Unofficial signs

[blackrose]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjdz1j2p11o.amp

 

[magnetman]

I think this one is serious but the wording did make me chuckle. 

 

 

Don't chuck dead bodies in there. 

 

 

 

 

Also this one is funny but again it may be an official notice. 

 

 

 

[Peugeot 106]

There used to be a poster in Oxenholme (Lake District) Station showing a tattooed youth who looked drunk diving head first into a Lakeland stream. It was well painted , the sun was out and he looked like he was on holiday having fun. It was to encourage tourists. 
Another poster near to it warned of the dangers of swimming outdoors especially diving headfirst into anything

The tattooed lad looked like he was having too much fun for h&s! I did have a photo.

 

(I am not condoning diving head first into any water if you don’t know it). And we all know the perils of diving into Windermere. If you must. Keep your gob firmly closed.

[PeterScott]

[ditchcrawler]

2 hours ago, magnetman said:

I think this one is serious but the wording did make me chuckle. 

 

 

Don't chuck dead bodies in there. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here in Suffolk the EA have put them on the other side of the railings so you can only read them from the river 

[Stilllearning]

1 hour ago, PeterScott said:

I wonder if that is a direction sign, or a political slogan?

ETA

I was thinking of Hoffnung's comment about ignoring all left and right signs. 'They are merely political slogans.' He was talking about roads, but the joke remains valid.

Edited February 1, 2025 by Stilllearning

[GUMPY]

This one makes me smile as if you would care about being prosecuted having caught Weil's disease.

 

[IanD]

1 minute ago, GUMPY said:

This one makes me smile as if you would care about being prosecuted having caught Weil's disease.

 

 

Surely the point is that nowadays companies who don't warn people about known potentially-severe hazards on their "premises" are liable to prosecution and possibly massive damages if somebody is injured or dies as a result?

 

You could blame "elf'n'safety" or the modern litigious society, but that's the way it is today...

[GUMPY]

That picture is 11 years old 

One with similar wording was there in the last century. 

If the offenders bit was above the waterborne diseases bit it would be fine 

[IanD]

2 minutes ago, GUMPY said:

That picture is 11 years old 

One with similar wording was there in the last century. 

If the offenders bit was above the waterborne diseases bit it would be fine 

 

By "modern" I meant "not in the good old days when men were *real* men", not the 2020s... 😉 

 

Anyway, given that the resulting risk (probability*consequence) from Weil's disease is undoubtedly much worse than that of being prosecuted for swimming, and you normally put the worst thing first in a list of warnings, I'd say they were in the right order... 🙂 

[GUMPY]

To my mind as it's printed it reads that you will be prosecuted for catching Weil's disease. Not for swimming.

I guess it's a ASD thing 

[PeterScott]

[Torblimey]

[PeterScott]

[ditchcrawler]

On 01/02/2025 at 10:57, ditchcrawler said:

Here in Suffolk the EA have put them on the other side of the railings so you can only read them from the river 

[Machpoint005]

On 01/02/2025 at 11:40, Stilllearning said:

I wonder if that is a direction sign, or a political slogan?

ETA

I was thinking of Hoffnung's comment about ignoring all left and right signs. 'They are merely political slogans.' He was talking about roads, but the joke remains valid.

 

"All London brothels display a blue lamp"

 

[Stilllearning]

1 hour ago, Machpoint005 said:

 

"All London brothels display a blue lamp"

 

'Zebra parking places provided everywhere'.

[Machpoint005]

29 minutes ago, Stilllearning said:

'Zebra parking places provided everywhere'.

 

"When entering a railway compartment, be sure to shake hands with all the passengers".

 

[Jon57]

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[magnetman]

I like this one on the isle of dogs. 

[Grassman]

This was Bainland Camping site in Lincs.

 

 

[Mike Tee]

On 01/02/2025 at 20:01, PeterScott said:

The only things wrong with that sign are the words 'don't ' and 'or' - delete them and it would be perfect.

[1st ade]

On 03/02/2025 at 11:41, Machpoint005 said:

 

"When entering a railway compartment, be sure to shake hands with all the passengers".

 

Have you tried the famous echo in the reading room in the British Museum?

[Ewan123]

On 01/02/2025 at 20:01, PeterScott said:

Pickett's Lock on the Lee? It's been a while but I recall the lock cottage kept geese in the pound above the lock.

 

I wonder whether this one is still in place...