seen on a sign near me .....

[paulyoung666]

first one was on a van -- all our vehicles are gprs tracked for accountability .....

second one was on a banner outside a car accessory shop -- matts and wheeltrims fitted free .....

you would have thought a signwriter would be able to spell

 

[sheriffwoody]

anyone?

 

[signs]

 

[Graham27]

first one was on a van -- all our vehicles are gprs tracked for accountability .....

second one was on a banner outside a car accessory shops -- matts and wheeltrims fitted free .....

you would have thought a signwriter would be able to spell

It's late and there's been booze, but I'm not sure what's wrong with the first one? Probably something obvious which I'll wake up (with a headache) and see! It's not GPRS tracking, is it? That's correct And you have a typo in the second one

 

[paulyoung666]

Well done , but the typo in the second is the error , indeed , they spelled mat with 2 t's

 

[Rog69]

There was a local hotel near me that had a big banner sign made up after they had a big refurb done advertising that all rooms were now "On sweet"

 

[balidey]

Sign near me is....
No parking accept on business

 

[DVD-Man]

Seen this near me, thought it was a funny joke by local graffiti artists, seems It's not!

Suicide charity Samaritans slams Go Compare for 'jump off a cliff' ads | The Sun |News

 

[pandemic]

first one was on a van -- all our vehicles are gprs tracked for accountability .....

Interesting one that, because in a sense it is 'half' correct. They use both GPS and GPRS, basically the tracking unit has a GPS which polls and records the location and then at some point in the day with send the data back to 'base' via GPRS data connection.

 

[Trollslayer]

The GPS/GPRS should have been in upper case though.

 

[mikelj]

A few years ago, I snapped a photo of a newsboard for the local Wigan Evening Post with the headline 'Wigan fat birds problem'.

 

[gibbsy]

On a newsagents boards opposite where I was working from the South Wales Echo.

First board: 50 colliery jobs to be axed.
Second board: Police seek mad axeman.

Just wish I had had a camera, but it was 46 years ago.

 

[Naaktgeboren]

A friend of mine arranged for a company to apply graphics to 3 new vans he had purchased.

When they arrived he looked at their company van, half the decals had peeled off, the telephone number was crooked and he noticed when they opened the door, half the stickers moved He sent them on their way

 

[johntheexpat]

There used to be a house in Castlebar Road, Ealing with a glass window above the door. A signwriter was called in to paint the number in words. Posh *******! Until he spelt it as 'Fourty'...whatever the exact number was.
Funnily enough, it stayed up like that for years, so perhaps they meant to wind everyone up.
Can't see it on Goole Streetview, but it was a long time ago.

 

[Graham27]

Well done , but the typo in the second is the error , indeed , they spelled mat with 2 t's

I saw that, I meant you made a typo while you were crticising the signwriter

second one was on a banner outside a car accessory shops

 

[aVdub]

Might be the info that's been supplied to the printers/sign writers.
Customer is 100% sure that is what they want......

 

[imightbewrong]

Might be the info that's been supplied to the printers/sign writers.
Customer is 100% sure that is what they want......

Some sign writers just don't engage their brains. I saw a trophy at a small tournament once that said '2nd place and so on'. It turned out the guy ordering them had said 'and so on' after reading out a list of the required trophies, thinking the guy got the gist of it. But no

 

[paulelwelluk]

Seen this near me, thought it was a funny joke by local graffiti artists, seems It's not!

Suicide charity Samaritans slams Go Compare for 'jump off a cliff' ads | The Sun |News

Same here.

Also, funny choice of headline. Slam is exactly what you would do, on the ground if you jumped of a cliff!

 

[paulyoung666]

I saw that, I meant you made a typo while you were crticising the signwriter

Fair play kidda , I was at work and couldn't alter the post , I think people are getting the idea of the thread though

 

[paulyoung666]

Interesting one that, because in a sense it is 'half' correct. They use both GPS and GPRS, basically the tracking unit has a GPS which polls and records the location and then at some point in the day with send the data back to 'base' via GPRS data connection.

fair play , didnt know that

I saw that, I meant you made a typo while you were crticising the signwriter

sorted my post , thankyou

Might be the info that's been supplied to the printers/sign writers.
Customer is 100% sure that is what they want......

customer is always right

Some sign writers just don't engage their brains. I saw a trophy at a small tournament once that said '2nd place and so on'. It turned out the guy ordering them had said 'and so on' after reading out a list of the required trophies, thinking the guy got the gist of it. But no

class

Fair play kidda , I was at work and couldn't alter the post , I think people are getting the idea of the thread though

post altered

 

[mjn]

Outside a pub near Kings Cross Station i saw "meat, potatoes, veg and grayve"

 

[Graham27]

Fair play kidda , I was at work and couldn't alter the post

Sure you weren't at the pub after work? You've quoted and replied to my post twice, and you've then quoted your reply and replied to that too!

 

[Greg Hook]

When I was on holiday recently in the Lake District outside a pub there was a sign saying 'Sunday Lunch £7.95' then underneath it said 'only on Sundays'

 

[aVdub]

When I was on holiday recently in the Lake District outside a pub there was a sign saying 'Sunday Lunch £7.95' then underneath it said 'only on Sundays'

That's a classic. "We have been asked this so many times now that it is geting silly and we could do without it"

 

[Spudhead]

Whilst it didn't have a spelling mistake, best sign Ive seen in a longtime was outside a church on the billboard near my local Uni.

"When Jesus said 'follow me'. He did not mean on Twitter"

Haha! I really wanted to snap a picture but there was copper sat at the lights behind me so couldn't use my phone.