1. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 1 On the menu of a New Orleans restaurant: “Blackened bluefish”

2. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 2 In a Maine restaurant: “Open seven days a week and weekends”

3. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 3 On an established New Mexico dry cleaning store: “Thirty-eight years on the same spot.”

4. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 4 On a New York convalescent home: “For the sick and tired of the Episcopal Church”

5. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 5 Outside a country shop in West Virginia: “We buy junk and sell antiques.”

6. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 6 In a Tacoma, Washington men’s clothing store: “15 men’s wool suits - $100 They won’t last an hour!”

7. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 7 A sign seen on a restroom dryer at O’Hare Field in Chicago: “Do not activate with wet hands.”

8. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 8 In a New York restaurant: “Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see the manager.”

9. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 9 In the offices of a New Jersey loan company: “Ask about our plans for owning your home.”

10. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 10 In the window of an Oregon general store: “Why go elsewhere to be cheated, when you can come here?”

11. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 11 In downtown Boston: “Callahan Tunnel - NO END”

12. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 12 On a Tennessee highway: “Take notice: when this sign is under water, this road is impassable.”

13. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 13 On the grounds of a private school in Connecticut: “No trespassing without permission”

14. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 14 In a New York medical building: “Mental Health Prevention Center”

15. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 15 In a Florida maternity ward: “No children allowed”

16. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 16 In front of a New Hampshire car wash: “If you can’t read this, it’s time to wash your car.”

17. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 17 In a Los Angeles clothing store: “Wonderful bargains for men with 16 and 17 necks.”

18. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 18 On a California freeway: “Fine for littering”

19. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 19 In the window of an Atlanta clothing store: “Sid’s Pants is Open”

20. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 20 On the wall of a British Columbia cleaning service: “Able to Do the Worst Possible Job”

21. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 21 In a New York jewelry store: “Genuine Faux Pearls”

22. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 22 In a Kansas City oculist’s office: “Broken lenses duplicated here”

23. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 23 In a Boston fast-food parking lot: “Parking for Drive- Through Customers Only”

24. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 24 Billboard on Florida highway: “If you can’t read, we can help”

25. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 25 On the Triborough Bridge in New York: “In Event of Air Attack Drive Off Bridge”

26. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 26 On a Lockhart, Texas gas station and minimart: “We’re out of Rolaids, but we’ve got gas.”

27. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 27 At the basketball court in a Gastonon, North Carolina YMCA: “Anyone caught hanging from the rim will be suspended.”

28. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 28 On a Rapid City store: “Give That Bride a Good Case of Worms or Other Fine Bait”

29. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 29 On the door of an Ellsworth, Maine, restaurant: “The Indian Trading Post will be closed for Yom Kippur”

30. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 30 In a Grand Rapids restaurant: “Half baked chicken”

31. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 31 In a Dayton barbershop: “During vacation of owner, a competent hair stylist will be here.”

32. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 32 On a Jacksonville, Florida bookstore: “Rare, out-of-print, and nonexistent books”

33. Signs that don’t quite give the intended message. 33 On a library in Marlboro, New Hampshire, honoring Robert Frost: “Frost Free Library”