Amusingly defaced street signs

[marmar]

http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/04/16/gallery-amus... /

[davidinalameda]

1. you always knew it was Christmast time in San Francisco

when someone changes the Noe Street sign to Noel Street

[Happyhippychick]

2. Someone spray painted out the "S" and "D" in my local SPEED LIMIT sign

For some reason it really makes me laugh when I see "PEE LIMIT 25"

[panader0]

6. Almost the same here---PEE BUMPS n/t

[NuclearDem]

3. My favorite, we had one of these back in my high school parking lot

Down here in Bellevue, there's also a warning that "Bridges May be Spicy"

[blondeatlast]

8. Both of those made meLOL! Having not such a great day but

"Naaaaaame" really brightened me up.

Thanks!

[htuttle]

4. They have to replace this sign three or four times per year

People keep stealing it.

[HarveyDarkey]

7. In the same vein

[EOTE]

15. That's right at the Illinois/Wisconsin border, right?

I've passed it by a number of times, never got a chance to enjoy the Bong Recreation Area, though

[htuttle]

16. Yup

I, in fact, stopped at the Bong Recreation Area and followed the instructions that were on that very sign.

BTW, It's a nice park!

[-..__...]

5. "Defaced"....

because it sounds more socially acceptable than "vandalized".

The author also needs to keep up on current sign language.

I really don't think that that last one has anything to do with "The flashing red hand should still be read as “Caution,” not “Ozzie… Ozzie" or headbangers, but rather a method of sexual stimulation.

[Cassandra]

9. I'm going down to Spring Street tomorrow...

but wasn't going to go as far east as Elizabeth. Now you're tempting me.

[Tikki]

10. Many years ago the next town over put up a sign in front of a new...

housing tract:
BUTTER CREEK

I swear it was defaced first day.


Tikki

[ceile]

11. Not a street sign

But someone in my neighborhood keeps spray painting "Devo Hat" on walls and sidewalks. Complete with a pic of the hat- in red of course. Wish I had a camera to take a pic of them.

[kentauros]

14. Someone needs to correct them then,

because they're "energy domes".

[Gabi Hayes]

23. not a street sign either, but(t).....

[KamaAina]

12. This one doesn't even need to be defaced!

(the name is actually Pe'epe'e, prronounced "pay-eh-pay-eh" )

[zanana1]

27. I just might move there for the return address. nt

[Coventina]

13. I once saw a billbord with Kenny Rogers advertising a local casino

It had him grinning out at drivers with the slogan "IT'LL BLOW YOU AWAY!"

Except, it got painted out to say "I 'LL BLOW YOU"

It was HILARIOUS!

[pink-o]

25. They should have taken out even more letters, till it said "I Blow"

We are talking about Kenny Rogers here, right?

[PassingFair]

17. We have a street and a park near us called "CANAL"

Every year, kids get green spray paint
and obscure the letter "C".

ANAL ROAD
ANAL PARK
ANAL THROUGHWAY...

you get the idea.

It takes a while some times to
get the C's put back.

My kids have always busted their
little guts over it.

[Digit]

18. Wish I had my camera

Speed Bumps here are called Speed Humps.

Cracks me up everytime I drive by.

It's a NC thang.

[Throd]

19. I turned Canal Street in Long Beach to "anal Street" several times.

[pokerfan]

20. Best crosswalk fail of all time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4GuZ1-cf1s

Dec 2, 2010

SPOKANE, Wash. -- An electronic crosswalk sign near the Maple Street Bridge in Spokane is apparently showing its disapproval of either the weather and / or local drivers by giving people the Bronx Salute, KXLY.com reported.

The crossing sign, located in downtown Spokane in the northbound lanes of Maple south of the Maple Street Bridge, has been somehow modified so when the ‘Don’t Walk’ hand is displayed, only the upraised middle finger is visible.

City of Spokane spokesperson Marlene Feist says that street department personnel think the electronic sign may have snow somehow wedged into the sign, obscuring all but the palm and raised middle finger.

Feist added that clearly the display is “unintentional.”

http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/111213864.html

[freshwest]

24. Love it

[nolabear]

21. A sign in front of our place says "STOP FOR ME IT'S THE LAW

As often as they can manage it, people give the little stick man pedestrian antennae and pincers and add a "C" in front of "LAW". He's become our mascot.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

22. Holy crap, that's so awesome it hurts!

Caution: Terraforming ahead.

[freshwest]

26. Reminds me of movie, please tell me the name of it...

A complex and powerful alien device lands in the Mongolian desert and creates a vortex which begins to disrupt the world's weather systems. Its purpose is to terraform the planet, a cyclical event, I think. A team of people are sent to stop it when world governments realize what it's doing. They plan to blow it up to stop it.

The actors playing the roles were well-known at the time. The machine canceled its programming when some of the characters entered and made love or whatever. As if it detected something worth saving and not destroying and re-making the planet.

Anyone that remembers the name of this movie, please post it here. I saw it on cable years ago and would like to see it again.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

28. The Fifth Element?

[csziggy]

35. Epoch?

I think I remember it. If that is it, it was a SCi Fi Channel original movie and got the highest rating of any of their movies on first showing. There was a sequel, Epoch: Evolution, but if I remember correctly, it was not as good.

http://www.allmovie.com/work/256764

[Kaleva]

29. Not defaced. Actual sign for Fucking Austria

[mwooldri]

30. This sign gets stolen often. Mainly by Brits.

I think the answer has always been "stop stealing our fucking sign!"

[Rob H.]

31. Uh...

Does the sign underneath translate to "Please--not so fast!"?

[Aristus]

32. YES!

[krispos42]

34. "Welcome to your Fucking tour. I am your Fucking tour guide."

"On the left is the Fucking Main Street. On the right is the Fucking Park. In front of us is the Fucking Community College. Please take all the Fucking pictures you want... we want you to remember what a Fucking good time you had!"

[sakabatou]

36. LMAO

[DeadEyeDyck]

33. Right in front of our high school, there was a sign that said

DON'T PASS

I mean, what kind of message was that sending

[Rochester]

37. I saw one similar to that last one...

I saw one similar to that last one where the fingers were painted out on the don't walk symbol except they painted out all the fingers except the middle one so it looked like it was flipping the bird.