Eye See You
Sunday, September 27th, 2009 Posted in Signs of the Times | No Comments »
Eye See You, originally uploaded by Kelson.
I think the picture says it all.
I took one other picture that’s framed better, but doesn’t have quite the same creepiness factor.
Starbuck(’)s Coffee
Friday, September 25th, 2009 Posted in You Must be Mistaken | No Comments »
I found this sign on the day after National Punctuation Day. You can still see the residue from the adhesive where the extra apostrophe was attached.
Someone clearly got Starbucks Coffee confused with Starbuck’s coffee. Of course, in some cases, they could be the same thing:

Flickr photo by amidalasrogue
Do Not Climb on Mickey
Sunday, June 21st, 2009 Posted in Signs of the Times | No Comments »
Presented without further comment.
Devil in the Construction Details
Sunday, April 5th, 2009 Posted in Signs of the Times | No Comments »
Lost in Translation
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 Posted in Signs of the Times, You Must be Mistaken | No Comments »
On the Internet, No One Knows You’re a Doll
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Signs of the Times | No Comments »
Alternate caption: On the Internet, no one know you’re not a dog.
Eliminating the BS
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 Posted in General | 1 Comment »Signs spotted while shopping:

Iglot sounds so much like igloo that it should be a kind of building. “Take it round back to the iglot.”

If only there were a way for this to say “Teh Aid,” it would be perfect.
Even Santas Have it Tough
Sunday, December 21st, 2008 Posted in Signs of the Times | No Comments »
Presumably this institution is designed to serve the needs of Santa Clauses who subsist on Ho-Hos.
Sending the Wrong Message?
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Signs of the Times | No Comments »I figured I’d wait until after the election to post this one.

Insert your own joke about renting politicians.
(Sorry about the image quality; it was across an intersection, so it was pretty small on the original image. I didn’t even resize it. It’s just cropped. Yeah, my camera isn’t that fantastic once you get down to a 1:1 pixel view)
Saftey First – En Español
Saturday, October 11th, 2008 Posted in You Must be Mistaken | No Comments »Just to show that English-language sign writers don’t have a monopoly on misspellings, here’s a sign we spotted at a construction site in Irvine:

Literally it means “Think Safety” — or it would if it said “Piense seguridad.” The typo makes this the Spanish equivalent of “Saftey First.”
Hey, Baby!
Sunday, September 14th, 2008 Posted in Signs of the Times | 3 Comments »It seems that Old Navy is branching out into adoption services:

“Hey, what a deal! At that price, you wanna get two?”
Of course some people go the traditional route to save money.

Sometimes, though, you just have to wonder what’s going through someone’s head when they come up with a brand name.

So is Jonathan Swift the CEO?
Affluent Flowers
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Signs of the Times | 1 Comment »When I first spotted this sign, I just couldn’t believe the name of the florist at the bottom.

Okay, I’m sure people with more money send more flowers, but it seems a little tactless to point it out in the shop’s name.
Of course, it is Irvine…
How does that work?
Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Signs of the Times | No Comments »
Wait a minute… how does one lease a tax refund?


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