Ever saw a sign and wondered if there was a story behind it?

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Last night I was walking past these public toilets and this sign caught my eye. I'm pretty sure it wasn't there the last time, so it does raise the question of what happened there.

So have you ever seen an odd sign and wondered why it was needed?

Ever saw a sign and wondered if there was a story behind it?

Tarifa · Accepted Answer

I saw a sign on a public bus saying  'Forbidden to spit on the floor' . I mean, really? Who in their right mind would do such a thing? A sign on the window of a public train, saying  'Forbidden to look out the window' . It was on the top part that could fold down inwards. I think that if you ever tried, you'd not live to tell. A hammer to smash the window on a public train in case of emergency. The hammer is tucked away in a cabinet, protected by glass. On the cabinet there's a sign  'Smash the glass to get access to the hammer' .

Static_In_The_Attic · Accepted Answer

Signs are all around us & some of them really make you think. Other signs make you laugh & some of those signs you are like WTF? I wonder how many accidents happened here. I’m sure this one has a story.

FreyaRed · Accepted Answer

Someone caught a fish and gutted in toilet hand wash sink while using tap water to clean the meat from blood and scale remains. no entry for angels

RandomGirl42 · Accepted Answer

This sign is in my county.

OneViewpoint · Answer

I'm at the point where I know there's a story behind it but I just don't care. I've seen all the proof I need that there are way too many people out there who need product warnings to NOT dry your dog in a microwave, don't smoke at a gas pump, and don't wash up with chlorine bleach.

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

I’ve never wondered about the reason behind signs, but i always think to myself that the world would be a better place if we got rid of many of them. There are too many idiots because y’all insist on protecting them from themselves.
If we let the morons take themselves out and more strictly enforce laws to get rid of the *ssholes, this whole planet would be heavenly. Idiots and *ssholes ruin everything.

Jersey2 · Answer

I am hoping by toilets they simply mean the bathroom as is common in the US, perhaps the sink but yuck. Multiple times a year I think that when I see some signs. I shake my head and laugh.

Now I wonder if I was ever the cause of a sign or warning. Here Are some I found in an article as this post peaked my interest. I like Rocket the cat best. And I myself have knocked on a door frantically when I saw a house down in the meadow… I am not from a rural area.

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

My favorite one, seen in País Vasco I understood it, but not really at first sight lol

coachTanthony · Answer

Must be something to this lol

whosnumber_1 · Answer

I bet those toilets were pretty stinky the day after a shellfish cleaning. My brother caught a big dogfish off the beach as a kid and dropped it into the woman's port-a- pottie by day three you really had to have a lot of courage to use the bathroom

AviatorTom · Answer

Too many signs like this to mention, and several YouTube channels that thrive on ridiculous and funny signs. Like this one...

ohsheeT · Answer

How can any body call that being shellfish. I' mean they are using dirty water

exitseven · Answer

How about this sign.

LC75LC71 · Answer

One. There were no words, just two arrows. Left and right. Really stupid since the road ended there. I wondered who's the asshole that got paid to put that sign in place.

RavVid · Answer

Hmmh I think you should take your cockles home to clean.

NathanDavis · Answer

spoiler alert...

KostasKouvalis · Answer

Yeah, I saw one in Canada that said, "No U. S. Thermal Coal" and without context, I was so confused.

ChicoFromThe305 · Answer

Yea my local Wendy's has a sign at the drive through telling everyone that the employees working there don't have the key or access in general to the safe in the back of the restaurant

Anonymous · Answer

I know of a club that has a sign that says "no licking the walls"... and i know the story

robocop666 · Answer

there are signs below barbed wire saying to to break in as there is barbed wire.

Likes2drive · Answer

I usually see signs in the bathroom, saying not to throw paper towels down the toilet

Smegskull · Answer

I had a book as a kid called worlds stupidest signs. Most of them come down to missing commas and translation errors.

Shiprex · Answer

Some signs are for entertainment purposes

nolabels · Answer

Lol!!!

Twalli · Answer

Generally, because people did it.

Qiero · Answer

Not really tbh I don’t care

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