Signs or graffiti which amused you on a ride?

AndyF16

On entering the fairly unlovely Northamptonshire outpost of Wellingborough, some wag has altered the "Welcome to" sign by painting out the letters INGBO in white paint - that had me chuckling all the way home, well almost anyway

From my youth, someone had painted on a wall by Bradford Uni (junction of Laisteredge Lane and Horton Park Road IIRC) the slogan "It's a mean old scene" but the wall was reduced by about 6 feet in height during some demolition... so someone deftly reapplied "It's STILL a mean old scene" on the remaining lower 6 feet

beverick

Cycle route signs usually make me laugh.....

APIII

When I used to live in Essex I'd pass the sign for Puckeridge on my commute. Well, you can imagine... It is Essex after all.

deptfordmarmoset

This one caught my eye cycling around Stepney the other day - it appealed to the childish side of me.



Of course, it's actually called Assembly Passage but this is what I saw...

SteveR_100Milers

On West Midlands bus, there was a large "Please let the bus pull out" sign; underneath "because it will"

I am ashamed to admit some years ago on a cycling holiday in Cornwall / Devon and after a beery lunch we added "twinned with arzal" to the Mousehole sign....

AndyOgy

Ok, I didn't see this on a ride but it deserves a special mention.

In the mens toilets at my local Asda, there is a sign that says "Our aim is to keep these toilets clean and tidy."

Underneath, somebody has written:

"Your aim will help."

deptfordmarmoset

Cycling Limited Destruction?

deptfordmarmoset

And here's a seasonal bit of graffiti from last year in Brockley. Still true

Crapaud

Spray painted across the road from the local primary school were the words:

eat the ritch

Presumably by one of Bazza Bond's more literary comrades.

Smokin Joe

On a sign welcoming you to a dodgy estate in Barking years ago -

"Honk if you smell of p!ss".

ratsbeyfus

If you love the above, you'll love the below:

http://www.crapgraffiti.com/

AndyF16

I know there are a few around the country as they are featured in books and SkyOne type programmes, but I tittered when I found out I'd just cycled up Bell End in Irchester the other Sunday

Chris McG

At Malden Rushett, near Chessington in Surrey, the "Please Drive Slowly" sign has been altered to:

Please D i e Slowly

AndyF16

I know there are a few around the country as they are featured in books and SkyOne type programmes, but I tittered when I found out I'd just cycled up Bell End in Irchester the other Sunday

StefanP

This one always makes me laugh, Underpass shouldn't be abbreviated like that me thinks :P

deptfordmarmoset

StefanP wrote:

This one always makes me laugh, Underpass shouldn't be abbreviated like that me thinks :P

Chapeau if you managed to spot that while cycling up Park Lane! I've only ever noticed the traffic....

deptfordmarmoset

Do not allow your fowl to dog this area...

norfolkandgood

On the Haven Bridge at Great Yarmouth there was a sign to stop pedestrians crossing before the bridge went up. It read "Do not cross when the Red man shows".
Some bright spark added " his Dick".

Dunk_911

i did this on the way to mountain biking around cannock.

Not really vandalising though because its just a bit of yellow electrical tape, so dont worry

redvee

In case you need which way to go to get to Timbuktu

Anonymous

There's a sign I saw in Knutsford the other day that made me laugh.

Toilets
Pay and Display

deptfordmarmoset

And now it reads...(K)nuts forwards ???

finchy

This

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dick_dangerous/3853471398/

Spotted in Piran, Slovenia.

brin

Whilst out in the moors i saw a pile of rocks in a field with a sign protruding from the middle declaring ' DO NOT REMOVE THE ROCKS' i asked the farmer who was in the field what the rocks were for? he said " to keep the sign up"

deptfordmarmoset

brin wrote:

Whilst out in the moors i saw a pile of rocks in a field with a sign protruding from the middle declaring ' DO NOT REMOVE THE ROCKS' i asked the farmer who was in the field what the rocks were for? he said " to keep the sign up"

There used to be pretty much the same thing on a very big brick-shaped rock off Stanage Edge (Peak District). DO NOT REMOVE. (Rock climbers, eh, they're like mountain bikers without bikes....)

brin

There is a road in S.Yorks near Hooton Roberts called ' Bottom Hole Road '

CarlosDSanchez

Clint Road near Eye in Suffolk, some wag had drawn a line joining the bottom of the"l" and "i" on the road sign at both ends of the road.

fuelex

The swimming pool in dunston used to have a sign reading
'swim in poo '

AndyF16

CarlosDSanchez wrote:

Clint Road near Eye in Suffolk, some wag had drawn a line joining the bottom of the"l" and "i" on the road sign at both ends of the road.

At a few days off 40 years of age, it's a sad indictment of my mindset that such a simple and puerile jape had me cackling out loud

Cleat Eastwood

Theres one on a bridge by ours "Mary has a smelly fanny". always makes me smile.

Chip \'oyler

ratsbeyfus wrote:

If you love the above, you'll love the below:

http://www.crapgraffiti.com/

Beat me to it. My fav website!