signs

so-called first aid

18 March 2013
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Is it first aid or something else?  Either way it made me laugh… Check out the blog of unnecessary quotation marks for more amusing punctuation.

vomit stop ahead

16 March 2013
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Apparently the road to Pai, Thailand is famous for its 762 curves.  YIKES!  John and Kimberly Ross shared this photo in their newsletter, and a friend thought I’d love it.  I do. Nothing like a sign that is completely unexpected!

terrible bargain

25 January 2013
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hard to imagine

17 January 2013
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I recently saw the No Strangers exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography, and was struck by anthropologist Wade Davis’ description of the Penan tribe of Borneo.  I wonder what it’s like to live in a community like that.  Go here to see his work.

common decency

16 January 2013
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This sign stops just short of suggesting that only a neanderthal would refrain from hand washing.

sparkling paw

13 December 2012
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The only good thing about slow traffic is that it gives me the chance to take pictures of ADORABLE signs like this one.

denied

19 October 2012
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I’m okay with not smoking on buses.  But if I can’t weld where I want, whenever I want to… well, what’s the world coming to?

TMI

27 September 2012
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My darling Cara sent this along.  If you can’t read the sign on the right it says,  Please Forgive Our Sluggish Toilet “I wish I could give it a colonic.”  Very classy.

warning signs

5 September 2012
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This sticker is on a roto tiller.  Isn’t the blue symbol curious?  I didn’t realize a hooded mask was required when tilling the soil.

effective sign

3 September 2012
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Saw this at Chapman University and it creeped me out.  I have to say I wash my hands a bit longer than I did before.