Poor cakes

The pie, the pasty and the sandwich all have something to show for their efforts, although it's far from clear exactly what it is they own.

It's a different story for the poor old cakes. They have nothing.

Missed opportunity

One of Edmonton's municipal development team may well now be looking for a better opportunity somewhere else.

@teej_85

School's out

Good advice.

Both to give and to take.

Indecent offer

20% off sounds pretty good.

But 20% off every day? Well, as Greg L says, that's just the standard price then, surely?

Talk about being taken to the cleaners.

Trumped

Before he and his catchphrases are lost and forgotten about forever, I thought I'd take this opportunity to remind ourselves of his visionary campaign slogan.

© Wallingford Sign

Schrödinger's car park

Where you must simultaneously exist and not exist.

Or, as Descartes would have it: I park, therefore I am.

Which translates roughly into the Latin: Cargito, ergo sum.

Left right in the lurch

To many people 'left is right and right is wrong' is a valid political statement.

Here's a paradigm shift for you, courtesy of Steve R and others.

In this case, left is right and right is right too.

Traffic stopper

A new road sign has been revealed in De Pere, Wisconsin which displays a bit of a boob.

Photo: Manny Lopez

Hertitage?

Well I guess it's pretty much the same age as the rest of her body.

A rose by any other name

We're in Wales again today. This time we're in the vicinity of Camrose, a village in southern Pembrokeshire, situated below the Landsker Line.

So we're in England then. Or, at least, Little England Beyond Wales as it's been known for 400 years or so. Unless you're a Welsh speaker, of course, in which case you might call it English Pembrokeshire. Although you'd say it in Welsh.

Confused? You will be.

Just like the walkers who've encountered this signpost recently. Instead of pointing them in the direction of Camrose, it suggests they might like to visit Cumrose instead.

walesonline.co.uk

You remember the old adage?

You have to perambulate in order to ejaculate.

Different strokes

Ha! If only golf was half as interesting as this sounds.

That's no lady

Organisers of the Noah's Ark appeal of Wales were left red-faced after the unveiling of a sign for a street in Cardiff named after the appeal's patron, Shirley Bassey.

It carried a misspelling of the Welsh word for Dame.

Apparently, instead of Y Fonsig, it should have read Y Fonesig.

Knowing Welsh as well as I do (ahem), the incorrect spelling probably translates to something like 'that old Tiger Bay bird'.

Get a loald of this

Elf Odin (@ElfOdin) suggests that whoever put up the sign must have been just as loalded as the New Dare Devil Grilers.

I feel like I'm speaking in tongues.

Rights issue

To appreciate fully this photo from Dennis A, you need to know that, in the UK, we drive on the left. So, when we were youngsters at school, it was rammed into us daily that we should stop at the kerb of a two-way street and look right to see the oncoming traffic.

It follows therefore, at least in the minds of Gosport council workers apparently, that, on the other side of the same two-way street, you should look left.

When the error was brought to the attention of Gosport council, to compound the felony, the employees deleted both signs when, clearly, the Look Right one was always correct.

A case of the left hand not knowing what the right is doing.

Carter bah

After taking this photograph, public-spirited Ray T contacted the AA to let it know that its sign is pointing to what sounds like a medieval haulage company specialising in big loads.

30 is the new 20

If only Nottingham City Council employees had 20/20 vision.

They may have spotted a certain issue when they were putting up these road signs at the bottom of Middledale Road in Carlton.

Raymonds Press

Open secret

What would happen if Basil Fawlty was put in charge of UK road signs?

'Listen. Don't mention the Secret Nuclear Bunker. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right.'

Had an accident?

Call 0800 800 8000 now and try explaining exactly how it happened.

Mamma Mia

Just like your mother made.

But hopefully not just like your mother.

Penile reduction

Pendennis. It's one of the world's leading custom superyacht builders.

A global brand synonymous with quality, craftsmanship, exclusivity...

and willies.

As engineers you'd think they'd have seen that one coming.

Stop right there

I sometimes wonder exactly what skills are required of a Road Surface Marker. (Is that the correct job title?)

Even if they can't read or spell you'd think that, after writing the same word so many times (they must do, mustn't they?) they'd have come to recognise the correct shapes falling in the correct order.

Especially when there's a massive clue standing right next to them.