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Funny signs

 
 
hamburgboy
 
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Reply Tue 1 Nov, 2011 05:54 am
@jcboy,
       http://www.spiegel.de/images/image-258518-galleryV9-uhdg.jpg
jcboy
 
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Reply Tue 1 Nov, 2011 05:24 pm
@hamburgboy,
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8549/sign8d.jpg
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Terry
 
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Reply Wed 2 Nov, 2011 12:02 am
@cicerone imposter,
When were you in Ephesus, ci? We walked past that shop on Oct 18!

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i382/Terryform/351-1.jpg
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jcboy
 
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Reply Thu 3 Nov, 2011 04:05 am
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4686/sign9.jpg
panzade
 
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Reply Thu 3 Nov, 2011 12:05 pm
@jcboy,
https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTo_MhAMFNG6VdHtmm7vJOnmsRbsLqUFzUG1_Yr2LEVTc9EGcN6

Fightin Joe Hooker from Hadley Massachusets is widely believed to have given his name to prostitutes during the Civil War.
Mame
 
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Reply Thu 3 Nov, 2011 12:08 pm
@panzade,
Just his name? Shocked
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Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 3 Nov, 2011 12:09 pm
@panzade,
Hooker was the "GI" general of his day. He took command of the Army of the Potomac after Burnside was relieved, and Hooker did as much as he could to improve moral. He was responsible for the corps patches by which troops could be identified, and which instilled a measure of esprit de corps. He also lifted restrictions on sutlers which had been put in place by his prudish predecessor, and the "camp followers" who flooded into the army were quickly dubbed "Hooker's girls."
chai2
 
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Reply Thu 3 Nov, 2011 12:17 pm
@Setanta,
huh, that's really interesting.
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jcboy
 
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Reply Thu 3 Nov, 2011 12:54 pm
@Setanta,
yes that was interesting, thanks!

A friend of mine emailed the photo to me.
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MontereyJack
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 09:14 pm
And what did they give General Hooker in return? Was he cured?
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MontereyJack
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 09:15 pm
Recently noted bumper sticker:

"FORGET WORLD PEACE, FOCUS ON USING YOUR TURN SIGNALS"
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roger
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 10:11 pm
@panzade,
He must have been good. They didn't have to call him "Fighting" Joe Hooker, you know.
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roger
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 10:13 pm
@Setanta,
Hooker had his hookers, and I understand Burnside gave his name to side burns.
Setanta
 
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Reply Sat 5 Nov, 2011 01:33 pm
@roger,
Yes, i've read that too. He certainly had the look . . .

http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron/civilwarpics/burnside.jpg
DrewDad
 
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Reply Sat 5 Nov, 2011 02:26 pm
@Setanta,
I forgot to take a picture, but I was highly amused at this sign (as best as I can reconstruct from memory):

"We place the highest importance on our customers when they come in. We want them to be happier than they were before they came."
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Sat 5 Nov, 2011 03:27 pm
@Butrflynet,
All right, BFN, that's my favorite sign for a bunch of pages.
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thack45
 
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Reply Sat 5 Nov, 2011 04:03 pm
@jcboy,
jcboy wrote:

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/81/sign7j.jpg
That's pretty messed up.
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Sun 6 Nov, 2011 05:52 am

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x336/RegionPhilbis/zoo.jpg
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Sun 6 Nov, 2011 07:34 am

http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x336/RegionPhilbis/otherdoor.jpg
hamburgboy
 
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Reply Sun 6 Nov, 2011 08:59 am
@Region Philbis,
        http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/56438000/jpg/_56438888_jex_1221350_de27-1.jpg

Quote:
The Hollywood sign high in the steep Los Angeles hills has become an iconic monument since it was built in 1923.

Local residents say satellite navigation systems are making it easier for tourists to find their way through the area's winding roads and narrow alleyways in their quest to take photographs close to the sign.

And frustrations are growing in the nearby upmarket neighbourhood over increased traffic and fire risks in the arid area.
 

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