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Signs of the times

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Mrs ks took this while at the traffic lights in Portsmouth today

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Any other everyday signs that amuse?
 
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Best one I ever saw (sadly before mobile phone cameras) was a white transit builder’s van.

Beneath ‘J and K Khan plastering and rendering specialists’ there were big red letters saying YOU’VE TRIED THE COWBOYS, NOW TRY THE INDIANS
 
I understand this has become a meme, but when I first came across it in the Tate Britain of all places, it had a direct effect on the immediacy of my toilet needs

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No pic sadly but while teaching on the Isle of Wight, kids from Brading were sometimes 'interesting' (highest incest rate in the UK at that time, Brading!). Nearby a road sign read:
Caution
Slow
Children.
 
No pic sadly but while teaching on the Isle of Wight, kids from Brading were sometimes 'interesting' (highest incest rate in the UK at that time, Brading!). Nearby a road sign read:
Caution
Slow
Children.
I collected a few signs from a holiday on the IoW earlier in the year, it really is a step back in time
 
A book of funny adverts, misprints, signs etc I owned as a child contained a notice along the lines of

LOST DOG
Have you seen our lost dog? He only has 3 legs and is blind in one eye - answers to the name of Lucky!
 
Many years ago, McDonald's were doing an advert for their milk shakes. The headline to right of the poster was 'Painfully thick', to the left was a picture of said milk based drink. Unfortunately we had some rather bad weather & the left hand side of the poster peeled off to reveal the L'Oréal advert underneath. The face of L'Oréal at the time was Cheryl Cole. Much hilarity ensued.
 
Similar thing in sheffield, peeled billboard ad. " experts in marketing and advertising, we'll help you get your message across" then the bottom edge had rolled up hiding all but the first four digits of the phone number, which of course was just local coding....
 
Best one I ever saw (sadly before mobile phone cameras) was a white transit builder’s van.

Beneath ‘J and K Khan plastering and rendering specialists’ there were big red letters saying YOU’VE TRIED THE COWBOYS, NOW TRY THE INDIANS

Currently enjoying a rerun in the movie Blinded by the Light.
 
Bad taste warning. A huge ready mix concrete firm in London with concrete mixers covered in massive logos. They had to re-brand the business as they were called ‘Jim’ll Mix It’.
 
Many years ago there was a company called Mr Harry, they made shirts and their advertising slogan was "Mr Harry is a Shirt".
A local wag found it hilarious to whitewash out the last "r".
Life was simpler in the 60's!
 


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