Funny signs
Sometimes I run into a sign that I just don’t understand or sometimes they are just plain funny. I was skiing in Hemsedal in Norway a couple of months ago and took this picture of an in-case-of-fire sign next to the hotel elevator at Skogstad Hotel:
It all starts out very informative:
- In case of fire
- Do not use elevator
- Use the stairs
But if we look at the stairs-graphics in the bottom-right corner we see two men running very confused in opposite directions – one running up and another running down the stairs ;)
P.S. Now that we are talking about signs, I just thought that I would share with you this wonderful photo that Line Pedersen from the company Ordkløveren, was so kind and mail us after a trip to London:
For those of you from Denmark Line have a full page article in the paper edition of Computerworld this week called “E-mailen lever sit eget sløsede liv” (freely translated: “The e-mail lives its own sloppy life”), about how companies should pay more attention to which language they use in e-mail correspondence with customers – Congratulations :)
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May 30th, 2006 at 16:16 (GMT-1)
Tusind tak for reklamen for mine udtalelser i Computerworld … også selvom I har debrandet mig til en Lene…. 8-)
Med al respekt for alverdens Lener, så er Liner jo af en helt anden støbning, hæhæ.
God blog I har her!!!
May 30th, 2006 at 16:27 (GMT-1)
Sorry about that Line… I’m trying to time-box and teach my self to write blog-posts faster – This is what happens :(
To the non-Danish speaking audience I can just say that I by accident called Line Pedersen, Lene in the post above – the typo has been corrected now :)
May 30th, 2006 at 18:24 (GMT-1)
Dear Thomas – Line is one happy smile again! Good luck with the writing speed. :-))
November 14th, 2007 at 23:38 (GMT-1)
Hahahahahahahaha xD ohh the missunderstandings are just plain funny xD, hmm i wonder.. vel vel, tusen takk, noen måtte jo tulle med norge også ^^ hehe
January 23rd, 2008 at 16:23 (GMT-1)
shit!!!
May 17th, 2008 at 02:40 (GMT-1)
Did you ever think they could use the signs for both upper and lower levels?? Ahhhh then it would kind of make sense but funny none the less. lol
July 10th, 2008 at 02:34 (GMT-1)
Just better hope that the fire is not in the stairs!
August 12th, 2008 at 16:47 (GMT-1)
Made me remember on some funny sign back home, it says:
“In case of fire, don’t panic and use the stairs” with a funny graphic.
Maybe we would not be in panic if we are the cartoon in the graphic :)
January 31st, 2009 at 23:52 (GMT-1)
in case of fire
do not use elevator
use water
February 11th, 2009 at 22:41 (GMT-1)
That is funny. I like the first one.
Use stairs not elevator. That is just great.
February 19th, 2009 at 19:26 (GMT-1)
the fire drawing looks like a vagina :P
February 23rd, 2009 at 09:11 (GMT-1)
um, it shows a man running up and down because sometimes fires are at the bottom of the stairs and you have to run up…
or would you run down into a fire?
February 23rd, 2009 at 15:17 (GMT-1)
A perfect example of why a sign should be produced correctly – especially a safety sign! It doesn’t really matter if some can understand and some can’t understand – they should be understood by all! Looks like it could do with a refurb too! ;-)
March 5th, 2009 at 06:00 (GMT-1)
I totally get the top part where it shows that you shouldnt be using the elevator during a fire. However, I definitely agree that showing the people walking up and down the stairs in opposite directions is VERY confusing. Why would you go up the stairs in a fire? I guess if you were underground and needed to go up to the exit. But that’s all I can think of. In that case just make two different versions of the signs one for above ground and one for below.
March 13th, 2009 at 09:17 (GMT-1)
I love the way the Use the Stairs sign says run eitherway if theres a fire! Some great images!
October 30th, 2009 at 01:56 (GMT-1)
Thanks for sharing the funny signs. I think for the opposite directions image it could be up or down could be the way out. Keep up the great posts.