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May 10, 2006 12:03 AM
Broken: Scrapbook store sign
Aaron Vincent submits a picture taken in Littleton, Colorado:
It's unfortunate that the "S" on this Scrapbook store sign had to be the unlit letter.
HA!!!!!!!!!!!!
In Arkansas one time, the W went out on the Waffle House, thereby rendering the sign more accurate than it was before. :) (I still eat there, though.)
_@_v - reminds me of the time i used to pass by what looked like a homeless guy in front of a little fire on my way into the city for night school. one day my curiosity got the better of me and i asked him about what got him into his situation.
"oh i'm not homeless, i'm an "o" watchman"
"o watchman?"
"see that neon sign back there?"
it was a sign in front of a factory saying "countless girl use tampex"
"now suppose that first "o" should burn out?"
During communist time, people in Czechoslovakia used to make fun of authorities and our "symbols". This post reminds me of one. The shops where fruits and veggies were sold were named "OVOCE ZELENINA" (which actually simply means "fruits, vegetables"). A well-known joke was to (let) drop the O and Z to get "OVCE Z LENINA", which means "sheep from Lenin".
IN Chicago there was a car park with a large light sign stating "Public Parking"...for years (seriously) the L in Public had been burned out....then they removed it to fix....So for about 3 months, you could enjoy downtown "Pubic Parking" for a nominal fee.
"In Arkansas one time, the W went out on the Waffle House, thereby rendering the sign more accurate than it was before. "
Affle House?
I don't get it.
I used to work at an old repertory theatre and changed the marquee sign every day. One day we were showing The Count of Monte Cristo, when someone ran in to tell us that the "O" had fallen off the sign and we'd better fix it fast.
"What's the panic? The Count of Monte Christ?"
"No. Not that O."
"The Count of M nte Christo?"
"No. The other O."
"The... oh. OH!"
"Affle House?
I don't get it."
I assume 'affle' is pronounced 'offal'
Hey, mom n dad, can we go to the Offal House for breakfast, can we, can we, huh huh?
Reminds me of a Mattress Discounters Store that I saw once. the "unters" part was unlit, leaving "Mattress Disco" - now that sounds like something that I could get into . . .
there was a target witha pharmacy once, but the 'p' was out, so it read 'Harmacy' there also used to be a shell station with a bunt out s.
For several years back in the early 1980's, in Flagstaff, AZ, the first "o" in the sign at the Flamingo Motor Hotel was burned out.
There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight!
On the way to a camping trip in Arkansas, we passed by a Mad Butcher grocery store. The sign was big enough to require a flouresent light on each side of the letter. Several of the lights had burnt out, so it read "Mr B!tch". I wish I had gotten a picture of that...
HOLY CRAP!
Ok that is the funniest sign I've ever cn!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAHHAHAHAAH!!!!!!!
:)
OK, I know that literally this site is about "making businesses more aware of their customer experience and how to fix it", and by reading that definition literally a burnt out light in a sign qualifies, but come on! :-)
reminds me of a Sebadoh-Record: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/jezolina/misc/sebadoh_harmacy.jpg
Random sign rambling...
I have a picture of a sign saying "Budget Luxury Hotel." Wonder how much luxury you get if you are on a budget?
There is, or used to be, a Chinese restaurant in Portland called "Hung Far Low."
I have always wanted to take a roll of carpet into a Carpet Exchange store and try to exchange it for some other roll of carpet.
A hospital in Sandy, Utah had a sign on it for a long time saying "Women's Center Opening Soon." How many ways can that be interpreted?
Imagine if the 'C' also went out. Oh-boy, that would be 'RAP Books' HA! That is is really really really Broken!
I love burnt-out signs. In our town, the bottom half of the B in "Big K-Mart" was burnt out for about a week. I wish I'd taken a picture--talk about being more accurate.
There was a time that I passed a Black Angus restaurant (it's a steakhouse in Southern California--I am not sure how common they are elsewhere) and the "g" was burnt out.
Love this, reminds me of a sign I loved on the way to the Jersey shore which read, "Eat Here. Get Gas."
Folks are trying just a *bit* too hard to be witty here. Most of the comments are certainly BROKEN.
Especially the homeless/tampex "joke." Jeeze.
I once saw a neon lit billboard for Colorado Steakhouse missing the -do on Colorado rendering it:
COLERA STEAKHOUSE
(Cholera is an "acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.")
Ok there is this pet clinic and for about a year the e and t were gone thus it became the P clinic.
there was also this restrant called Toot toot. who on earth wants to go to a place called toot toot. lol
In Copenhagen, Denmark, the ever popular Canal Tour is enjoyed by thousands of tourists.
They must have thought twice, though, when the 'C' fell off the sign.
Or, rather, an 'anal tour' simply attracts a different clientele...
Something tells me that most of these "signs" have not actually been seen...
Yeah, that's right. Half of you just wish you had seen them.
Years ago in southern Colorado I saw one at a restautant called the "Trout House", with the first two letters burned out...
I don't think they got many customers until that was fixed.
In my town the BERNHARD Building became the BE HARD Building when for some unknown reason the RN disappeared.
The 'E' in "SEARS" had burnt out at my local store up here in Canada last year. It was the side that faced the Transcanada Highway. Right next to that was a French-canadian bookstore which Read "RENAUD-BRA" (the 'Y' was burnt out). I think these signs know something we don't. Come to think of it, the Holiday Inn sign was broken, too. Didn't say anything interesting. Boy, we have a lot of broken signs up here.
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BROKEN
Posted by: Mark at May 10, 2006 12:07 AM