Poop Shute

It's The Simple Pleasures That Keep Me Going

Everyone has those funny little things that we love. For some of us it's watching the creamer swirling into our coffee in a beautiful liquid ballet. For some it's the smell of a new car.

I love both of those, but for me the real joy is when business signs burn out in ways that make them say things other than what they were designed to say.

Tonight I was driving past the GREAT CLIPS that is just down the road. Their sign was burnt out so that it seemed more like a place to purchase ammo than it otherwise would.

G AT CLIPS

"But DaaaaAAAAaaad! I want to go to Gat Clips! They're having a special on the new Glock 9. Pleeeeease?!"

There's also the doctor over near my parents' house that has a private practice. His sign reads FAMILY MEDICINE when it is working properly.

FAM INE

"It's an idle tuesday night and you just have too much friggin' food lying around. Head on down to FAMINE and enjoy a nice time of not eating for a while."

Lord knows America could benefit from a little of that. Not actual famine, but maybe a little time spent not eating. That's not criticism, just... food for thought.

HA! I love puns too. Chalk that up on the list. Funny signs and puns.

Last, but certainly not least, is the Japanese fast food place around the corner from my first college apartment. Normally the sign said GOURMET WOK, but through an unfortunate burnout it ended up being a slur that was a little too close to the mark.

GO OK

Yes. It said gook. I have no joke about that one. It just is what it is.

By the way, I have not made any of these up. All of them actually occurred and they tickle my funny bone to no end.

Anybody else ever seen any good ones?

COMMENTS:

Just the burn outs of waffle house signs can keep me entertained for hours. The best being AFLE HO (which to most of their clientele spells awful ho). I like misspelled signs - cause you know something like 40 people approved it before it got made. CITY VEHICILES ONLY is among my favorites.
AmBam 01.31.07 - 10:11 am

I don't know of any burnouts I can remember, but the Salvation Army donation center near my work has this posted on their front door: "Salvation Army - Entry in Rear"
It really writes itself, doesn't it?
Randy 01.31.07 - 12:08 pm

There was the good ol' F*ck Stop on I-10 coming out of LA. Some creative bulb outages on the "Tr" of truck caused that one.
Crohn 01.31.07 - 2:44 pm