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Title: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: GROWLER on November 16, 2009, 01:59:03 PM
Nearly crashed me van due to chortling just now.
Garage 'round the back 'ere advertising......

MANAGERS SPECIAL!! THIS WEEK ONLY!

M.O.T'S JUST ?30 PLUS A FREE BRAKE CHECK! eeek:


Mrs Growler didn't get it either if that helps.
Well I thought it was hilarious. lol:
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: Miss Demeanour on November 16, 2009, 03:11:50 PM
Soemone's being a cheeky chappy  lol: lol:

( not you of course   whistle: )
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: Pastis on November 16, 2009, 03:40:44 PM
They should team up with the tossers who decided that it was fair game to dump this lot on the pavement at dead of night  evil:

Sorry G, not quite in the spirit of your post, but kind of related in a vehicle type way, like  confused:

 noooo: noooo:

(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs3.postimage.org%2FZ5ugS.jpg&hash=8726e7ad8e4e4e69573cac97776de29ef2900fab) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=PqZ5ugS)
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: Snoopy on November 16, 2009, 03:47:55 PM
You must be tired of people doing things like that Mr P.


Growler ~ I got it!  lol:  Had to read it twice tho'  redface:
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: Barman on November 16, 2009, 03:50:22 PM
They should team up with the tossers who decided that it was fair game to dump this lot on the pavement at dead of night  evil:

Sorry G, not quite in the spirit of your post, but kind of related in a vehicle type way, like  confused:

 noooo: noooo:

(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs3.postimage.org%2FZ5ugS.jpg&hash=8726e7ad8e4e4e69573cac97776de29ef2900fab) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=PqZ5ugS)

Another tread gone off topic...  ::)
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: Pastis on November 16, 2009, 04:05:57 PM
You must be tired of people doing things like that Mr P.


Growler ~ I got it!  lol:  Had to read it twice tho'  redface:

Indeed. Very tiresome  ;)
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: Miss Demeanour on November 16, 2009, 04:10:47 PM
They are building an assault course outside your place  ;)

Time to get your combats on and start belly crawling  lol:
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: Snoopy on November 16, 2009, 04:12:14 PM
Pastis Goes Commando  eeek:
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: Pastis on November 16, 2009, 04:19:21 PM
 eeek:

Actually we haven't had tyre dumping for a year or two; the last lot to do it weren't so neat and left a heap about 5x the size spilling into the road  ::)
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: Snoopy on November 16, 2009, 04:22:17 PM
But to get back on topic ........ The daftest sign I ever saw was a handwritten one pinned up outside of a Southampton "Whole Food" shop run by Students from the local Uni. All flower in yer hair, patchouli incense and wide, wide flares, back in the 70's. It read "RECYCLED TOILET PAPER". I went in and asked who scraped the sh*t off it.

Another that still pleases me was seen on the edge of Epping Forest. The farm displaying it had constructed an excellent large board complete with a number of hooks from which they could hang signs of produce available.
The sign read "PICK YOUR OWN" at the top and at the bottom the legend "JUST DRIVE IN" and between these two fixtures they would hang "RHUBARB", "RUNNER BEANS", "NEW POTATOES", "STRAWBERRIES" etc. On the day I drove past the only hanging sign read "FRESH HORSE MANURE"

So the sign now read:
   PICK YOUR OWN
FRESH HORSE MANURE
   JUST DRIVE IN

Not so funny written here but I damn near drove off the road for laughing.
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: Miss Demeanour on November 16, 2009, 04:22:32 PM
The Extremem Hula Hoop challenge will be commencing at 7pm

Bring your cameras  ;)
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: Darwins Selection on November 16, 2009, 05:06:20 PM
M.O.T'S JUST ?30 PLUS A FREE BRAKE CHECK! eeek:
lol: lol: lol:

I had assumed that in Scallyland that meant a fixed-price, 'non-attending' MOT where ?30 buys you a pass cerificate without the need to show the car.

The optional brake test might then make sense.
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: Pastis on November 16, 2009, 06:07:00 PM
Back off topic ...

The Extremem Hula Hoop challenge will be commencing at 7pm
Bring your cameras  ;)

Looks like someone got there first; tyres all over the road  evil:
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: GROWLER on November 16, 2009, 07:54:15 PM
M.O.T'S JUST ?30 PLUS A FREE BRAKE CHECK! eeek:
lol: lol: lol:

I had assumed that in Scallyland that meant a fixed-price, 'non-attending' MOT where ?30 buys you a pass cerificate without the need to show the car.

The optional brake test might then make sense.

Tsk tsk. ::)

Actually, I did hear of a garage just last week, up here somewhere, that actually does do MOT's for ?200 without the test, over the phone, for ex pats that want to retain their British status on their cars.
No, I really dunno what that's all about. confused:
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: Barman on November 16, 2009, 07:56:04 PM
M.O.T'S JUST ?30 PLUS A FREE BRAKE CHECK! eeek:
lol: lol: lol:

I had assumed that in Scallyland that meant a fixed-price, 'non-attending' MOT where ?30 buys you a pass cerificate without the need to show the car.

The optional brake test might then make sense.

Tsk tsk. ::)

Actually, I did hear of a garage just last week, up here somewhere, that actually does do MOT's for ?200 without the test, over the phone, for ex pats that want to retain their British status on their cars.
No, I really dunno what that's all about. confused:

I got one over the 'phone once - sill bastard spelt the registration wrong - put a B instead of a V...  ::)
Title: Re: Daft sign of the day.
Post by: Nick on November 16, 2009, 07:57:35 PM
You must have been pissed then  noooo: