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AnneTheWriter

@annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy

This display is a very novel idea.

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#Humor #humour #funnymeme #dadjoke #signs #signfail #signfails #bookstodon #books […]

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Photo of a side-aisle display in a bookstore, showing around 20 different books with their front covers facing outward. All are romance novels, and all the covers show handsome men without their shirts on.

Someone from the bookstore has made a small sign for the display which reads, "Dude, Where's My Shirt?"

June 10, 2026 at 3:47 AM

AnneTheWriter

@annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy

Do not! Just... Don't.

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#Humor #humour #funnymeme #dadjoke #trees #arbory #arborday #tree #signs #sign #signfail #signage

Photo of some evergreen bushes. Tucked among them is a sign that is partially blocked by the overgrown bushes. All that can be read are the words "DO NOT".

April 15, 2026 at 3:42 AM

AnneTheWriter

@annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy

Bonus #dadjoke
Q: Why is Saturday stronger than Tuesday?
A: Because Tuesday is a weak-day.

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#Humor #humour #funnymeme #dadjokes #signs #signfail #signfails #braille

Photo of a sign which reads "DO NOT TOUCH."

Underneath that text on the same sign is the same phrase, written... in Braille.

June 10, 2026 at 3:21 AM

Terrible TfW Signs

@badsigns-tfw.bsky.social

An impressive FOUR errors in the Welsh on this brand new sign:
• tranau (trenau)
• I'r (i'r)
• Amwything (Amwythig)
• Ir (i'r)

#Newtown #newtownpowys #tfwrail #transportforwales #scymraeg #cymraeg #powys #signfail #ukrail

Bilingual sign featuring black text on a white background and a thick red border at the top. Two paragraphs, each in Welsh first then English reading "This platform for trains to Shrewsbury" and "Over the cottagey for trains to Cambrian Coast".

June 28, 2026 at 7:29 PM

Wayland Smith

@waylandsmith.bsky.social

One of the things I LOVE about the agency I work for is their nice clear, concise, and informative directions and signage. #SignFail

July 23, 2024 at 10:07 PM

AnneTheWriter

@annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy

This week's theme is #elfonashelf .

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#Humor #humour #funnymeme #christmas #elf #elves #christmaself #merrychristmas #weinacht #signfail #signfails #signage

Photo of a building at nighttime. Along the top, the words "Tacoma Elf Storage" are lit in bright neon letters. Closer examination shows that it actually reads "Tacoma Self Storage," but the S in Self has burned out.

December 4, 2024 at 4:05 AM

Route 11 Chips

@route11chips.bsky.social

"If you can't laugh at yourself, who's going to do it for you?" That's what we were thinking as we drove past our VERY FIRST billboard, after waiting 33 YEARS to finally get one. #fail #adfail #signfail #funny #humor #newmarketva #mistake #whoops

June 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM

Terrible TfW Signs

@badsigns-tfw.bsky.social

Basic literacy failure at Shrewsbury station.

And why not make it the same size as the old one to cover the mess?

#apostrophe #punctuation #shrewsbury #twfrail #sign #signfail #signage #transportforwales

Door sign reading "Area managers office" in large text with missing apostrophe and smaller "staff only" text below. Standard Transport for Wales design of black text on white background with a slim red border along the top. The sign is mounted on a buff grey wooden door and it is evident that it replaced a larger sign, with multiple screw holes, indentations and marks remaining from the old sign.

June 2, 2026 at 9:05 AM

Terrible TfW Signs

@badsigns-tfw.bsky.social

Somebody can't spell "Tocynnau" at Gowerton.

The layout is naff too: non-standard layout of languages (normally stacked) and why clutter it up by shoe-horning in the TfW logo where it isn't needed?

#badsign #signdesign #infodesign #scymraeg #tfwrail #railsigns #ukrail #signfail #gowerton

April 6, 2026 at 8:58 AM

AnneTheWriter

@annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy

The front door on the bar had a sign that read, "Sip back and relax."

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#Humor #humour #funnymeme #dadjokes #signs #signfail […]

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Photo of a sign outside of a bar. It is in four sections. They read:
BAR
Cocktails
Dancing Sandwiches
B.J.'s

Meme text reads, "You had me at dancing sandwiches."

June 10, 2026 at 3:28 AM

AnneTheWriter

@annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy

We auto all laugh our axles off with this vroom full of puns...

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#Humor #humour #funnymeme #dadjoke #signfail #signage #signs #trafficsigns

Photo of a car on a long stretch of open road. Behind him on the pavement are skid marks that go back and forth, side to side in waves. Along the side of the road is a diamond shaped yellow traffic sign which shows a car graphic, sliding side to side in much the same way as the real car in the road.

Meme text reads, "That glorious moment when the sign instructs you to do a burn-out."

January 7, 2026 at 5:13 AM

AnneTheWriter

@annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy

This cone helps people avoid a mound of trouble.

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#Humor #humour #funnymeme #signs #signfail #trafficcone #trafficcones […]

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Photo of a mudslide on a road. The tall pile of mud and trees covers most of the four-lane road. In front of the huge mound sits one lonely traffic cone, barely visible.

Meme text reads, "Thank God they put up a cone. I would have driven right into this mess."

July 29, 2026 at 4:56 AM

Mark MacDonald

@markmac1023.bsky.social

Be known for avoiding obstacles in your communication. Don’t assume people will ignore the obstacles.

They may end up ignoring YOU.

Or making fun of you 😏

#churchcomm #signfail

December 11, 2024 at 11:00 AM

Walter Krankheit

@justmenniss.bsky.social

you're short an "ack"! (i can't think of how to do a tcp/ip joke on syn/ack but then being funny is not my day job, either!) ANYWAY, I always think of this video when I hear it now. www.tiktok.com/@peculiar_no...