Actual
Signs and Posters!
The most serious statements and even the most
important signs can sometimes sound, well, downright silly, as you'll soon see.
Thanks, and enjoy these wacky but real signs and
posters. And, now, on with the jokes! -- Alex :)
Real
Signs, Posters, and Notices...
The following are actual signs
and notices seen across the United States.
At a Santa Fe gas station: We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass container.
In a New York restaurant: Customers who consider our waitresses uncivil ought to
see the manager.
On the wall of a Baltimore estate: Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law. --Sisters of Mercy
On a long-established New Mexico dry cleaners: 38 years on the same spot.
In a Los Angeles dance
hall: Good clean dancing every night but Sunday.
In a Florida maternity ward: No children allowed.
In a New York drugstore: We dispense with accuracy.
In the offices of a loan company: Ask about our plans for owning your home.
In a New York medical building: Mental Health Prevention Center
On a New York convalescent home: For the sick and tired of the Episcopal Church.
On a Maine shop: Our
motto is to give our customers the lowest possible prices and workmanship.
At a number of military bases: Restricted to unauthorized personnel.
On a display of "I love you only" Valentine cards: Now available in multi-packs.
In the window of a Kentucky appliance store: Don't kill your wife. Let our
washing machine do the dirty work.
In a funeral parlor: Ask
about our layaway plan.
In a clothing store: Wonderful bargains for men with 16 and 17 necks.
In a Tacoma, Washington men's clothing store: 15 men's wool suits, $10. They
won't last an hour!
On a shopping mall marquee: Archery Tournament -- Ears pierced
Outside a country shop: We buy junk and sell antiques.
In the window of an Oregon
store: Why go elsewhere and be cheated when you can come here?
In a Maine restaurant: Open 7 days a week and weekends.
On a radiator repair garage: Best place to take a leak.
In the vestry of a New England church: Will the last person to leave please see
that the perpetual light is extinguished.
In a Pennsylvania
cemetery: Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their own
graves.
On the grounds of a public school: No trespassing without permission.
