the number 1 hazard is you!
i don't want to worry you, but you are the number one hazard. and we obviously need to minimise risks. draw your own conclusion.
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i don't want to worry you, but you are the number one hazard. and we obviously need to minimise risks. draw your own conclusion.
a lot of nots
hold on to the hand rai
ecotoxic
poor fish - he's about to be terrorised by the strange black monster with three grabby arms
pedestrians keep right
i like the little message down the bottom which says 'safety is no accident'. makes me think of this
new falling rocks sign
the small man is standing on the shoe of a very big man whose thumb has dropped off
jump inside my mouth i won't bite
jump inside my mouth i won't bite - parental supervision required
(another great find from my colleague Simon)
good use of the word 'wobbly' in a sign
the lamp was nearly wobby, but on closer inspection it's wobbly. good
danger keep off
straight to the point
pedestrians beware of falling debris
i love the word debris which i pronounce as debris rather than debris. thanks to andy for sending this from scotland way i think.
slippery rear ?
is there blood on his knee ?
classic escalator disaster
i like the offset triangle. and the look of fun on the apparent victim. he's falling no-one.
extreme danger
there danger, then there's extreme danger
this can happen
this is from my supply of older photos. in my pre-psychedelic phase !
no diving
here's a photo sent from brother edd who is miami at the moment.
wordy signage of arborfield
we went geocaching in arborfield a couple of days ago and saw these fantastically wordy signs. Toxicara canis anyone ? made me stop and look
and nice to see a sign suggesting you use your common sense (although they make sure you know what that is by giving a long list below)
and there may be a thin line between playing and practising golf, so they've got both options covered. good for them.
wordy
colours underlining and italic. and a nice message
be safe
good advice here
keep children off (rather than on) scaffolding
off underlined in case you thought it meant on.
there's always a risk of drowning
this chap looks to be sitting on top of a water jet. or wearing some clowns trousers. either approach increases the risk of drowning. compared to walking across a desert.
where does safety start ?
safety starts here. by the runner beans at the end of the allotments
unsupervised
a good generic sign which probably should be hung up around the internet
various things not to do
this was in a shop window as a spoof sign, but still very good.
warning sudden drop
sudden drops aren't welcome. they are like the sleepy jivver (jivver is jane's word for the sudden jump that sometimes happen as you fall asleep as you do an involuntary muscle spasm).
anyway, you don't want a sudden drop opening under you.
plenty of warnings here
saying things simply
this first sign says it all. perhaps a bit patronising, but it doesn't take much to understand what it's getting at.
meanwhile this one, at a building site across the road, is very confusing. makes you think (probably)
caution electric fence (in blue)
same as this one, but not
the thought police
(i think this was from brother edd)
cliff warning sign on the wrong side of the cliff
i don't know. i think it might have been more sensible to have this sign facing so people walking by the top could see it, rather than those who have just managed to climb up the sea wall.
still, at least you'd have something to read on the way down if you feel off.
no antisocial behaviour (and you can camp in the bins)
i can't remember who sent me this sign (was it brother ed ?). whoever it was. thank you !
caution electric fence
isn't this a great sign ? it's metal in the way all good signs used to be. And ideal for connecting to electric fences as people can't remove the sign without getting a shock. terrific thinking.
high risk dangers
you can still use the lift. it's just a bit dangerous
deep water
someone should have warned the trees
danger quicksand
quicksand is something you don't see much of in england.
quicksetting cement? yes. quicksand? no
no hat no boots no job
you can't fault their logic. if you've got no hat, you've got no boots. and if you've got no boots, you've got no job.
fantastic signs
look at these signs ! fantastic or what. i think they are genuine too.
a few minutes earlier i had walked past a van with a 'contains radioactive material' sign on the back.
it's funny how days like that happen.
dead slow
(from brother edd)
cotswold wildlife park
we went for a family outing to the Cotswold Wildlife Park yesterday and it was very good.
i knew it would be good when i saw this sign, which covers so many different categories and includes the word 'poop' ! Expect lots of pictures of animals over the next few days.
a fantastic sign medley
how fantastic is this great medley. i especially like the people falling up and down things.
beware of falling rocks
so that's how the dinosaurs dies out.
d'oh
there's real movement in this sign. it just shows what can happen if you have one leg longer than the other.
men work up ladders to release people trapped in a giant TV screen
and all this because people weren't allowed to crowd surf.
it makes no sense.
loose loose chipping sign
nice use of sticky tape to keep this sign on a stick.
big nose's big signs
big nose ugly guy sent me these excellent photos of the signs at the back of the British Museum. these signs have only been up for about a month and i was planning on searching them out myself. now i don't have to ! thanks big nose, and good luck with your emigration.
climbing on lions is never a good idea
i'm off
i like the understated comments on this site safety sign.
there should be similar signs for websites.
reflect on danger
we're all still thinking about the fragility of life.
you brute !
how do you deal with hooligans and other brutes ? if you are in a train station you have them dragged away by tractor.
but even tractors have limits.
are you sitting comfortably ?
i received this sign in a fancy text message to my phone. unfortunately i managed to delete the message that went with it so didn't spot who it was from or where it was from.
so if it's you, thank you and please let me know !
who owns the water ?
from jeremy.
intriguing signs
no dwarves. always run away from old flames. don't go in the box. go in the box. phone for sausages. all very strange
beer barrel lemmings
oh no - these beer barrels are going to throw themselves off this ledge. there's a bad joke in here somewhere. i'm sure you'll find it for me.
emergency stop signs
where do you go if you need an emergency stop sign in an emergency ? and how would you stop a delivery of emergency emergency stop signs ?
emergency is one of those words that if you repeat out loud to yourself enough times loses its sense and becomes just sounds. and it looks weird (as does the word weird)
tree surgery
tree surgeons dressed in clean gowns lie trees down on their operating tables and place them under anaesthetic (like i stand any chance of spelling that correctly!)
what can happen
i always wondered how this happens. and now we know.
the same can happen on the web apparently. you go to a website, stay their too long, and before you know it the world has grown up around you and you are left stranded on a tiny piece of sand.
mind your head
when you see a sign like this you want to look up and see what the danger is thus risking the danger they warn you against.
they should ban such signs for safety reasons
country sign
this winding path leads to a disease.
disease is one of those words that if you repeat it to yourself enough times stops sounding like a real word.
that makes it a good word i think.
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a finnish ice hand
we all know how scared finnish people are of ice monsters - well here is some proof (as if we needed it).
this sign was sent by 'blog dipper' Keith. he took it on a recent holiday to helsinki. he likes how this sign conveys the terror of the disappearing hand and so do i.
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a dangerous parish
i was very frightened when i saw this sign. it tells us that shooting happens around here for the sake of 'conservation' (perhaps a reference to taxidermy).
but the thing that really worried me was the big black square by the words 'affiliated to'. does that mean they got struck off by whoever they were affiliated to for reckless shootery ? or is 'the black square' some kind of fascist gun club ?
either way, things don't look good.
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swimming pool rules
no jumping in outlandish ways
and no diving (as demonstrated by brother-in-law kev)
help and advice on losing children
i can't help thinking this photo would look better with a fire extinguisher in it. oh well.
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the key is with wally
this is a secure compound. but where's the key ?
click the picture to find out
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but where's wally ?
danger
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royal mint
just look at this chap !
yah !
this is a quite scary skull and cross bones:
from this sign:
first aid
since i moved to trainers from my doc marten's the odour level of my footwear has increased considerably.
as a result it's more likely my trainer would invoke the need for first aid rather than provide it.
photo by matt the web-landlord:
