Caution: Funny Signs Ahead

Lists: Doug Lansky picks his favorite photos from a new "Signspotting" book

Chaing Mai, Thailand. Photo by Kelly Dyer.

You don’t want to piss off mom.

Mt. Lemmon, Arizona. Photo by Nancy Corbett.

Welcome to bear puppet theatre!

Newfoundland. Photo by Kathleen Ninneman.

Great moments in history: “This place is just beautiful and I know exactly what I’m going to call it.”

Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Kasper Hemmer Pihl.

You know us tourists, always jamming our heads into the toilet and using the water to wash our clothes. How else are we supposed to achieve that special tourist smell?



Doug Lansky is editor of TitanicAwards.com and the book The Titanic Awards, as well as Signspotting.com and the book series "Signspotting."


5 Comments for Caution: Funny Signs Ahead

Jennifer Goetz 12.23.09 | 12:53 AM ET

These are hilarious.  I always love seeing these.

Wendy 12.23.09 | 1:56 AM ET

I like the first picture,it’s fnny.

pam 12.23.09 | 7:52 PM ET

Monk chat! Please let that be a public access TV show, soon!

Claudine 12.24.09 | 6:39 AM ET

The stomach clinic pic was super-funny!

Tim Patterson 12.27.09 | 7:25 PM ET

I love the monk chat pic!  Is that in Vientiane?

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