Actual signs
In an office:
WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP
LADDER YESTERDAY
PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE
TAKEN
Outside a farm:
HORSE MANURE
50p PER PRE-PACKED
BAG
20p DO-IT-YOURSELF
In an office:
AFTER TEA BREAK STAFF SHOULD EMPTY
THE TEAPOT
AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD
Outside a secondhand shop:
WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING -
BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES ETC.
WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A
WONDERFUL BARGAIN?
Sign outside a new town hall which was to be opened by
the Prince of Wales:
THE TOWN HALL IS CLOSED UNTIL OPENING.
IT WILL REMAIN
CLOSED AFTER BEING OPENED...
OPEN TOMORROW.
Outside a photographer's studio:
OUT TO
LUNCH:
IF NOT BACK BY FIVE, OUT FOR DINNER ALSO
Sign warning of quicksand:
QUICKSAND.
ANY PERSON
PASSING THIS POINT WILL BE DROWNED.
BY ORDER OF THE DISTRICT
COUNCIL.....
Notice in a dry cleaner's window:
ANYONE LEAVING
THEIR GARMENTS HERE FOR
MORE THAN 30 DAYS WILL BE DISPOSED
OF..
Sign on motorway garage:
PLEASE DO NOT SMOKE NEAR
OUR PETROL PUMPS...
YOUR LIFE MAY NOT BE WORTH MUCH BUT OUR PETROL
IS
Notice in health food shop window:
CLOSED DUE TO
ILLNESS
Spotted in a safari park:
ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN
YOUR CAR
Seen during a conference:
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS
CHILDREN AND DOESN'T KNOW IT,
THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE FIRST
FLOOR
Notice in a field:
THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO
CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES
Message on a leaflet:
IF YOU CANNOT READ, THIS
LEAFLET WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET LESSONS
Sign on a repair shop door:
WE CAN REPAIR
ANYTHING.
(PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T
WORK)
Sign at Norfolk farm gate:
BEWARE! I SHOOT EVERY
TENTH TRESPASSER AND THE NINTH ONE HAS JUST LEFT
Funny Signboards
Seen at a Railway Station.
Sign at a barber's saloon in Delhi
We need your heads to run our business
Notice at a barber's shop:
Haircut for Rs 15/- . Children for Rs
10/-
Notice in the toilet
This urinal is out of order - Kindly use the floor
below.
Sign in a restaurant:
All
drinking water in this establishment has been personally passed by the
manager
Seen on a bulletin board:
Sucess is relative.
More the success, more the
relatives.
Sign on a famous beauty parlour
window:
Don't whistle at the girl going out from
here. She may be your Grandmother.