The following are actual signs seen
across the good ol' U.S.A.~~
At a Santa Fe gas station: We will sell gasoline to anyone in a
glass container.
In a New York restaurant: Customers who consider our waitresses
uncivil ought to see the manager.
On the wall of a Baltimore estate: Trespassers will be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law. --Sisters of Mercy
On a long-established New Mexico dry cleaners: 38 years on the
same spot.
In a Los Angeles dance hall: Good clean dancing every night but
Sunday.
In a Florida maternity ward: No children allowed.
In a New York drugstore: We dispense with accuracy.
In the offices of a loan company: Ask about our plans for owning
your home.
In a New York medical building: Mental Health Prevention Center
On a New York convalescent home: For the sick and tired of the
Episcopal Church.
On a Maine shop: Our motto is to give our customers the lowest
possible prices and workmanship.
At a number of military bases: Restricted to unauthorized
personnel.
On a display of "I love you only" Valentine cards: Now available
in multi-packs.
In the window of a Kentucky appliance store: Don't kill your
wife. Let our washing machine do the dirty work.
In a funeral parlor: Ask about our layaway plan.
In a clothing store: Wonderful bargains for men with 16 and 17
necks.
In a Tacoma, Washington men's clothing store: 15 men's wool
suits, $10. They won't last an hour!
On a shopping mall marquee: Archery Tournament -- Ears pierced
Outside a country shop: We buy junk and sell antiques.
In the window of an Oregon store: Why go elsewhere and be cheated
when you can come here?
In a Maine restaurant: Open 7 days a week and weekends.
On a radiator repair garage: Best place to take a leak.
In the vestry of a New England church: Will the last person to
leave please see that the perpetual light is extinguished.
In a Pennsylvania cemetery: Persons are prohibited from picking
flowers from any but their own graves.
On a roller coaster: Watch your head.
On the grounds of a public school: No trespassing without
permission.
On a Tennessee highway: When this sign is under water, this road
is impassable.
Similarly, in front of a New Hampshire car wash: If you can't
read this, it's time to wash your car.
And apparently, somewhere in England in an open field otherwise
untouched by human presence, there is a sign that says "Do not throw
stones at this sign."
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