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50 Signs So Ridiculous They’re Actually Brilliant, As Spotted By People Online (New Pics)
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The purpose of a sign is simple: to inform, promote, or spread awareness. Ideally, it should be clear and easy to understand. But as we all know, humans aren’t exactly the most logical creatures, so their attempts at creating a good message can sometimes go hilariously wrong.
To show you exactly what we mean, we’ve rounded up some of the funniest examples from the Facebook groups Really Bad Signs and Stupid and Weird Signs. Check them out below, upvote your favorites, and don’t forget to tell us which ones made you laugh the hardest!
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Fascinated by the hilarious appeal of these photos, Bored Panda reached out to Michael Jenkin, one of the admins of Stupid and Weird Signs, to learn more about the group.
Michael shared that he originally joined the page as a regular member. “There were already 100,000 members, but the admin was reluctant to add moderators,” he explained. “It was like the Wild West with bad and inappropriate posts. Eventually, Facebook shut it down after several warnings. I liked the concept and the friends I’d made in the group, so I decided to start it back up.”
At first, some members mistakenly assumed Michael was the original admin and sent him angry messages, asking why they had been removed. “Of course, the group itself was deactivated,” he clarified. “Feeling that the original group was taken down due to a lack of supervision, I immediately looked for people from the old group to help as admins.”
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“On day one, people volunteered, and I added admins without knowing them,” Michael said. “By day two, members were messaging me and quitting because one of the admins went on a ridiculous power trip. By day three, I was already banning and blocking that admin. I don’t understand why some people think being a Facebook admin is a position of power. Anyone can create a group—admins are not special.”
Learning from that experience, Michael reached out to friends and family to help manage the group. “I also use a lot of Facebook tools to keep the group within Facebook’s guidelines,” he shared. “There has to be a balance between letting people have fun and not going overboard or offending others. Unfortunately, admins have to rely on their personal sensitivities and judgment to maintain that balance.”
“We’re not always right, and we do make mistakes,” Michael admitted.
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Norm Gilmore 5 days ago
I don't know about the rest of you who have had children but that's definitely how I carried my son to the bathroom when he had launched chemical weapons...
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Dumb teenager 5 days ago
Ingredients: protons, neutrons and electrons. Photons not included. May be present: gravitons
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Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 5 days ago
Well, actually this sign makes perfect sense next to the visitor entrance. Please don't bring your bugs along to visit your already sick loved ones. Next to the emergency entry, oh boy...
Gin 5 days ago
Well... If someone is only 'unwell' (as opposed to seriously ill - which this sign is also not aimed at) with bugs it also makes a fair degree of sense at the emergency entrance too. That's for accidents that you can't treat yourself and serious illness which generally aren't if someone is feeling unwell with ordinary day to day illnesses. If someone isn't sure... fair enough, that is going to happen and some milder symptoms can be the start of something serious. Better safe than dead. Though, having sat in my fair share of A&E waiting rooms with broken bones and earlier this year with a seriously ill husband with pneumonia, it's usually easy to spot the ones who'll be triaged and back out the door shortly after being seen. Unfortunately, we humans panic or aren't sure all too often. Too many people go to A&E when they could see their doctor or go to a non-urgent treatment centre.
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Janissary35680 5 days ago
Not a "sign" but I translated to English an 18th century charter (deed of trust) endowing a hospital. One of the provisions was to avoid admitting extremely sick people so as to keep the hospital from acquiring an "ominous" reputation.😐
Debby Keir 5 days ago
This is a disability equipment shop WITHIN a hospital, and not a hospital in itself.
Laugh Fan 5 days ago
Hospitals still really do not want you turning up with your flu or norovirus though - not unless you have complications.
Load More Replies... Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 5 days ago
One way to sort out the waiting lists, I suppose.
Riley Quinn 4 days ago
Knew someone who was coming down with a cold/flu and insisted on visiting a friend in the hospital. I explained why this was not only selfish, it was dangerous to put patients' health at greater risk. But I shouldn't have had to explain something so obvious to an adult.
Janet Graham 1 day ago
Our goal is to have an empty hospital except for elective surgeries and some lab procedures.
Uncle Schmickle 4 days ago
Fancy having sick people taking up space in a hospital ..... how inconsiderate.
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CanadianDimes 5 days ago
Do I have to bring them by during certain hours or can I drop them off anytime?
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arthbach 5 days ago (edited)
My Dad was rather paranoid on my first visit after I'd had to switch to a gluten-free diet. He went around his local supermarket and seemed to have bought every single item that said 'gluten-free'. I did ask if he'd managed to get gluten-free water, and gluten-free apples. He was ready to run back to the shops to get them. :oD
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Gin 5 days ago (edited)
The sign has been amended. The door is actually on the ground floor and round the corner, the sign now reflects that. Kent-Medwa...c5-png.jpg 
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Fry Me A Liver 4 days ago
Boy, #50 is absolutely dead perfect for an Absurd Hilarious Signs post! BP's greed pretty much killed my interest in visiting months ago, but this is probably going to be the last straw. die-bp-die...d3d66c.jpg 
Tonyah Mcanelly 4 days ago
I was at the airport in Denver and the bathrooms had a sign that had a man,woman,child and alien and said Whatever lOL
Heather Wolmarans 2 days ago
I used to love BP, but Premium has killed it, and no new posts for days, weeks on end....bye bye.
Gin 5 days ago
Or a fairly good representation of how people feel 'out there'.
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Fry Me A Liver 4 days ago
Boy, #50 is absolutely dead perfect for an Absurd Hilarious Signs post! BP's greed pretty much killed my interest in visiting months ago, but this is probably going to be the last straw. die-bp-die...d3d66c.jpg
Tonyah Mcanelly 4 days ago
I was at the airport in Denver and the bathrooms had a sign that had a man,woman,child and alien and said Whatever lOL
Heather Wolmarans 2 days ago
I used to love BP, but Premium has killed it, and no new posts for days, weeks on end....bye bye.
Gin 5 days ago
Or a fairly good representation of how people feel 'out there'.
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