Category: Signage
Neon Boneyard
Here's a Flickr set from one person's visit.
What NOT To Say At Work

There are some very specific things you shouldn't say to your co-workers. Offensive things. Questions and comments that could lead to a lawsuit, or getting fired. But how do you know exactly what those things are? Aside from using your common sense, the Delaware Department of Transportation was kind enough to make this brochure. They also issued an apology when, surprise!, people found the brochure to be offensive.
Posted By: Nethie | Date: Tue May 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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Category: Communications, Government, Jobs and Occupations, Signage, Work and Vocational Training
Category: Communications, Government, Jobs and Occupations, Signage, Work and Vocational Training
Enigmatic Warning Sign
If anyone can explain the logic of this warning, or provide information about where it comes from, please enlighten all of us here at WU!
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Category: Drugs, Politics, Rants, Warnings, Jeremiads, Prophecies and Cassandra-like Figures, Signage, Posters
Category: Drugs, Politics, Rants, Warnings, Jeremiads, Prophecies and Cassandra-like Figures, Signage, Posters
Welcome to Ginsu Way!
Yes, my native state has chosen to name a public road after an infomercial.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Government, Signage
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Government, Signage
First Ever WU-vention!
Okay, it's not yet as big and popular as Burning Man, but the first gathering of WU-vies has occured. KW, Jules and Madd Maxx chose to meet recently. And here's photographic proof.Syrup shortages were reported in the region throughout the following week.
Madd Maxx and object of desire.
Left to right: Jules, KW.
The IHOP Corporation takes no responsibility for illegal and immoral acts committed upon its premises.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Apr 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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Category: Conventions, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Food, Human Marvels, Obsessions, Photography and Photographers, Restaurants, Signage, Subcultures, Public Indecency, Sex Symbols, Reader Recommendation, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers
Category: Conventions, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Food, Human Marvels, Obsessions, Photography and Photographers, Restaurants, Signage, Subcultures, Public Indecency, Sex Symbols, Reader Recommendation, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers
The Richland Bombers
Continuing the theme of strange insignias begun with that of the village of Whitesboro, Irene submitted the logo of Richland (Washington) High School. Richland bordered on the Hanford nuclear weapons facility, where the Fat Man bomb was manufactured that was detonated over Nagasaki. So naturally the school called its team the Richland Bombers. Nothing like having your mascot be a symbol of nuclear annihilation.
The Village Seal of Whitesboro
The village of Whitesboro is located in upstate New York. It was founded in 1788 by Hugh White. The village seal depicts "a friendly wrestling match that helped foster good relations between White and the Indians." It was created in 1963 by local artist George E. Pugh to commemmorate the Village's Sesquicentennial.Unfortunately, some people think the seal looks more like Hugh White choking an Indian. In fact, in 1977 a complaint was filed with the Village Board arguing that the seal "demeans, disgraces and creates prejudice and distrust of Indian people." The Village was asked to stop displaying the seal. However, the villagers felt that the wrestling match was an important event in the history of their town, so instead they redesigned the seal so that Hugh White's hands were placed on the Indian's shoulders and not so close to his neck.
What you're seeing in the image below is apparently the redesigned seal that to this day appears on many of their municipal vehicles. If it still looks to you like White is choking the guy, that's obviously your own violent mind interpreting the image in that way. Anyone can see it's just a friendly sporting match! (Thanks to Ted Seaman for the contribution.)
Strange Congo Signage
World-traveler Peter Danssaert contributes this photo of a sign he saw in Kisangani, the Congo.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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Category: Business, Advertising, Money, Signage, Billboards, Foreign Customs, Africa
Category: Business, Advertising, Money, Signage, Billboards, Foreign Customs, Africa
Lost in Translation
I'm posting this from a Starbucks in Bremen, Germany. (I'd prefer to be in a German cafe, but Starbucks turns out to be the easiest place to find an internet connection.)


Posted By: Alex | Date: Mon Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Category: Regionalism, Signage, Travel
Category: Regionalism, Signage, Travel
Weird Poster
[Photographed in Providence, Rhode Island, October 2008, corner of North Main and Branch.]
If anyone can possibly explain the meaning of this poster, please do so.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Oct 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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Category: Aliens, Art, Sexuality, Signage, Posters, Gender-bending
Category: Aliens, Art, Sexuality, Signage, Posters, Gender-bending

Category: Museums, Regionalism, Signage, Advertising