Here Are Some Funny Signposts

Monday, 15 October 2012

Anywhere that amuses me this much is worthy of my custom

Submitted by Vi Phuong
Spotted: Salford, Manchester, UK

So many things to enjoy here beyond the fact that "Tecco" is a hilarious rip-off of Tesco:
* The "express" sign, ensuring you don't confuse this for any of Tecco's other, larger stores
* The random changing of font size mid word so it says "TECCO"
* The thing saying "Sue", almost like a challenge to Tesco's lawyers is the icing on the cake

Sunday, 14 October 2012

The real reason the French hate American culture

Submitted by Jules Gaudin
Spotted: Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France

I can see why not everyone might be satisfied with calling a piece of fruit "fast food", but if this is indeed the origin of the term, I can see why the French are upset that America stole their idea.

Do people ever actually stroke their chins? I never have

Stolen from Keeley Hazell

Spotted: Brick Lane, London, UK

This is actually quite a famous piece that I knew about for years, there's a lot of photos of people next to it. But Keeley Hazell is slightly more famous than the average human being, so we'll use this picture with her in it.

He knows all about sitting on things

Submitted by Milly Youngman

Spotted: London, UK

This post teaches a valuable lesson. It might seem easy to laugh at mistranslating in this blog's previous post about Engrish but this post is of the exact same slightly strange choice of words.

I guess where you're from has nothing to do with how unusual your marketing choices might be.