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21 December 2006

Weird Road Signs I saw a sign that said "Children Need Your Presence, Not Presents". How nice. It was for the Personalities Strip Club. How strange.

post by: ThePinkSuperhero at: 12:46 | 18 comments

Well, most of the year they spend honing men's parenting skills with applications of alcohol and erotic dance. But I guess they're taking a small break to note an alternative way to enrich children's lives.

posted by scarabic 21 December | 13:18

Fucking, bitte nicht so schnell! For the sake of the children!

posted by occhiblu 21 December | 13:27

TTIUWP

posted by danostuporstar 21 December | 13:44

I saw one on the Mass Turnpike that read:

PinkSuperHero Eats Twinkies in Bed When She's Not Doing Puppet Theater with Them.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 21 December | 14:21

LT, I saw that one too! I think it was for a piano bar.

posted by occhiblu 21 December | 14:42

I wish ThePinkSuperhero would stop using MetaChat to pimp her business.

posted by mullacc 21 December | 14:47

The one that always gets me, even though I know what it means, is "SLOW CHILDREN". In a moment of semi-drunken snark, I asked my friend if we were driving through a concentrated area of retarded kids. He laughed so hard we almost had to pull over. I'm awful.

posted by Frisbee Girl 21 December | 14:51

Q: Do Pennsylvania highways still have those fake-kiddie-writing "My Mommy Works Here"/"My Daddy Works Here" signs in the construction zones?

A: Yes, and they're not the only ones.

posted by box 21 December | 14:52

I love you, Frisbee Girl.

posted by gaspode 21 December | 15:04

Don't feel bad, Fris. All those kids grew up to be gainfully employed. Haven't you ever seen the "Slow Men at Work" signs? Aaaannd..rimshot!
(I believe that's a Steven Wright joke. Possibly Carlin.)

Maybe the sign was to remind men that if they don't want their daughters to work there, maybe they should spend more time with them. Chris Rock once said that, as a father, a man's main responsibility is "to keep your soon off the pipe and your daughter off the pole."

posted by jrossi4r 21 December | 16:36

And occhi...I like it schnell!

posted by jrossi4r 21 December | 16:37

Schnell! Schnell!

Hee. German is not a sexy language.

posted by occhiblu 21 December | 16:44

Ha, right back atcha, 'pode!

Goodness, jrossi, you make me laugh!!

posted by Frisbee Girl 21 December | 16:55

Y'all are killing me! The cats are looking at me 'cause I'm laughing so much!

posted by deborah 21 December | 17:00

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This is up the highway from Aunt Mary's Toaster Bistro in Lincoln City, which claims to be the world's first pornaurant and is also unique for having a menu that consists entirely of foods that are prepared in a toaster.

posted by Skwirl 21 December | 17:13

One of my favorites:

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posted by mudpuppie 21 December | 17:28

I always chuckle a bit when I see the signs that say "Koalas cross here at night" because I wonder what makes them so angry at that particular place and why only at night?

posted by dg 21 December | 18:16

dg, that made me laugh entirely too much.

posted by occhiblu 21 December | 18:26

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