uploaded image here.
Load More Replies...As someone with a disability I'm very happy with self-checkouts. No more harassment from other customers who think they know more about my disability than I do. Ever had someone snatch your bags out of your hands without asking? Yeah, it's really rude towards people with a disability too. And just try to get your bags back, people get really offended if you stop them from doing their good deed of the day. ▪️▪️▪️At the self-checkout I just get stares that it's "just not right" that someone with a disability goes around unassisted. Well, at least stares don't crush my groceries, tear my bags or hurt my wrist.
The one downvoting this has never been at the receiving end of forced "help". You don't touch people, their mobility aids, or their bags without asking. "I meant well" isn't a wildcard. If it's rude or completely inappropriate towards someone without a disability, it's the same to someone WITH a disability.▪️▪️▪️ People with a disability aren't there to be your charity case of the day. There are plenty of things that we can do unassisted. Help only when asked, and never force yourself upon someone. Stop when asked to stop, and learn that you've gone too far. ▪️▪️▪️ We deal with our disability 24/7, and we know exactly what we can and can't do on our own. Do not overrule someone. My lame leg didn't give me a lame mind. Yes is yes, no is no.
Load More Replies...Whoever replaced “honest” with “white “ in the thumbnail, I wish I had caught that so that I didn’t have to read this article and find out the hard way. BP, that you seem to be OK with reflecting a view that one’s ethnicity and/or skin color define whether that person is honest is disgusting. There’s only one race: human. Humans can be either good or evil regardless of their skin colors and ethnicities. Consider that some of us are more than one ethnicity, too. Does that make any of us less human or less than honest somehow? What a shame that at least one person on your staff holds that kind of hate in his or her heart! As others have said here, do better! Addend: I also just emailed the folks at BP expressing my disappointment and disgust. Hopefully, they do better; I suspect they’re going to lose more than a few pandas and rightly so if they continue to go against their claims that they welcome a diverse user base!
Hear, hear! I left 9gag because of this sh*t, and I didn't expect to find that here.
Load More Replies...Great proof how racist and toxic BP is. In the preview click thru image it says "white people" not "honest people".
As an honest person, I get more annoyed every day by all the BS I have to put up with because so many dishonest people ruin it for everyone. Yesterday at Target I discovered that you now have to ask for "employee assistance" to buy SHAMPOO, because they've locked it up. Which means I'll be buying mine from somewhere else, at least as long as any stores remain that haven't gone this far yet.
It's not dishonest people causing these problems...those people probably don't WANT to steal. Have you not noticed the 15%+ inflation rate by the worlds richest people? The costs of goods went up 3% for them so corporations chose to make even more profit and raise their prices by 500% the inflation rate. And inflation has shrunk but prices have not. The worlds richest are taking from us more and more and more. If Target, or any other business, chooses to greedily take and take, what else is the average minimum wage worker to do? Go to work unwashed so you can complain about that too?! It's not the common man's problem theft is so high, it's the rich people being greedy. Steal everything that isn't nailed down cuz they sure as hèll are already doing their best to do it to you.
Load More Replies...Oh good....I saw the thumbnail with "white" people too and was like, "Okay! Wow! BP is overly suppporting racism. Time to never look at this site again."
"Overly"? So what would be just the right amount of support for racism?
Load More Replies...Self check out - company wants to save money by having the consumer do the job of the check out clerk, company gets exactly what they paid for.
Our local Walmart only has one self service lane open and they watch you like a hawk.
Dollar General, not really a dollar store, I buy my groceries there.
Load More Replies...Corporations jacked up prices and downsized cashiers. A minority of people will shoplift, but most of us go on in hopes that a well-functioning, equitable society will prevail. And we are suckers.
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Somehow, on the main BP screen one of the signs has been altered. Instead of “sorry to all the honest people” it says “sorry to all the white people”. Please sack whoever did that. Immediately.
yeah that was disturbing.... And not the image that's featured in the article, either
Load More Replies...What is wrong with you? Why has the thumbnail image been edited to be racist? You should be ashamed of yourselves.
so we have to censor everything we write in the comments but being openly racist on an article display image is totally fine. do better BP, it's like you don't care.
if you look at the bottom of the page the email to complain at is hello@boredpanda.com
Some years ago at my local model railway exhibition, I saw a sign stating "Unattended children will be dismantled and sold as spare parts."
The post with the sign about alien abduction between 21.00 and 6.00 is gone. Any reason for that?
The posts past 50 have disappeared. Seems to happen every now and then, which is bloody annoying as replies to comments also disappear..
Load More Replies...I followed the link to info about the author and you can contact him directly
Load More Replies...Somehow, on the main BP screen one of the signs has been altered. Instead of “sorry to all the honest people” it says “sorry to all the white people”. Please sack whoever did that. Immediately.
yeah that was disturbing.... And not the image that's featured in the article, either
Load More Replies...What is wrong with you? Why has the thumbnail image been edited to be racist? You should be ashamed of yourselves.
so we have to censor everything we write in the comments but being openly racist on an article display image is totally fine. do better BP, it's like you don't care.
if you look at the bottom of the page the email to complain at is hello@boredpanda.com
Some years ago at my local model railway exhibition, I saw a sign stating "Unattended children will be dismantled and sold as spare parts."
The post with the sign about alien abduction between 21.00 and 6.00 is gone. Any reason for that?
The posts past 50 have disappeared. Seems to happen every now and then, which is bloody annoying as replies to comments also disappear..
Load More Replies...I followed the link to info about the author and you can contact him directly
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