I was so excited when I saw this sign painted on the ground outside someone's home. I expected cookies, so I stood. For a while. But, I bore easily - so I left.

Kerry-Anne has always thought that this sign means that you should look out for men with heavy umbrellas. It's not true. I promise. :D

In yesterday's post I asked if anyone knew what the H28FT sign posted high up on lamp posts means.

Based on a few comments and an email it seems that consensus is that the sign indicates that there's a fire hydrant 8 meters (or, as in yesterday's post, 28 feet) from the lamp post. In retrospect, based on the shape of the sign I guess should have been obvious. :)

A nice big sign just in case someone missed the large fence placed in front of the stairs.

Don't you just hate that society has become so opportunistic that we're forced to spend money on signs that state the obvious to indemnify us in case somebody does something silly and decides to sue us because we never warned them? Sure, there are many cases when signs are absolutely necessary - but often they're just a waste of money.

Although it may look that way, I don't think the arrow sign was placed here to draw drivers' attention to the stop sign. :)

And, if you were wondering, those aren't bullet holes - they seem to be old mounting holes. I presume these signs were either moved here from another location or that they were simply remounted on new brackets.

One should normally obey traffic signs - but not this kind of one, ok?

It's annoying that some people find it necessary to vandalise signs without any apparent reason. I thought of trying to pull it straight, but then considered that a passing police officer may not realise that I wasn't the one who bent it... and I'm really not keen on prison cells - they're far too smelly. ;)

After being incredibly lazy for a few years I've decided to start being a little more active and get into running - trail-running in fact. Well, at the moment it's more like trail huffing-and-puffing, and it's only once a week - but it's a start at least. :)

I try to take my camera along wherever I go, and taking it along on a run has the added benefit of giving me an excuse to stop running; to take a photo while catching my breath. Sneaky hey?!

I took this particular photo at the beginning of a popular mountain bike trail in Durbanville. Even though we all know what the sign means, I still found it amusing that without a comma after "warning" the sign I could interpret it to mean that a warning-barrier in the shape of a bicycle lay ahead. :D

For several years now South African law has prohibited the advertising of tobacco products - like Chesterfield cigarettes in the photo above. I found it surprising that this old sign is still allowed on this building. I guess the reason is that its doubtful that the owners of the Chesterfield brand are sponsoring it's existence, rather I'd be more incline to believe that the owner of this little restaurant is keeping it for the sake of posterity.

Isn't it interesting that this deli stocks bread that has allergies? Why would they do that? I've never even heard of bread having allergies, so I guess they'd have to give it away free of charge! ;)

I make my fair share of grammatical errors, but still I find it terribly amusing when signs read differently to how they were intended to read - like this one, and this one.

The sign is located at the Tokai Plantation's tea garden - and I'm sure that they mean that the bread is free of common allergens, or in other words, that they sell allergen-free bread. :)

If I read this signpost correctly, it says that the public toilets are to the left, but be careful, even if you're desperate to get there you may not park illegally, because if you do, you're wheels will get clamped. A picture really does say 1000 words!

In all seriousness, wheel-clamping (apparently known as "booting" in the US) involves some authority attaching a large metal clamp over the driver-side front wheel that results in a large fine being paid over in order to release the vehicle (unless of course you happen to carry a bolt-cutter with you).

There's good reason for wheel-clamping - some people have extremely little regard for road laws, other drivers, or privately-owned parking spots, and simply park wherever they please. Fines on their own aren't good-enough deterrents, but a fine coupled with the inconvenience of having to find the official who's able to release your vehicle - that's something that people tend to take more seriously. :)