If you travel a lot, you’ve probably noticed that street signs around the world are almost identical in every country you visit. That’s not a surprise—they are usually made in a way that everyone can understand them independent of nationality and not get into trouble.
However, you will always notice even the slightest change in size or color if it differs from your hometown. Of course, subtle differences in color and shape are nothing compared to the funny signs you are about to see because people’s stupidity (creativity?) around the world knows no bounds. In fact, these weird signs do anything but help.
Starting with strange billboards and ending with weird town names and funny street signs, this compilation of stupid and funny road signs that actually exist has it all. There are plenty of pedestrian crossing signs that don’t make sense, and translation fails abound too.
But we’d still like to know the story behind a sign saying, ‘Not responsible if seagulls eat your funnel cake.’ Did it happen that often? Did people really blame the cafe owner for that? Who knows.
Here’s our list of the funniest signs around the world—enjoy, comment, and don’t forget to share it with other pandas!
1. $200 Fine
Bamboos for: jurvetson
2. Confusing Sign For Church
3. You Should Have Taken Bicycle Instead
Bamboos for: Alexander Somma
4. Translation Fail? Maybe Not
Bamboos for: TrevinC
5. Funny Road Sign By Bar
Bamboos for: mtl2tky
6. Beware of People Crossing the Road
Bamboos for: Alex E. Proimos
7. Strange British Place Name
Bamboos for: ian boyd
8. Dinosaur Crossing
Bamboos for: emmar (catching up on photos v busy!)
9. BJ
Bamboos for: Doug Wallick
10. Funny Subway Signs
Bamboos for: Remy Sharp
11. Heavy Pedestrians Crossing
Bamboos for: TrombaMarina
12. Rainbow Rider
Bamboos for: BillRhodesPhoto
13. Kinda Funny But Also A Life-Saver
Bamboos for: ekai
14. Funny Street Sign For High Heeled Ladies
Bamboos for: espresso marco
15. Weird Town Name Or Traffic Accident?
Bamboos for: oh_candy
16. No Responsibility For Seagull Sign
Bamboos for: iirraa
17. Beware of Thieves
Bamboos for: scazon
18. Who's Bob? Confusing.
Bamboos for: CaptPiper
19. Weird Road Sign
Bamboos for: MIgracionTOtal
20. Don't Do What...?
Bamboos for: -sel
21. No Swimming
Bamboos for: boldorak2208
22. Non-drying Paint
Bamboos for: clare_and_ben
23. Say No to Strangers and Strange Dogs Sign
Bamboos for: clare_and_ben
24. Don't Ride Headless Horses
Bamboos for: Vallo
25. Annoying Penguins
Bamboos for: Silversprite
26. Sudden
Bamboos for: Silversprite
27. Problems With Elephants
Bamboos for: Silversprite
28. Funny Warning Sign
Bamboos for: Silversprite
29. Animal Sickness
Bamboos for: tenioman
30. Confusing Billboards From Church Again
Bamboos for: Sideshow Bruce
31. Don't Hit This Sign
Bamboos for: josephleenovak
32. Sharp Edges
Bamboos for: dullhunk
33. Senior Citizens
Bamboos for: PittCaleb
34. No Laughing
Bamboos for: Toby87
35. Strange Sign That Actually Exists
Bamboos for: james_michael_hill
36. Control Your Pee
Bamboos for: un_owen
37. Dangerous Pigeons
Bamboos for: AMagill
38. May Lick You to Death
6. LGagnon
39. Beware of Owner!
Bamboos for: dan taylor
40. Always Use A Pedestrian Crossing
Bamboos for: doug88888
41. Tripping Hazard
Bamboos for: jcolman
42. Nowadays You Can't Trust Anybody
Bamboos for: marctonysmith
43. At Least There's No Translation Fail Or Misunderstanding
Bamboos for: geeknerd99
44. Glory Hole!
Bamboos for: eskimo_jo
45. Beware of Pegasus
Bamboos for: christophe dune
46. However, Cows Are OK
Bamboos for: http://capenomad.wordpress.com/
47. Be Careful
Bamboos for: Sree_
48. Car vs Bicycle Traffic Sign
Bamboos for: richardmasoner
49. Weird Sign Against Creeps
Bamboos for: wili_hybrid
50. No Shooting (notice the sign in the back)
Bamboos for: Silversprite
51. Low Flying Owls
Bamboos for: Silversprite
52. Linguistic Ambiguity Strikes Again
Bamboos for: Silversprite
53. Be Prepared
Bamboos for: Papaver Somniferum
We’re at the end of our collection of weird signs found by people all over the world! Some are funny, some are just plain strange, but all of them are definitely worth a share. Got a favorite? Go ahead and let us know in the comments. And if you’ve seen any funny signs in your travels, we’d love to see those, too!