Whacky Signs.

[melmerby]

3 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

I hate to be obtuse, but just what is funny about that sign?

Referring to the shape of a certain male organ

 

3 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

In the UK Bell End is slang for a stupid person.

 

[Compound2632]

8 minutes ago, melmerby said:

He used to keep some hard to find records.

 

Some years ago I heard a piece of renaissance/early music on a BBC TV programme that I didn't recognise.

I rang the BBC to find out what it was and spoke to the programme's producer, who told me the title & album it was from.

I then tried to buy a copy and found that the shop in Needless Alley was the only place that kept a copy.

 

 

That must have been quite a few years ago. I think he went out of business sometime in the late 80s.

[melmerby]

16 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

That must have been quite a few years ago. I think he went out of business sometime in the late 80s.

I changed to CDs in 1985 and it was a while before then.

 

Edited April 8, 2021 by melmerby

[J. S. Bach]

There is a street here in Chester called "Why Me Lord St."; I would get a photo of the sign but the area is not the best.

[The Johnster]

Swansea has a Salubrious Passage.  I know, I've been up it.

[Stubby47]

[J. S. Bach]

Also in Chester:

 

 

It has been like this for about three weeks now.

[Steamport Southport]

That's not Chester.    Where are the Romans? 

 

Chester, the home to the scary doll shop. 

 

[melmerby]

Meanwhile in Birmgham:

 

Since absorbed into Jennens Road

It was originally the boundary between Aston & Birmingham when they were separate boroughs and Aston was much bigger than Birmingham

Boundary stone on that building still exists and has been placed where that building was:

[Steamport Southport]

A B Row.

 

Is that where Baldrick wrote his dictionary?

 

 

Baldrick: Well, it’s a buzzing thing, isn’t it. “A buzzing thing.”

 

Edmund: Baldrick, I mean something that starts with `A-B’.

 

Baldrick: Honey? Honey starts with a bee.

 

George: He’s right, you know, Blackadder. Honey does start a bee…and a flower,
too.

[Hroth]

3 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

There is a street here in Chester called "Why Me Lord St."; I would get a photo of the sign but the area is not the best.

 

2 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

That's not Chester.    Where are the Romans? 

 

Chester, the home to the scary doll shop. 

 

 

For a moment I thought JSB was talking about Blacon, that can be rough...

 

[Steamport Southport]

Not sign related, but I think Chester was the last place I went to before all this Lockdown malarkey.

 

 

[kevinlms]

On 21/03/2021 at 11:10, PhilJ W said:

They expect to be fed and watered?

[2750Papyrus]

[Colin_McLeod]

[PhilJ W]

[PhilJ W]

[melmerby]

Presumably originally "Chains Required"?

[Ozexpatriate]

21 minutes ago, melmerby said:

Presumably originally "Chains Required"?

Yes. It's a nice letter substitution in the retouching but pretty obvious, certainly to people who have seen the "CHAINS REQUIRED" signage.

 

What is also odd is the 25 mph speed limit - which looks modified too. The sort of road that would have "CHAINS REQUIRED" signage is more likely to have a 55 mph speed limit.

 

Not sure what the 8E-A addition is supposed to be about. It just looks wrong - particularly the stencil "8".

[melmerby]

12 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Yes. It's a nice letter substitution in the retouching but pretty obvious, certainly to people who have seen the "CHAINS REQUIRED" signage.

 

What is also odd is the 25 mph speed limit - which looks modified too. The sort of road that would have "CHAINS REQUIRED" signage is more likely to have a 55 mph speed limit.

 

Not sure what the 8E-A addition is supposed to be about. It just looks wrong - particularly the stencil "8".

Better done than some that get posted.

 

Maybe 8E-A is a signage number for the benefit of relevant authorities?

Most UK signs have a number but usually on the back.

[Ozexpatriate]

8 hours ago, melmerby said:

Maybe 8E-A is a signage number for the benefit of relevant authorities?

That would be on the back or in tiny lettering. It just looks wrong.

 

There's a California 'chains required' sign here. Oregon signage is slightly different.

 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Ozexpatriate

[PhilJ W]

I suspect it was photoshopped though its hard to tell.

[Ozexpatriate]

41 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

... suspect

??? There's no question in my mind it is a manipulated image, likely from California. I count five modifications at least including:

 

BRAINS for CHAINS (x2)

25 for 55

The addition of the 8E-A

NATURAL SELECTION

 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Ozexpatriate

[melmerby]

1 hour ago, Ozexpatriate said:

??? There's no question in my mind it is a manipulated image, likely from California. I count five modifications at least including:

 

BRAINS for CHAINS (x2)

25 for 55

The addition of the 8E-A

NATURAL SELECTION

 

Definitely been 'shopped, I could see straight away.

However why change the speed limit? Can't see the logic of that, to me 55 would work just as well.

Why add the 8E-A? Just puzzling, unless it's some form of the 'shoppers "trade mark".

[Metr0Land]

 

http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2012/02/some-say-school-speed-limit-sign-is-too.html