Signs & Portents

Is it just me, or is this an oxymoron?

^ San Francisco's Mission District. It's a little scary to think that a chica sexy might need a beard trim, but then again, this is San Francisco...

^ Every item in this outdoor museum in Thailand is clearly and carefully labelled, in two languages.

^ The Mississippi at St. Louis during a flood - only one rather special pedestrian could be expected to use this crossing!

Dumb as a...?

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Life is a glorious cycle of song, a medley of extemporanea;
Love is the thing that can never go wrong, and I am:

- Dorothy Parker

photographed on Wall Street

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This series of signs in Austria shows how long til the end of a long stretch of road work.

Saw this funny sign in New Delhi, Nov 2004.

Funny truck sign spotted in Decorah, Iowa - everyone who steals this picture can thank my mom, who took it!

Highway sign to the village of DOS, Italy.

Funny road signs in Italy.

How kind of you...

^ These are exactly the kinds of tourist traps you should avoid in Italy.