The Islington Council made a sign warning people not to attach anything to park furniture or trees -and then attached it to a tree at Highbury Fields in north London, England. A neighboring architect, who was annoyed at the many signs posted recently, went to remove the sign and was surprised to see who had posted it on the tree. Soon, others gathered around to laugh at the nonsensical notice. The council soon relocated the notice to a nearby message board. They blamed the mistake on a junior member with good intentions. Link

Where do you go to buy things to decorate your walls? Wall*Mart, of course! Buzzfeed’s Mike Hayes took this picture in the Dominican Republic. Link

Maybe the driver was distracted by reading the sign… If anyone knows where this picture was taken or who the photographer is, please let us know. And drive carefully! Link

I don’t know who took the picture of this adorable sign, but I found several references to the sign that identify it as being at the Maori Anglican Church at Raukokore, East Cape, New Zealand. -via Arbroath

Twitter user Carrie Bishop took a snapshot of this sign announcing a business vacation. It doesn’t have to be true to be eye-catching! Link -via Boing Boing

Officers who raided the home found a small meth lab, 19 grams of marijuana, 10 grams of heroin, 190 pills and $4,143 in cash, police say. They also seized a shotgun.

Police began looking into the home more than a year ago because of numerous neighborhood complaints. At one point, an unidentified neighbor gave police the “Heroin for sale” flier, which also had the address and names of the suspected drug dealers.

In addition, there were a number of public safety meetings where neighbors complained about the drug problem in their neighborhood, and they asked for something to be done, police say.

Six adults were arrested. There was also a teenager in the home at the time of the raid. Link -via Arbroath

The town of Aberdeen, Washington, used to be such a nice little town. But like its most famous native son, Kurt Cobain, the town has a drug problem - and now, a local businessman is fighting back:

Between painting over the writing and coping with a long spate of thefts, Rainier Lanes owner Rob Shaver was becoming impatient. Last week, "impatient" turned to "fed up," when he discovered that a pair of plastic rain spouts had been stolen from the exterior of the building.

He decided to pen some graffiti of his own, on the hand-lettered reader board that stands outside the bowling alley: "I'm sick of the meth heads and thieves in our town," it said.

The reaction was instant. "Thank you for the courage to put that up on your sign," said one city resident, according to the Aberdeen Daily World. "Finally, somebody is saying what they think about the problem," said another. "We saw your sign and support you."

Rainier Lanes front desk manager Steve Wood said Aberdeen isn't the small-town place it was (and that presumably includes the days when Cobain and Nirvana co-founder Krist Novoselic were skulking around town as teenagers).

"Aberdeen has a real bad meth problem," Wood told The Times. "About 10 years ago, this town used to be real nice, and drugs have just taken it to making it not a good town anymore."

I’ll take two! This was on Neatorama’s Facebook page. Link

Authorities said there is no cause for concern.

“We want to assure all citizens of Flagstaff that there is no problem with rogue pandas,” said Lt. Ken Koch with the Flagstaff Police Department.

He does, however, encourage anybody who spots a member of the endangered species roaming Flagstaff streets to call the police department.

The sign, which had been altered in the middle of the night, was corrected by 11 AM. No suspects have been identified. The good news is that the publicity may cause motorists to read electronic signs more carefully in the future. Link -via Arbroath

(Image credit: Jake Bacon/Arizona Daily Sun)

A sign on the Georgia Tech campus gets a translation from someone who draws arrows. I guess you could call that person an “arrowsmith.” Note the people in the picture are obeying the signs. Link

Flickr user NiferCritter thought this was such a neat scene that she knew photographic evidence was required.

I passed a storefront window w/ such an oddity of things, that it needed to post a sign that it was indeed a store:

Link -via Evil Mad Linkblog

Ryan Gravette remembers the day the sign came to town.

“We actually had some friends over,” Gravette said. “They went out and said: ‘Do you realize that there’s a sign that says crap out there?’”

Gravette said: No. No, I didn’t. But, yes, there is a “CRAP” sign lighting up our sky.

That sign belongs to Andy Joseph.

“My crap sign on the roof,” Joseph said. “It stands for: ‘Can’t Resist Andy’s Place.’”

No, he’s not using the neon to attract the ladies. Andy’s Place is a second-hand appliance store. For Joseph, “CRAP” is a business decision.

The slogan came about when Joseph got a deal on an old sign from a defunct floor covering store. The sign spelled CARPET, which gave Joseph some letters he could use for a different business. Link (with video) -Thanks, Funny Laughs!

When businesses learned that a person carrying a sign drew a lot more attention than a static sign, a whole new occupation was born: the sign spinner. Now it seems that at least one business wants to save that expense. Rob Cockerham spotted this automated sign spinner in Sacramento, California. See her in action at Cockeyed.com. Link

Holy Juan spotted this sign in a public restroom. There’s always a downside to doing the green thing, but if you’re good at sound effects, you can get away with it! Link

Sign? This bicycle shop in Atlandsberg, Germany, needed no stinkin’ signs because they’ve got 120 bicycles mounted on the building’s wall – via Flavorwire

When you’re traveling down the road with kids who are playing the alphabet game {wiki}, you would be extremely fortunate to happen upon this sign. Does anyone know if this is a real sign, and where it might be? Link

David Vieth, director of the bureau of highway operations for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, said the mistake was made by Decker Supply Company of Madison, which printed the sign.

The sign for exit 185 on southbound Highway 51 reads “Buisness 51 Rothschield Schofeild.”

Link -via Fark

By Sunday morning, the sign had been replaced. Link

(image credit: Corey Schjoth/Wausau Daily Herald)

Handbag designer Rachel Nasvik had a great idea on how to promote her new line for cheap: stage a great urban hunt for handbags!

Rachel places her handbags, stuffed with all sorts of girly stuff like lip gloss and bobby pins along with the note "You didn’t find this bag, this bag found you," hidden in public places around New York City. If you find it, you can keep it.

Clues on the whereabouts of her handbags are on Rachel’s Twitter. You can see imags of the discovered bags on her blog Thrill of the Chase – via Steve Hall and Angela Natividad’s Adrants

Whatever you think of the ad campaign, the photo is priceless! PLEASE NO PEE-PEE.

I met a ferocious turtle once. Turns out it was just hungry … Actually, the sign above is an ingenious direct mail campaign by SulAmérica, a provider of home insurance. The company has a very unusual database of what pets their clients own.

Sun/MRM ad agency of Brazil engineered a clever direct mail campaign, where they send funny signs to people who have birds, turtles, ferrets but no watch dogs to protect their homes! With this customized campaign, over 85% of the people renewed their insurance (as compared to 30% the year before the campaign).

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Unfortunately, I’m sure that some idiot will see that as a challenge instead … – via Rue the Day and Miss Cellania

When ordinary No Parking sign fails, somebody clever tacked on this tongue-in-cheek sign in Mobile, Alabama.

But such a tactic did work, at least for this guy:

An out-of-work banker who became a symbol of the looming financial crisis by trudging Manhattan streets wearing a sign advertising "MIT grad for hire" has landed on his feet – scoring a well-paying job at an accounting firm.

In a more hopeful sign of the times, Joshua Persky got rid of his sandwich board and demonstrated that creative people can bail themselves out without any help from the government. [...]

What sealed the deal for Joshua? Why, it’s a blog:

"The publicity I got from the sandwich board encouraged me to set up a blog to document my experience," said Persky, 49.

A headhunter spotted the blog and brought it to Weiser’s attention.

"Obviously, I had vigorous interviews, but I think it was [the blog] which sealed the deal," Persky said.

Link | Joshua’s blog Oracle of NY – Thanks Geekazoid!

Marcy of The Glamorous Life Association blog took this photo of a clever "Telephone Answering Charges" at the bar/restaurant called Schillings in Atlanta: Link – via Miss Cellania

Inspired by the ubiquitous Sorry We’re Closed sign, Aesthetic Asparagus designed a series of 9 signs that cut the crap and say what the closed shop owners truly meant: Link – via Quipsologies