Signspotting

Every August, Edinburgh hosts what is known as the 'Edinburgh Festival'. The festival holds the world record for the largest arts festival and dates back to 1947 when it was established as a post-war effort to boost moral. There are countless events that you can attend including opera, orchestra, musical theatre, comedians, magicians, open-air markets, street performers and anything else you can thing of really! We saw a pretty funny exhibition of signs collected from around the world. Each sign has a funny caption (not written by us, fyi) and a note of where it was spotted. We got such a kick out of them we thought we'd post them for you to enjoy as well.

"Just add a little water and those Bay area pedestrians start slipping right out of your hands."

San Francisco, USA

"We know a street when we see one."

Wisconsin, USA

"What happened to equal opportunity pain inflictors?"

Warwick Castle, England

"Interesting...Cassowary birds are a better speeding deterrent than police."

Queensland, Austrailia

"Nature is calling."

Maine, USA

"Keep your hands away from the cages. You may be clawed, bitten or covered in drool."

Isle of Eriska, Scotland

"There's something over there, but we're not sure what it is."

Zemah, Israel

"Well, at least you know where it is now."

Batalaha, Portugal

"Sadly, the irony is lost on the bears."

Laos

"Well, the parishioners have been duly warned."

Vermont, USA

"Messiah Crossing?"

Ireland, UK

"Without this sign, you'd never know that you need to increase your speed to clear the rocks below."

Chiayi County, Taiwan

"How many unattended relatives, you suppose, rolled to their tragic fate before local officials were prompted to put up this sign?"

St. Lucia, South Africa

"Police are cracking down on either swearing or flagrant punctuation abuse."

Virginia, USA

"Warning: spectacular accidents ahead."

Mertola, Portugal

"Translating is clearly prohibited at the Karlstejn Castle. Or as the sign says in Czech just above the English, "Translating Prohibited"."

Prague, Czech Republic

"Better fasten your seatbelt."

Wellington, New Zealand

"Only authorized unauthorized visits."

Utah, USA

"Have you ever wondered what you'd get if you combined a flea market and a funeral parlor?"

Georgia, USA

"Left lane for mid-life crisis; Right lane for abandoning New Year's Resolutions."

London, England

"Here's an interesting reflection on Western Society: we even having parking spots for people who have just made a conscious decision not to park."

Wisconsin, USA

"Executives battle over animal feeding."

Johannesburg Zoo, South Africa

"Fallen pedestrians will be fined."

Forbidden City, Beijing, China

"Tastier than caged children."

Scotland, UK

"Here at the Optimist Club, people see the Cape half full."

North Carolina, USA

"They don't call it a safety ladder for nothing. Or, on second thought, perhaps they do."

Alaska, USA

"Your vehicle will rise up and get an oil change. All traffic violations will be forgiven."

Wisconsin, USA

"Sometimes it might be easy to forget that people are just as baffled by our toilets as we are by theirs. I have yet to see a sign in a squat toilet instructing people not to sit directly on the hole in the floor though."

Ankor Wat, Cambodia

Hope that made you laugh, it sure did us! We'll be posting more of the stuff we see over the next two weeks. Post a comment and have a vote on your favorite one. I like the translated sign of 'Translating Prohibited' and Kyle most enjoyed 'Optimist Club of Cape Fear'.

-Stacie