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This one is worth a thousand words

Hats off to Luis Vasconcelos for this powerful picture.

The caption says, “An indigenous woman holds her child while trying to resist the advance of Amazonas state policemen who were expelling the woman and some 200 other members of the Landless Movement from a privately-owned tract of land on the outskirts of Manaus, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon March 11, 2008. The landless peasants tried in vain to resist the eviction with bows and arrows against police using tear gas and trained dogs. REUTERS/Luiz Vasconcelos-A Critica/AE (BRAZIL)”.

Images of heavy-handed oppression really don’t come much better than this - defenceless, screaming woman clutching naked child is shoved and beaten by faceless, armoured authority.

The symbols are reinforced by the strong composition. The woman and her child appear all the more vulnerable as the only elements of humanity and colour against the advancing wall of shields and boots.Such a potent image leaves very little room for any doubt. In such circumstances do we need to know the details of the dispute to have any doubts that what we are witnessing is wrong?

Quantum Shot

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Gotta be “sports and hobbies” -

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Amuseful Customers:

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Acid Beef (discharged, too) -

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And we finish with the most mysterious occasion of all:
Coincidence?

QUANTUM SHOT

“Comrades! The way across the bridge is closed. There IS no bridge.”

Imaginative Store Signs

Intense… almost like poetry:

How would you justify this name for a restaurant? -
(seen in Kyoto, but there is also a hotel/resort by the same name in Thailand)

(image credit: Chris Gladis)

Sometimes it’s a sheer coincidence, sometimes a malicious intent.

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Something clearly went wrong here:

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Washroom signs that aren’t very helpful

This sinister “glaring entity from above” haunts the men’s room in Japan:

(image credit: Chris Gladis)

Only sitting allowed, please. No other unnecessary acrobatics:
(more info)

Wondering which door to choose? This page collects all kinds of “men/women” sign variations, not all of them obvious:

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Probably the best one:

Here is a really exasperating situation. Imagine opening the door to the last available cabin, hoping to… and seeing this:

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Spontaneous Graffiti

Some of it is funny, some appeared there for no sensible reason. The following sign was spotted outside a cafe (somebody spent too much time on the internet?) -

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Could be the famous Banksy’s work:

So true:

Gamers will know what’s this about -

And this sign speaks for all the squashed pop cans everywhere:
“STOP STEPPING ON US!”

This is not broken English… just imaginative.

This “vending machine poetry” was spotted, where else - in Japan. Wonderfully convincing piece:

(image credit: Chris Gladis)

And then, the broken English rears its ugly (entertaining) head:

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“Be careful to Tsunamis”. I doubt they’ll return the favour, though -

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QUANTUM SHOT

I call that a “pretty convincing warning”
(which however, failed to convince these guys) -

Now, this sign goes beyond merely “convincing” - into entirely different territory:

Captain Obvious strikes again:

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Follow the arrow:

…but carefully:

Dancers crossing… I’d like to see this; must be a beautiful sight:

(image credit: Anton Cheglov)

Invisible Cows are even better:

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Miscellaneous signs and stickers:

Military does not waste words:

“Some days you wake up…” -

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Very precise message:

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a similar one:

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Care label (with a global message) -

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Seen (and enjoyed) somewhere in Russia

This one says: “DO NOT FEED THE ROBOTS”
Sure… but why?

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“Watch for Cats!” -

“Watch for loose (unruly) pedestrians!” -

“This is dangerous!” (no kidding) -

“Unpack only according to the manual. The manual is inside” -

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Another Evacuation Plan (Emergency Evacuation Procedures) -

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QUANTUM SHOT

Don’t try to figure these signs out. Get a GPS instead.

Human communication can get hopelessly jumbled and seriously weird. Especially when sign makers get drunk, depressed or just disinterested in the messages they need to convey. Then sign hilarity hits a new, unequaled high - and drivers everywhere look at these examples in stupefied wonder: how something like this could end up on a government road? And where do I go from here? (see our headline for answer)

Northern Irelanders do not mince words.
(they just take them from the Old Testament)

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Seen on the nuclear missile base:

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Leaving Brooklyn? -

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The sad irony:
(”Do not deface the stone” - photo by Christa Gockel - Angkor, Cambodia)

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“Ring Found!” (underneath added - “Bilbo Baggins, Shire”):

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Rest Area, with all the necessities:

Traffic Signage Adventures

Lots of choice:

Better be “on the ball” here:

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Confusion:

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What kind of road markings are these? (seen in Poland)
Update: somewhat alien to Americans, this kind is often seen in Europe to mark “no parking” space.

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Try to figure out this riddle while driving:

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This simply stands in the middle of the road in Portugal. No warning is given.

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and in Poland:

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This sign has been rendered obsolete - by a tree:

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Here is an example where parking markings might as well not be there:

Urban sculpture? I hope so:

(Creative) Warning Signs

… about dangers you never knew existed!

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Japanese way of saying: “Careful of that door” -

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This is (possibly) photoshopped:

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But this is just plain creative:
(while you’re reading it, you are obviously not bothering the animal)

Wouldn’t you be just so slightly spooked by this? -

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Thieves… and bees: don’t know what’s worse.

(image credit: John Gladu)

No parking on lava, wouldn’t you know:
(obviously the sign got swallowed by the lava flow)

(images credit: John Gladu)

Last Request: Please Don’t Smoke

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Taken in a place with no name (See more photos or videos here)

TOP 10 Shirts To Get Arrested In

10. Never mention Sex in the pen

9. Bambi: Kmart by day, Stripper by night

8. Say that to the judge.

7. Better hope you aren’t sharing a cell with one.

6. He must have been busy…your whole life.

5. About bunnies? No.

4. Better hope you’re in jail for less than that.

3. Arrested Drunks go to jail.

2. Except in this case.

1. No, but you are awesome.

Fake Food: A Baby’s Perspective

It is almost humorous when you see someone grab a piece of fake fruit or pastry and attempt to take a bite. Some fake foods look and feel so real you can hardly tell them apart, until you try to sink your teeth in.

This poor kid just wants a nice afternoon snack, until he is completely fooled by this fake food display.

We just hope his mother was nice enough to give him a real snack afterwards.

YOUR KID IS STUPID