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Crazy stuff you've seen out and about

dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
edited August 2009 in Chit chat
The thunder and lightening, and Scotties Mexico thread inspired me to post up one of the amusing things I saw on my travels.

I spotted a place called Bean's Diner, I think it was in O,P,P an equally amusing town name. I saw it on the way to Florida, and was determined to get a pic of it. Unfortunately we had a 10 hour drive home so on the way back there was rain and traffic and I had to take a pic out the window while we were moving cos' the wife couldn't stop. Alas the pic was crap, so I just deleted it :(

But this is a corker, just shows how crazy some of them Southern folk are.

I took this just outside of Birmingham AL. :lol:

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and this maybe in Florala, if not somewhere in one of the small towns between there and Montgomery AL. Just the sign on the side amused me, appealed to the teenager in me I guess :D

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This I found quite amusing and I took it at West Palm Beach FL Last year, it was at the end of the missus' friends street where we were staying. I just think it's funny because to me it says Slow Children as in a bit slow, not go slow because there's children playing in the area. Especially because of the dolly dimple looking kid on the pic with the stupid Noddy hat on.

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  • milemile
    edited July 2008
    ha ha good one there boozy.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited July 2008
    that last ones like the pic i took of a sign on a campsite i stayed on a few years ago lol

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    there was one about not driving to the toilet too
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited July 2008
    and while we're on the subject of crazy stuff youve seen...heres pics from the weirdest pub ive ever visited...........in the beer garden there was dolls and stuffed toys decapitated and nailed / hung by their necks in the trees / bushes

    its the star in cayton village (near scarborough) it has some great retro arcade machines if you fancy a visit :P

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    i know those pics dont do it justice tho :(
    theres real life birds in the cage by the way, not dead ones :P
    in the corridor between the main bar and the beer garden there was photos on the wall.......of regulars on a pub trip i believe..............mostly nekkid...lol
    on the bar was a nudey calendar too

    all in all a very weird pub
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  • bohuskbohusk
    edited July 2008
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  • def chrisdef chris
    edited July 2008
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »

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    lol...suprised they're allowed to use the betty boop logo thought that would have been copyrighted to death, anyway...


    -not something I photographed but apparntly there was a camping equipment shop in Hull ( I think) and the placard for their December sale said "Now Is The Winter Of Our Discount Tents", something like that
  • milemile
    edited July 2008
    def chris wrote: »
    lol...suprised they're allowed to use the betty boop logo thought that would have been copyrighted to death, anyway...

    ha ha, we've got a Mr men take away near me.
  • PilsenerPilsener
    edited July 2008
    Check out http://www.boners.com

    Lotsa funny signs there also.
  • Digital PrawnDigital Prawn
    edited July 2008
    I thought these Polish signs in Cheshire were unusual.

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    Another funny one I found:-
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    Now the last thing you want to do is drive all the way home with a flattened penguin going around one of the wheels - it really does screw up the fuel mileage!
  • def chrisdef chris
    edited July 2008
    @ Pilsener erm, that site looks well dodgy.

    maybe this one

    http://www.funnysign.com/


    I dont get the connection between Mr. Men and take aways, seems a bit random!
  • milemile
    edited July 2008
    def chris wrote: »
    I dont get the connection between Mr. Men and take aways, seems a bit random!

    yeah its not a Mr men take away. like mr strong burgers, there are just mr men on the signs. its odd, like the guy doing it could only draw cartoon characters.

    its pretty far and i never usually go anywhere near it, but i will try to get a pic someday.
  • ToxieDoggToxieDogg
    edited July 2008
    mile wrote: »
    yeah its not a Mr men take away. like mr strong burgers, there are just mr men on the signs. its odd, like the guy doing it could only draw cartoon characters.

    its pretty far and i never usually go anywhere near it, but i will try to get a pic someday.

    There's a sandwich shop just down the road from me called 'Goodfillas'. Even uses the same font from the Goodfellas movie title on the lettering too.
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited July 2008
    ToxieDogg wrote: »
    There's a sandwich shop just down the road from me called 'Goodfillas'. Even uses the same font from the Goodfellas movie title on the lettering too.

    There's a kebab shop near me called Abrakebabra...

    *tumbleweed rolls past*

    ... yeah, well I thought it was funny!!
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited July 2008
    There used to be a sarnie shop not too far from me called Scooby Snax, had a badly hand painted Scooby Doo on the sign. I have no idea if it's still there, I think it used to be called the Tuck Inn which had an equally bad pic of Friar Tuck on the sign (Of course these could be 2 sarnie shops near me, as I'm sure the Tuck in is still open???).

    One of my faves that I wish I had a photo of was the spraypainted thing on the little road out the back of Newcastle College, that said "NeWCASeTl aRE SHiT".

    and if only I could get the pics off my old phone, got some hilarious crap on there.
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  • jpjp
    edited July 2008
    The Drake pub in Auckland. Don't quote me on this but I think they sell...

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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited July 2008
    Haha! Quality.

    I think once I've had a light snack I'll have some beer :D
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  • MattLambMattLamb
    edited July 2008
    Near me in Bedford, is the superbly named Nice Baps sandwich shop. Will get a photo next time I walk past.
  • DarenDaren
    edited July 2008
    Funny graffiti: http://specchum.blogspot.com/2007/10/funny-graffiti.html
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited July 2008
    MattLamb wrote: »
    Near me in Bedford, is the superbly named Nice Baps sandwich shop. Will get a photo next time I walk past.

    haha! There was a sarnie van outside the WHSmith warehouse in Gateshead, just over the road from the Royal Mail depot called Big Baps.
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited July 2008
    Daren wrote: »
    Funny graffiti: http://specchum.blogspot.com/2007/10/funny-graffiti.html

    Some of those are hilarious, and quite creative, I especially like the Asteroids lift button :lol:
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  • milemile
    edited July 2008
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Some of those are hilarious, and quite creative, I especially like the Asteroids lift button :lol:

    ha ha yeah some gems there, i like the press button, recieve bacon.
  • jpjp
    edited August 2009
    ...this was in our porch last night. It's a fugly weta...

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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited August 2009
    It's a big bugger innit? At least it didn't have it's hind legs up at you it "could" have scratched your eyes out ;)
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  • mermanmerman
    edited August 2009
    I think the oddest thing I ever saw was in Stockholm last year... a man taking his cat for a walk. That's right, a cat on a lead.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited August 2009
    merman wrote: »
    I think the oddest thing I ever saw was in Stockholm last year... a man taking his cat for a walk. That's right, a cat on a lead.

    There was this weird middle aged guy used to do that up by the school every day, now that I'm older I wonder if he had ulterior motives?

    Or if infact he was just a harmless nutjob?
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  • joefishjoefish
    edited August 2009
    MattLamb wrote: »
    Near me in Bedford, is the superbly named Nice Baps sandwich shop. Will get a photo next time I walk past.
    Similar in Southampton on the Bevios ("Beavis") Valley Road.
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited August 2009
    joefish wrote: »
    Similar in Southampton on the Bevios ("Beavis") Valley Road.

    What an odd street name, almost as bad as one here it's spelled Boeke, but pronounced Bakey?

    I was just wondering if it was cos' Americans are dumb and can't pronounce it properly, but everybody here says that so I guess they were actually right about something for a change :D
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  • joefishjoefish
    edited August 2009
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    What an odd street name, almost as bad as one here it's spelled Boeke, but pronounced Bakey?
    I was just wondering if it was cos' Americans are dumb and can't pronounce it properly, but everybody here says that so I guess they were actually right about something for a change :D
    Sorry, should have been "Bevois" - French influence I suppose. There's also a "Prideaux-Brune Avenue" in Gosport. I'm guessing they're named after someone with those surnames who owned a bit of land or did something of note nearby. The name might go back a long way, so the pronounciation would have been anglicised by illiterate yokels. In your case it sounds Dutch, maybe via Serth Ifrica.
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  • zx1zx1
    edited August 2009
    When i worked for Directory Enquiries i was asked for some wierd (but true) places. There's a pub in Lincolnshire called 'My father's moustache'. A shoe shop in London called 'R soles' and a chip shop called 'The Codfather!'. There was also a hairdressers called 'Blo Job' but that vanished after a few weeks!
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  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited August 2009
    merman wrote: »
    I think the oddest thing I ever saw was in Stockholm last year... a man taking his cat for a walk. That's right, a cat on a lead.

    Errr ... nothing wrong with that ... I do the same thing. I have indoor cats and do take them out for walks, while yes, on a leash. One cat a time though.
  • def chrisdef chris
    edited August 2009
    zx1 wrote: »
    There was also a hairdressers called 'Blo Job' but that vanished after a few weeks!

    lol. there's an indian run newsagent round the corner from me and couple of weeks ago the billboard outside said "JOBS BLOW FOR TOWN"

    also this is pretty funny, saw them in halfords when I was getting my bike serviced:

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