Here's Your Sign...

In the past few weeks, I have noticed several signs that were either funny(ha ha) or funny (odd and random.) Below are a few examples

This is one we saw at the Botanical Gardens in the Sensory Garden. Heath was taking the sign literally, because it says "Use your eyes and your hands to compare the bark of different trees." There was also a tree that was labeled the "Apple Berry Service" tree. (Sorry, I didn't get a picture of that one.) I found it funny because I have always been told that no tree can produce two fruits, yet here we have a tree with Apples and Berries at your service.

This is one that my 5yr old saw in our van. Since he doesn't yet know how to read he interpreted the picture and said to me, "Mom, I guess you're not allowed to cry in our van." I will be sure to show it to him again the next time we are coming home late and he doesn't want to sleep on the way home (that is when he gets crabby and starts to cry.)

This one is funny (odd) to me because again taken quite literally the cemetery is our Exit from this world. I wonder if the people that decided that the school next to this cemetery should route their parking lot to have the exit there, thought about the irony of it when they were putting the sign in it's place? Maybe this is God's way of showing us he too has a sense of humor.



Another sign that I saw, but didn't get a picture of, is one that says "The village of Grayslake has decided that this highway will now be considered a Freeway." This sign is repeated several times down the road. First of all what in the heck is the difference in a highway and a freeway? Secondly why make this change? Will we now be fined if we call it by the wrong name?

As long as I am mentioning crazy signs, I have to mention the one at Tea Lake (or Lake Shelby) in Gulf Shores, AL. The sign says "Do Not Molest The Alligators." Heath always says "If they have a sign telling people not to do it, that means someone has tried it." Only in Alabama folks.

And of course I can't leave out the signs that inspire the infamous "dad jokes." Signs like "Stop Ahead," my dad always slammed the brakes and said "Where, I don't see a head" just to hear us girls say "Da -ad!" There was also the sign "Slow Children Playing." Dad would always say "Ok. girls be looking for those slow children." I always thought it was just my dad since he loves puns, but apparently these are universal. I have even heard heath use them on our own children.

I guess the saying "Mean what you say and say what you mean" -Alice in Wonderland, doesn't really apply to signs.