If you've been around Bored Panda long enough, you know we have a soft spot for signs.
From Australian artist Michael Pederson to the legendary El Arroyo restaurant, we cover pretty much everyone who knows how to send a message. Or doesn't!
There's a Facebook group called 'The Absurd Sign Project' and, as the name implies, its members are sharing the funniest sign fails they can find.
We're talking brutal spelling mistakes, contradictory statements... you know, the good stuff. So join us and let's take a look at some of the most popular posts on the group.
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We contacted the group's administrators and moderators and one of them, Craig Hey, was kind enough to tell us more about this amusing corner of the internet.
"The community is fantastic," Craig told Bored Panda.
The gang is approaching 100,000 members but the predecessor of 'The Absurd Sign Project' had 166,000 before Facebook decided to ban it.
However, when it comes to content, numbers aren't the most important thing.
From time to time, bigger Facebook groups attract toxic users who want to litter all over them but Craig said they don't have this problem.
"Sometimes we have to take down a post we think Facebook won't like, but we don't get too many trolls. We have a dedicated admin and mod team who love seeing the group thrive and grow. Our most common issue is people not being happy over the posts we have to take down so we don't get shut down."
As you can see, the signs that get featured on the group come from a variety of places but there are a few leaders.
"The biggest provider of entertainment, I would say, are restaurants and supermarkets," Craig said.
The representative of 'The Absurd Sign Project' thinks the main reason why there are so many funny signs isn't incompetence. Rather, it's our desire to make each other laugh.
"We are the biggest absurd sign group I've found and we are the original group," Craig added.
"If anyone has any absurd signs of their own and wants to share, we would love to keep growing as a community and we want to see them!"
If you also have to make a sign, whether it's for your kid's lemonade stand or a business of your own, it might be worth remembering a chat in our earlier piece on funny and clever signs with Adrian Geach.
Geach, who has been a signwriter since 1980, told Bored Panda that "a good sign should be eye-catching, easy to understand and not too wordy with enough negative space around the text or logo, and have a good color scheme."
Stay in drugs, eat school, and don't do vegetables. Sounds reasonable to me....
And then the man went wee wee wee wee wee, all the way home 😉
Geach has been successfully involved in all areas of signage and graphics for decades but not that long ago, he went back to his roots and now concentrates on traditional signwriting.
With the current resurgence of interest in signwriting and hand-rendered work, he utilizes his skills to offer clients a more personal, unique, environmentally friendly, and organic signage solution using old-fashioned materials and techniques.
"A sign might only be looked at for a few seconds so it needs to leave an impression within this time frame, hence the less is more approach," he said.
Where else am I supposed to do my competitive dog grooming? In the elevator!?
"There are many factors to take into account when designing a sign, but the most important thing is to make sure it doesn't get lost in its surroundings," Geach revealed.
"A bad sign is too much lettering, not enough space around or in-between text and logos, and bad color choices."
But after seeing a few more posts on 'The Absurd Sign Project', we'll become experts on those by ourselves!
Watch someone take the table and leave all the rest of the stuff on the ground, untouched.
I love EVERYTHING about this. Especially the voodoo dolls being made while you wait 😂
The fact that they probably had to write the sign based on some persons actions is unreal
For those of you not familiar, Rocky Mountain Oysters are bull testicles...
I entirely empathize with people who find the profit margin of apartments unacceptable. (Please see your local politicians about artificially throttling development supply but not throttling demand... looking at you, California.) But as a matter of fact, I've had two different friends who sold their houses to move into smaller ones because yes, in fact, being a landlord is a ton of work.
I'm not sure what the point of the sign is. Am I supposed to be guilted into selling my properties and becoming an escort? Am I supposed to be convinced to close my OnlyFans and rent out my apartment for an easier life? Am I supposed to bring this up with my wife to let her know that she no longer needs to pay half the mortgage, but she DOES owe me for years worth of work after reviewing the balance of who was on top the most?
You're supposed to be less disingenuous, respect sex workers for the humans they are, and understand that people who jack up housing prices are causing massive problems across society. It's not that difficult.
Load More Replies...Being a landlord does not inherently require work. Plenty of landlords do nothing more than pay a management company and cash rent checks. If a landlord also manages the property, that is indeed work, but it is not something required of all landlords.
Load More Replies...I hate the flack landlords constantly bet around here... Long story short, I owned several rental properties with the intent of providing nice, affordable housing to people in need. I got screwed in every front from people tearing up my property to unpaid rents and utilities to (and this is the part I wish people knew) to the government penalizing me for NOT CHARGING HIGH ENOUGH RENT! So please understand the landlords are victims too. It cost me SO much money to be a landlord in the end.
It depends on the condition of the property and the needs of the renter. I would say I've done the front end work to make sure our rental property is up to spec so there are no major maintenance issues. Just the monthly AC filter check, pest control and biweekly maintenance of the yard and landscaping to remove debris and trim the shrubs. Get calls every now and then on minor stuff. It's not a lot of work but being on call 24/7 is a commitment. Didn't hire a property management service as it's a good 10% that they charge.
I wish you were my landlord. I asked for a new fridge 2.5 years ago as the freezer is broken- 3 months later bought a chest freezer. The only thing they care about is water or heat being stuck on bc it cost them money, they showed up immediately for those!
Load More Replies...Omg yes! I hate how people can make a shitload of money just because they have money to exploit other people. F**k them! Or well.. Rather f**k a sexworker I guess.
I have friends who own rental properties. If you think being a landlord isn't work - as well as a major pain in the a*s - you're not very bright.
Load More Replies...Being a good landlord is tons of work. Always someone breaking something or a kid flushing something, or a kids science project got out of hand. Always something... Combination handyman, collections agent, diplomat, and whatever else is needed in the moment. The shittastic landlords that don't give or do a damn, yah. That's not work.
Someone needs to put that comma back in the drawer. Sixth from the left, fourth one down. Should be a little label Comma Drawer 64.
The missing closing quotation marks is what bugs me the most about this...
This is the weirdest thing I have ever seen/read in my whole life without a doubt
Quite a few of these pictures would also qualify for "You only had one job" kind of list.
But it's so FUN to down vote them into oblivion!
Load More Replies...why is always the place to find job offers? and why are they always spam?
I once went to this great Amish restaurant called 'Old Buggy Buffet ' Imagine what I thought when I first saw that on their sign.
Nope, you just drew more attention to it. Downvote and move on, don't do this c**p
Load More Replies...Quite a few of these pictures would also qualify for "You only had one job" kind of list.
But it's so FUN to down vote them into oblivion!
Load More Replies...why is always the place to find job offers? and why are they always spam?
I once went to this great Amish restaurant called 'Old Buggy Buffet ' Imagine what I thought when I first saw that on their sign.
Nope, you just drew more attention to it. Downvote and move on, don't do this c**p
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