'NO ENTRY" & OTHER UNHELPFUL SIGNS
There’s absolutely no entry here including trying to go back the way you came!
But the sign says . . .
Er . . .
Um . . .
Eh?
So what now?
Okay, I give up!
At least somebody had a
sense of humor.
Exactly!
¯ First yau put your car in
2nd gear.
And roll up all your windows
while you’re drivin’ here.
You look to the left and
you look to the right
And then you twist around
and twist around with all of your might. ¯
It looks like those going left will have a more interesting time than the rest of us.
Why I don’t drive on
freeways!
If you're
headed for Reno, no sweat. If you need to get to the other places shown, it’s
a whole other ballgame and good luck with that!
How much time would I have
to absorb this information and choose which way I need to go?
Signs in the city are just as confusing.
So “ALL OTHER TIMES” would
be from 9:30 pm to 6:30 am – right? Or
would that be left?
Apparently you can’t find or do anything here?
Sort of like Burma Shave signs but you have to read fast as these signs don't appear to be spaced 100 feet apart? Drivers would be slowing to a stop at the stop sign, however, so that might help.
But we still see it and have to read it!
Hallelujah! Except with no signs, it might be challenging if you need to turn off somewhere?
Reminds me of the time my youngest daughter gave me directions to the new place she’d just moved into. “Take the first left off the highway.” she said. “Then take the first right from there. After you go around a bend take the second left and then the first right--“ “Wait” I stopped her. “What are the names of these streets?” “I don’t know.” she answered blithely. I was nonplussed. “What do you mean you don’t know?!!” “Oh Mom!” she sighed. “It’s easy. You’ll be fine. Just don’t go left at the fork in the road.” I felt like I was going blindly where no man has gone before. It was all open country with no houses or even a barn anywhere. I got there all right, but geez Louise!
Okie-dokie.
Yikes!
I knew I shouldn't trust MapQuest.
Break out the insect repellant! Luckily, mosquitoes don’t like me & pretty much leave me alone. Maybe not here, though? I’m guessing this is Alaska. I think I remember seeing similar signs when we were there. Never saw any mosquitoes though. Must have been the wrong time of year. Mosquitoes are generally a problem in Alaska from late May to late July or early August. We began our tour of Alaska on the 18th of August so must have just missed the mosquitoes. Whew!
:->
La Nightingail
P.S. Adding a personal touch – this is my eldest daughter coming back to California during the summer of 2000 after working and going to school back east for a few years. A good friend flew back to help her move. They rented a small van, loaded it up with all her worldly goods including two cats, and drove across the country from Boston taking pictures of themselves at the welcoming signs of each state they crossed.
And by the way, HAPPY FATHR'S DAY to you fathers out there!
This was lots of fun to read...as they say, I laughed out loud a few times. Guys who make signs probably get pretty bored sometimes and come up with the wildest things. And then there are obvious boo-boos too.
ReplyDeleteI found so many examples of this sort of thing it was really hard to edit & as you can tell, I didn't edit all that many out! But they were just too fun. :)
DeleteTerrific Post! I regularly take snaps of odd traffic/warning/shop signs. With the advent of 21st century mapping systems, signs may soon become obsolete. My newest car came with a navigation system but after the first year it required a monthly subscription which I refuse to pay. Nonetheless the car still knows exactly where it is and displays a dashboard icon for all stop signs and traffic lights.
ReplyDeleteA few years ago my wife and I toured Ireland in a rental car with my wife acting as navigator. She used two road atlases and a cheap disposable cell phone and we had no problems until reaching Dublin where we discovered the worst traffic congestion I've ever encountered. As we looked for our hotel, I was confronted with lorries, busses, cars, trams, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians all zipping around without any regard to driving rules that I understood. Suddenly my wife shouts turn left! "Are you sure?" I ask. TURN LEFT! So I did and we drove into a huge street market filled with produce stalls and hundreds of Dubliners filling the roadway. Not only was it No Entry, there was no obvious way to turn around! In panic mode I somehow managed to find a maze of alleys that lead us back onto the main street without being stopped by Dublin police. I immediately insisted we had to return the rental car and call a cab to take us to our hotel. When I complained about Dublin's traffic to the rental agent, who was from Serbia, he said, "Oh this is nothing. You should try driving in Belgrade."
When I was in Boston, the hotel's entertainment & how to get around guide had a huge warning in capital letters saying "DO NOT DRIVE IN TOWNTOWN BOSTON" and when we were walking around in downtown Boston I could see why! Talk about people making up their own driving rules. Whoa!!!
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