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|| SportsShooter.com: Member Message Board Signs, signs, everywhere signs Hal Smith, Photographer Sedalia | MO | USA | Posted: 2:31 PM on 10.31.08 ->> I came across this sign the other day while hunting for wild art. http://www.sportsshooter.com/halsmith/sign/ What kind of funny signs have you shot?  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (2) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Kevin Leas, Photographer, Assistant Rochester | NY | USA | Posted: 2:42 PM on 10.31.08 ->> I have no idea where the pictures are, but after a night of shooting I pulled into the plaza of one of the local thrift stores and a Chinese restaurant. Both had blown letters on their neon signs, leading to "Goodwill Ions" and "Chin Buffet". Now that I think of it, maybe it wasn't all that funny...oh well.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Jerry Laizure, Photographer, Assistant Norman | OK | | Posted: 5:59 PM on 10.31.08 ->> my contribution.... http://www.sportsshooter.com/laizurephoto/signs/  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (4) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Paul W Gillespie, Photographer Annapolis | MD | USA | Posted: 8:09 PM on 10.31.08 ->> I wish I had my camera when I drove past a local Taco Bell that had on its sign "Now hiring losers." Seems the C fell off of "closers"  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (6) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Matthew Sauk, Photographer Sandy | UT | United States | Posted: 12:39 AM on 11.01.08 ->> Paul That would have been classic! And probably true  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Bradly J. Boner, Photographer, Photo Editor Jackson | WY | USA | Posted: 11:54 AM on 11.01.08 ->> What happens when part of the letter "P" gets scrapped off your van... http://www.sportsshooter.com/renobdarb/van/pages/1.html  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (4) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Brian Leddy, Photographer Gallup | NM | United States | Posted: 1:16 PM on 11.01.08 ->> This was for a Valentine's Day feature: http://www.sportsshooter.com/bleddy/lube/pages/1.html  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (4) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Aaron Rhoads, Photographer McComb | MS | USA | Posted: 3:52 PM on 11.01.08 ->> I'm kicking myself after missing one here a couple of years ago at a local Crystal burger drive thru. Juicy black angus beef sandwiches on sale. They left out the g in Angus.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Guy Rhodes, Photographer East Chicago | IN | USA | Posted: 4:37 PM on 11.01.08 ->> I'm not sure if this counts as a sign, but I grabbed this frame on the way home from an assignment this summer... http://www.guyrhodes.com/myspace/mespoiled.jpg After I posted this on Myspace as a bulletin, I got several messages from friends saying they too had the pleasure of seeing "Me Spoiled" around town.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Luke Sharrett, Student/Intern Norfolk | VA | United States | Posted: 5:01 PM on 11.01.08 ->> For those of you familiar with the movie "300" : http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1301/1105369974_dc4aebc836.jpg  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (2) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Mark Loundy, Photo Editor San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 5:05 PM on 11.01.08 ->> Bradly, Perhaps you just misunderstood their business model. --Mark  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (2) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Lindy Dugger, Photographer Rome | Ga | | Posted: 11:46 PM on 11.01.08 ->> Back in May I nearly ran off the road when I saw this one... http://lindyshoots.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/signs/  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (5) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Pat Farrington, Photographer Ft. Collins | CO | USA | Posted: 1:17 AM on 11.02.08 ->> Two signs I wish I had gotten photos of: On a 7-11 here in Ft Collins "Fresh, Hot Coffee, It's Your Choice" So I could either have fresh coffee or hot coffee? In a shopping center in Woodbridge, CT "Kosher Express Chinese Restaurant" I wonder if sweet & sour pork is on the menu?  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (1) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Patti Banks, Photographer morris plains | nj | usa | Posted: 5:47 PM on 11.02.08 ->> My favorite - a few years old but still awesome. http://www.sportsshooter.com/pattibanks/sign  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Matt McLoone, Student/Intern, Photographer Ventura | CA | United States | Posted: 10:30 PM on 11.02.08 ->> Here's one I shot last year in Galway, Ireland. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoloon/1384653050/  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (1) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Chuck Liddy, Photographer Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 12:52 AM on 11.03.08 ->> the best sign I never shot? on a back road in southeastern NC... Buy a Cock and Pullet 'nuff said. I have been kicking my butt for two years for not turning around and shooting that. but I was honestly laughing so hard I just didn't do it.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (1) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Nic Coury, Photographer Monterey | CA | | Posted: 12:52 AM on 11.03.08 ->> leaving a Hillary Clinton rally: "Monica's boyfriend's wife for president." Best. Sign.Ever.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (1) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions John Howley, Photographer Circleville | OH | USA | Posted: 3:13 PM on 11.03.08 ->> I've got a couple favorites. (I do have to credit SS member Jeff Brehm for the second one.) http://www.sportsshooter.com/howley/signs/  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Jeff Brehm, Photographer, Photo Editor Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 3:47 PM on 11.03.08 ->> RE: John's signs ... yet another reason to teach spelling in our schools, especially if you're going to talk some trash on a sign.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Josh Thompson, Photographer Ontario | California | USA | Posted: 5:08 PM on 11.03.08 ->> Here's one I snapped at the Gordon Ranch Marketplace in Chino Hills, California on April 6, 2007 and ran in our newspaper the following day... http://www.sportsshooter.com/smitten/stopsignspelling/ It was later corrected.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (1) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Pat Farrington, Photographer Ft. Collins | CO | USA | Posted: 9:36 PM on 11.03.08 ->> Josh, I have a similar photo from here in Ft Collins taken several years ago but it was spelled "SOTP". If I can track it down I'll post it.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Mike Carlson, Photographer Bayonet Point | FL | USA | Posted: 9:43 PM on 11.03.08 ->> Best one I don't have a picture of...was traveling through Minnesota following a friend's directions for the 'direct route' to get to Iowa City...was winter and the road turned from poor pavement to frozen dirt for miles and miles. Was just about to turn around when a flashing sign read: "You're not lost, you're in Iowa". (Maybe you had to be there...road construction didn't finish before winter, so it really was a highway at one point...)  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions TD Paulius, Photographer Orland Park | IL | USA | Posted: 10:23 PM on 11.03.08 ->> Whilst walking to a baseball game in Tokyo last May, I couldn't resist snapping this sign advertising a fellow and famed SS member and his vision into the future: http://www.sportsshooter.com/southsidelaxman/haranjuku/ No, it's not really Vince's museum but certainly gives one the impression it is  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (1) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Robert Benson, Photographer San Diego | CA | USA | Posted: 10:45 PM on 11.03.08 ->> This was pretty friggin funny: http://markjrebilas.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ea11y_0008.jpg  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Bryon Johnson, Photographer Brampton (Toronto area) | ON | Canada | Posted: 12:52 PM on 11.04.08 ->> The pole got in the way of one of the letters on the sign, but I think you get the idea.... http://www.sportsshooter.com/bryonj/signs/  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Geoff Miller, Photographer Portage | MI | USA | Posted: 2:21 PM on 11.04.08 ->> Sometimes even when you think you're safe, you're not... http://www.rock103.com/pages/crew/pics/?pow=081902  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Nina Zhito, Photographer bay area | CA | | Posted: 3:16 PM on 11.04.08 ->> An oldie but a goodie I shot... http://www.ninazhito.com/gallery.html?gallery=observations  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (1) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Byron Hetzler, Photographer Granby | CO | USA | Posted: 4:35 PM on 11.06.08 ->> Here is one I came across a few weeks ago... http://www.sportsshooter.com/byron/signs/  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Blaine McCartney, Photographer Columbus | NE | USA | Posted: 8:33 PM on 11.06.08 ->> Hey Hal, Shot my first six-man football game when the St. Edward Beavers beat Arthur County today. Needless to say, I'm a fan! http://www.sportsshooter.com/charger_ss24/beavers/pages/1.html Blaine  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 3:52 AM on 11.08.08 ->> A dam somewhere in East Tennessee: http://www.sportsphotoguy.com/gallery/Off-the-Wall/slides/portow02.jpg A shopping mall in Roanoke, Virginia: http://www.sportsphotoguy.com/off-the-wall/images/smHippy.jpg Come to think of it, I could probably make a small gallery of funny sign shots I have collected over the years. Thanks for the idea, Hal!  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (1) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Mark Peters, Photographer Highland | IL | USA | Posted: 8:30 AM on 11.08.08 ->> I swear this was my wife's idea...and her daughters were in full agreement. http://www.sportsshooter.com/mjpeters/crzwmncrk/pages/1.html  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (1) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Kevin Court, Photographer Paducah | KY | USA | Posted: 9:20 AM on 11.08.08 ->> Ok, I actually turned around and drove back to get this scene. http://www.sportsshooter.com/meifrater/sign/pages/1.html  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Brian Leddy, Photographer Gallup | NM | United States | Posted: 5:55 PM on 11.17.08 ->> I found this one this weekend. You kind of have to live around here to really appreciate this, but there are a lot of things here that tend to get pluralized unnecessarily. http://www.sportsshooter.com/bleddy/woods/pages/1.html  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Garth Levandoski, Photographer, Assistant Salt lake City | UT | United States | Posted: 11:08 PM on 11.17.08 ->> From driving around the Navajo Nation. http://www.sportsshooter.com/glevandoski/signs/pages/1.html  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (2) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Brian Leddy, Photographer Gallup | NM | United States | Posted: 11:37 PM on 11.17.08 ->> Oh man Garth, that is classic!  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions John J. Kim, Photographer chicago | il | usa | Posted: 11:48 PM on 11.17.08 ->> 'weather art' on a slow day at work a while back.. http://www.sportsshooter.com/relativelyintelligent/ipod/pages/1.html  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Lyle Aspinall, Photographer Calgary | AB | Canada | Posted: 1:17 AM on 11.18.08 ->> I have a page on my website dedicated to funny signs: http://www.lyleaspinall.com/Extras/Silly_Signs.html  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions N. Scott Trimble, Photographer Lake Oswego | OR | USA | Posted: 1:26 AM on 11.18.08 ->> I need to find my "Bunghole Liquors" sign from Salem, MA and my "Hung Far Lo" restaurant sign in the Chinatown sector of Portland. Sigh..er...sign  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (1) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Chad Hipolito, Photographer Red Deer | AB | Canada | Posted: 12:46 PM on 11.18.08 ->> haha, hilarious thread. I used to be one of those guys who removed letters from signs to spell funny words. haha. I ll post when i find one.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Michael L. Palmieri, Photographer Barnegat | NJ | USA | Posted: 1:04 PM on 11.18.08 ->> John J. Kim -- Awesome iPod advert photo. Simply awesome.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Matt Stamey, Photographer Houma | LA | USA | Posted: 1:29 PM on 11.18.08 ->> I guess the tip here is... Choose your Font carefully. http://www.mattstamey.com/hose.jpg  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (3) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions David Harpe, Photographer Louisville | KY | USA | Posted: 2:55 PM on 11.18.08 ->> Here's one I saw just yesterday: http://flickr.com/photos/daveharpe/3041026787/ Actual road sign...  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions John Bowersmith, Photographer Lubbock | Tx | USA | Posted: 3:37 PM on 11.18.08 ->> Had to turn around to get this. Best $2 you'll ever spend. I even had money left over for diesel. http://www.sportsshooter.com/john11t/signs/pages/1.html  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (2) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Andrew Carpenean, Photographer Laramie | WY | USA | Posted: 4:22 PM on 11.18.08 ->> http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=5408  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (1) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Jerry Laizure, Photographer, Assistant Norman | OK | | Posted: 4:54 PM on 11.18.08 ->> My friend Andy Rieger shot this one a few days ago.... http://www.sportsshooter.com/laizurephoto/teacher/  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Joe Livingston, Photographer Dallas | GA | USA | Posted: 7:34 PM on 11.18.08 ->> The need for spelling isnt part of the job.. http://actionshots4u.smugmug.com/photos/253398149_nmJwf-L.jpg  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Kevin Novak, Photographer, Assistant Bel Air (Baltimore) | MD | USA | Posted: 7:41 PM on 11.18.08 ->> This is a sign for a restaurant in Cooperstown, NY. http://tinyurl.com/5rh95c  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Kevin Johnston, Photographer Oden | MI | USA | Posted: 8:05 PM on 11.18.08 ->> RE: sign in Cooperstown. I'm sorry, but Foo Kin John is just not a name that should be compressed into a web address.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Paul Nelson, Photographer Temperance | MI | USA | Posted: 11:32 PM on 11.18.08 ->> Where's Waldo? http://www.sportsshooter.com/pdogg/signs/  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Brent McCown, Photographer Hastings | NE | USA | Posted: 12:11 PM on 11.19.08 ->> Local police department promoting an ANTI-underage drinking program. "http://www.sportsshooter.com/brentmccown/signs/pages/1.html"  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (2) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions This thread has reached the maximum number of posts If you would like to continue it, please create a new thread. [ Create new thread? ] || Sponsor Special Deals Nikon D3 (refurbished demo!) Available from: Samy's Camera | Price: $3799.00 Notes: We have 15 refurbished demo Nikon D3 cameras available. First come, first served! 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