quote:

---

Toadpuppy came out of the closet to say:


This always comes up when someone dares to say that truckers who drive too fast might be somewhat dangerous...

I-75 between Ocala and the turnpike to Orlando, four days before Thanksgiving, 2 years ago, I saw a truck with a full load going at least 90, passing everything on the road, weaving in and out of traffic. Never mind that 75 is INSANELY busy around the holidays; this guy had to be ahead of everyone. He was racing the entire interstate.

I-70 just outside Blue Springs, MO, 8 years ago. DOn't remember the date, sorry. My dad and I are leaving for Florida, with my brother following in his pickup. We have pulled off the road to check something on Dad's travel trailer, and are ready to merge back. The road is clear, Dad accelerates, puts on his turn signal, and merges into the right lane. My brother follows. A truck that had been a mile back hits his gas so that, a minute later, he can ride our asses, and we hear him telling his trucker friends over the CB that we cut him off.

I-70 between Colombia, MO and St. Louis, 6 years ago, a week before Christmas. My brother and I are meeting my dad in North Carolina for Christmas. We are in the right lane, driving along, minding our own business, and a trucker passes us at about 75. He swoops into our lane just long enough to force us onto the shoulder, then swings back into the left lane and continues on his way.

Those are just 3 of the many, many bad experiences I've had with truckers. So don't tell me they are all wonderful safe drivers who wouldn't hurt a fly, because they know they can kill you and they just don't care.

---

Information Cul-de-Sac

What's in front of them....



What they're seeing




Right?

I have neither the necessary PS skills nor a source image (hell I'd try it if I had that, so if someone finds a pic of the Bay Bridge toll entrance, lemme know) but here's my, um, textual contribution...

Westbound on the SF Bay Bridge there is a massive toll entrance with big signs over each lane saying "Autos $2.00".

I am convinced that 90% of the people on the road interpret these as "CHANGE LANES AS MANY FUCKING TIMES AS POSSIBLE AND, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHATEVER YOU DO, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE TWO BUCKS IN YOUR HAND WHEN YOU GET TO THE TOLL BOOTH, AND SPEND AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES DIGGING AROUND IN YOUR CAR FOR CHANGE!"

Internet Dateing Super Stud

in my neighborhood, this is what I see. Damn hood rats.

quote:

---

TheGreatGildersneeze came out of the closet to say:
^^^Ummm, I don't get it.^^^

---

Pizza Engineer

quote:

---

Joe Average came out of the closet to say:


It's from a Kids in the Hall skit.

---

Only science can make the connections

quote:

---

Mike Works came out of the closet to say:
What some see:



What others see:

---

Oh my god, bear is driving!

quote:

---

Cocktail Kitten came out of the closet to say:
Platyhelminthes Please

---

Quite surprised no one has come up with this one yet... it's been a joke with my friends and I for years...



Think about it.

Mike was going to advertise here, but after seeing some of my more obscene posts involving midget pornography, he decided it would be better not to!

quote:

---

skwidd came out of the closet to say:


Thanks, Asshat! I'm not supposed to dip at work.

/copenhagen anyone?

---

quote:

---

Earwicker came out of the closet to say:
Westbound on the SF Bay Bridge there is a massive toll entrance with big signs over each lane saying "Autos $2.00".

I am convinced that 90% of the people on the road interpret these as "CHANGE LANES AS MANY FUCKING TIMES AS POSSIBLE AND, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHATEVER YOU DO, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE TWO BUCKS IN YOUR HAND WHEN YOU GET TO THE TOLL BOOTH, AND SPEND AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES DIGGING AROUND IN YOUR CAR FOR CHANGE!"

---

I both agree and disagree. I would agree more if I drove that hell ride every day. But basically you have 5-6 lanes that seem to turn into about 10 lanes. So you pick your lane, preferrably the one with the shortest line...your lane LOOKS like it's heading to the correct gate. But WRONG! Your lane splits off into 2-3 lanes with a curve, so now there are 20 lanes to choose from.



Toll paid, and now onto the bridge. These 20 lanes instantly turn into 5-6 lanes again! Everyone fighting for thier lane space and who gets to go first. (Yeah, I have 30 feet of lane left before we join paths....I think I can pass you.) Do above image only everyone merge.


I do fully agree with the money/change thing. Especially if they drive it EVERYDAY. Get a Fastrak pass or a ticket book. (I did the golden gate commute for a few months. $100 a month is lame just to cross a bridge. Ticket book saves you $5.

quote:

---

exploitedtroll came out of the closet to say:

What I see in Canada:

---

quote:

---

ChlamydiaJones came out of the closet to say:
What They see;
[IMG]http://www.mycotropic.com/img/sa/curvesahead.jpg[IMG]
What I see;
[IMG]http://www.mycotropic.com/img/sa/curvesbike.jpg[IMG]

---

31337 hAx0r

quote:

---

ReverendHammer came out of the closet to say:
Quite surprised no one has come up with this one yet... it's been a joke with my friends and I for years...

Think about it.

---

I convinced a friend of that, too. ^^^^^^ I did tell her the truth before she got any tickets, though.

quote:

---

FluKe_ came out of the closet to say:
I think we will be seeing these in LA soon...

---

Mai-Wah!

I think we're sufficently off topic enough for me to repost this now, since the thread I posted it in a few months back sank like a stone:

Forum Veteran

What we see:


What they see:

Horrible Killer of Threads

Hope I die before I get old...

Old Grendel decided to show you this image:

Por favor mantenganse allejado de las puertas

I don't remember what this means (if anything) but I snagged it from the forums many many months ago and it seems strangely relevant now.

thatdog decided to show you this image:

Forum Veteran

quote:

---

Mike Toole came out of the closet to say:


I've experienced this one personally, many times! What you see:


What they see:

---

See that dent in the car's fender? Yeah I put that there. I didn't design the sign, but that's a nice touch

quote:

---

Conversely, what you see:


What the asshole on the bike sees:


This is a great idea. I may create more.

---

This bugs me. I try and get motorists to recognize other bicyclists and me on the road, and then the other bikers go ahead and ignore traffic signs. One thing that really struck me was in a triathlon, I saw the first place finisher get demoted to second because of the penalty he got for running a stop sign. Serves him right, I say.

I'm late, as usual.

__________________

Buy Cool Dragon and Native American Shit From Me

quote:

---

mrWr0ng came out of the closet to say:
sorry for the quality.

---

Not really a sign, but same basic concept.

You see:


they see:

Pizza Engineer

^^^Very, very fucking nice. I was trying to come up with an idea for rubberneckers, but I couldn't. Thank you for gracing my thread with this fine work.

obsessed

quote:

---

Stitch came out of the closet to say:

This bugs me. I try and get motorists to recognize other bicyclists and me on the road, and then the other bikers go ahead and ignore traffic signs. One thing that really struck me was in a triathlon, I saw the first place finisher get demoted to second because of the penalty he got for running a stop sign. Serves him right, I say.

---

Saw this Belgian sign on the front page of Gazet Van Antwerpen:

quote:

---

Megiddo came out of the closet to say:
Saw this Belgian sign on the front page of Gazet Van Antwerpen:

---

I see

They see

FUCKING MORON WHO CAN'T READ SIMPLE RULES

quote:

---

Mike Works came out of the closet to say:
What some see:



What others see:

---

I sooo just printed off the planaria one so I can put it on the cover of my zoology notebook.

Thank you.

<3

I know I'm not the only one who finds this practice silly:



And I always think this when I see these signs:



Sorry about the shitty source images.

Slight derail, how the hell do you make the road text look good?

quote:

---

EvilDonald came out of the closet to say:
I know I'm not the only one who finds this practice silly:

---

We got a winner.

edit: Fuck, beaten on the first damn page

-Ether- fucked around with this message at May 03, 2003 around 21:05

Someone please tell me this thread will be in Tuesday's Goldmine. I haven't laughed this hard all week.

fortunatly, my last thought turned out the lights when it left.

quote:

---

Doodles came out of the closet to say:
Someone please tell me this thread will be in Tuesday's Goldmine. I haven't laughed this hard all week.

---

quote:

---

Kenfoldsfive came out of the closet to say:
Not really a sign, but same basic concept.

---

Forums Witchdoctor

Stuck for Goldmine Tuesday.

fortunatly, my last thought turned out the lights when it left.

quote:

---

OMGWTFBBQ came out of the closet to say:
Stuck for Goldmine Tuesday.

---

quote:

---

chizad came out of the closet to say:


You from Missouri by chance, Toadpuppy?

---

fortunatly, my last thought turned out the lights when it left.

My last one. This is for all my bike riding homies out there who must dodge the constant wrath of those four-wheeled bastards.

Saved once again by my lucky rocketship underpants

quote:

---

Mr. Siffredi came out of the closet to say:

---

quote:

---

Megiddo came out of the closet to say:
Saw this Belgian sign on the front page of Gazet Van Antwerpen:

---

Exorcism Tongs decided to show you this image:

quote:

---

Doodles came out of the closet to say:
Someone please tell me this thread will be in Tuesday's Goldmine. I haven't laughed this hard all week.

---

quote:

---

dum2007 came out of the closet to say:
COME TO THE MARKETPRO COMPUTER SHOW AND SALE AT THE DOME CENTER.
PRICES SO LOW IT WILL BLOW YOU AWAY! (clip of Terminator 2).

---

...Men?...Police men?

Been here all afternoon, great thread... High "5"

(There's a kidney stone lodged in my data pipe)

Pizza Engineer

quote:

---

OMGWTFBBQ came out of the closet to say:
Stuck for Goldmine Tuesday.

---

Now I REALLY have to install Illustrator and make them look better. Thanks loads.

quote:

---

exploitedtroll came out of the closet to say:
[img-fightzone]

---

Doorstop (professional)

What I see:


What they see:

...Men?...Police men?

Not too good, but...



Made a *slight* improvement

shaker fucked around with this message at May 03, 2003 around 21:43

I Don't Believe in Tan. I Believe in David Bowman.

In light of today's horrible news from New Hampshire:

I don't have photoshop skills, but I swear to god that they should replace the word 'Limit' with 'Requirement' on the Speed Limit signs.

We're all familiar with the fucks who go slow until you try to pass them, and we all hate them. About a year ago I was in the car with my mom, who was driving her speedy Lexus down a 2-lane interstate. We were stuck behind an old lady who was doing about 40, so we change lanes to pass. The old lady (who happens to be in a shitty car with a top speed of about 80) floors it, doubling her speed. When I say she floored it, I mean it, because I doubt her car could have gone any faster than it was.

We quickly stop trying to pass, and she goes back to her original speed. This happens again and again, until my mom is fed up. Her car had a top speed of 180, and we blow the old lady by, and I look over to see her screaming while trying to keep up with us, and looking at us as if she was going to run us off the road.

We passed her and cut her off. Mission Complete.

Another entry:

quote:

---

Cocktail Kitten came out of the closet to say:
[img-socool]

---

pwned!

Made one, but I need hosting. Can anyone hook it up?

I'm a noob here.

We got a winner.

There's a so-called "Safe Driving Zone" near my apartment - I swear I've seen 75% of these things happening on it.

"I swear officer... I couldn't see it because of that tree!"

No I don't have a firearm, I just have these. Action bills.

Edit: fixed it.

AK74 fucked around with this message at May 04, 2003 around 11:01

Common mispronounciations can be quite amusing.

pwned!

What I see.


What they see.

First PhotoChop ever, and it's not very good. :-/

quote:

---

Luxmore came out of the closet to say:
I hate elderly drivers.

---

Information Cul-de-Sac

OT:
Beatles Crossing



Edit: This looks better... still off topic though...

kliksf fucked around with this message at May 03, 2003 around 23:40

GO NINJA GO NINJA GO!

quote:

---

Your Boogie Man came out of the closet to say:

---

New, does it matter?

quote:

---

pengO came out of the closet to say:
IMG - ducks.png

---

Pavil fucked around with this message at May 04, 2003 around 01:15

quote:

---

Jethro came out of the closet to say:
In light of today's horrible news from New Hampshire

---

...Men?...Police men?

(Drops joint) "Hey, Dude... What did that sign say back there?"



Last one for now... promise.

shaker fucked around with this message at May 03, 2003 around 23:31

I Don't Believe in Tan. I Believe in David Bowman.

quote:

---

Pavil came out of the closet to say:
[img-evil stork]

---

We got a winner.

quote:

---

Jethro came out of the closet to say:
AHAHAH

---

He Loves You

quote:

---

Sepherothic came out of the closet to say:
well i was bored

---

quote:

---

Gendo came out of the closet to say:
I think we're sufficently off topic enough for me to repost this now, since the thread I posted it in a few months back sank like a stone:

---

These two and the Hillbilly Stuntramp are fuckin hilarious. I can't believe I laughed so damn hard.

I Don't Believe in Tan. I Believe in David Bowman.

quote:

---

-Ether- came out of the closet to say:


That's absolutely beautiful - now I must go dig up that thread, just to see the evil stork's eye again.

---

We got a winner.

quote:

---

Jethro came out of the closet to say:
It's in the goldmine.

---

When I have children, I'm going to tell them about this thread.

Here's another.

WindyMan decided to show you this image:

quote:

---

Dork457 came out of the closet to say:

---

GoatRearEnd decided to show you this image:

Bigger than Mary Tyler Moore!

FYAD FYAD LOL

...

quote:

---

GoatRearEnd came out of the closet to say:

---

Pizza Engineer

quote:

---

MonkeyHateFire came out of the closet to say:

---

I assembled the greatest video in the history of GBS. And I know how to PARTY HARD!!!

quote:

---

GoatRearEnd came out of the closet to say:

---

Sepherothic fucked around with this message at May 04, 2003 around 04:38

I Don't Believe in Tan. I Believe in David Bowman.

quote:

---

TheGreatGildersneeze came out of the closet to say:

---

Pizza Engineer

quote:

---

Jethro came out of the closet to say:

---

Beware, I live.

quote:

---

vorhese came out of the closet to say:
[img-http://www.vorhese.com/albums/album07/nosk8.jpg]

---

Off-topic, but it would seem we've been using the same source image.

In all fairness, I actually do see this when I see one of these signs. Thank you, FYAD.

Forum Veteran

In too early, but don't want to be beaten.

babyeatingpsychopath decided to show you this image:

I assembled the greatest video in the history of GBS. And I know how to PARTY HARD!!!

edit:


alright, thats it, i've beaten this horse enough

Sepherothic fucked around with this message at May 04, 2003 around 05:35

Comedy GTA option

ixnay decided to show you this image:

Information Cul-de-Sac

what about?

kliksf decided to show you this image:

I'm not closed minded; you're just wrong!

I wanted to contribute another one, but I've probably been beaten like a bitch:

Feather decided to show you this image:

No, bigger than that.

word.

This thread owns my butt.

Great job all!

since this is turning into a "show your photoshopped signs" thread, I'll contribute a bit:

blort

quote:

---

osoiman came out of the closet to say:

I left my GUN at HOME AND I CANT STAND UP FOR MYSELF WITHOUT IT RRRRGH...

---

hydo fucked around with this message at May 04, 2003 around 15:53

Pizza Engineer

quote:

---

hydo came out of the closet to say:


fixed.

---

.

Ignoramus decided to show you this image:

quote:

---

Crackpimp came out of the closet to say:


... when the yellow arrow appears only the people in the intersection are supposed to advance, anyone still in the queue isn't supposed to turn in that cycle

---

quote:

---

Shade Fell came out of the closet to say:


It's right off the Austin stop on the Green Line.

Austin and whatever street that is.

---

I hate my custom title

they see:

antagonist decided to show you this image:

Stupid Fucking Hippy

Wacky man

(click image for shitty 50 Cent related bonus image)

Brought to you by the letter Y.

quote:

---

[IMG-Stoptional]

---

quote:

---

ScorpOMG came out of the closet to say:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/srb20001/gethitch.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/srb20001/listen.jpg

(click image for shitty 50 Cent related bonus image)

---

It's NEVER time to listen to more Fiddy. The trailer image was , though.

Work is the curse of the drinking class

nice one, here's my contribution (sorry if done before, haven't read whole thread yet)

From Australia so swap "left" and "right"...
http://users.tpg.com.au/adsl9er7/images/keepleft.jpeg

Loose stones - ME: drive carefully, no overtaking, THEM: See caption
http://users.tpg.com.au/adsl9er7/images/stones.jpeg

And a tribute to last weeks photoshop phriday:
http://users.tpg.com.au/adsl9er7/images/pedchair.jpg

Ozone fucked around with this message at May 04, 2003 around 21:33

Look! I'm the mitten pope!

Edit: ^^^--Beaten to it by Threepwood, but I'm just gonna leave it--^^^

DoombatINC fucked around with this message at May 04, 2003 around 22:48

Saved once again by my lucky rocketship underpants

quote:

---

DoombatINC came out of the closet to say:

---

No, bigger than that.

quote:

---

jest came out of the closet to say:
hahahahhahaahah

---

Edit: nevermind.

Intel&Sebastian fucked around with this message at May 04, 2003 around 22:36

but your text was horribly aliased.

Look! I'm the mitten pope!

quote:

---

Threepwood came out of the closet to say:


what the fuck, I posted the EXACT SAME IMAGE one page back and no one laughed at it.

---

No, bigger than that.

quote:

---

exploitedtroll came out of the closet to say:
but your text was horribly aliased.

---

quote:

---

Threepwood came out of the closet to say:


FORM OVER FUNCTION, MY FRIEND. Also, I did it in FIREWORKS in about a second. It's just the idea of a stop sign saying "STOP in the name of love."

---

Uh, "form over function" would mean that Doombat was in the right. As the function of the sign was to convey "stop in the name of love" but his form was better then yours.

edit: Moving my image so it's not caught in this petty flamefest.

Intel&Sebastian fucked around with this message at May 04, 2003 around 22:37

No, bigger than that.

quote:

---

Intel&Sebastian came out of the closet to say:


Uh, "form over function" would mean that Doombat was in the right. As the function of the sign was to convey "stop in the name of love" but his form was better then yours.

---

Only enough room in the Sinister Man Skirt for two skinny goth legs.

quote:

---

pengO came out of the closet to say:
A FULL MEG OF PNG

---

I had no idea where I was going with this, but at least it was fun along the way.

BonzoESC decided to show you this image:

BonzoESC fucked around with this message at May 04, 2003 around 23:44

quote:

---

Ignoramus came out of the closet to say:

---

No, bigger than that.

quote:

---

Ignoramus came out of the closet to say:
[img - Stoptional]

---

egad, sorry i'm so late.

SA's Brazilian Diplomat

Awesome thread.

What I see...

What They Really Mean...


Yeah, I know, shitty source image, shitty photoshop, shitty source CITY (I'm only kidding baby, you're the only pathetic 16th largest city in the country for me, you know that, right?), but what can you do? I've gots to represent the 502.

Or not.

(ditto on the AMAZING COMPUTER SHOW AND SALE shit, I thought we were the only ones that had it THIS FRIDAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY at the KENTUCKY FAIR AND EXPO CENTER! but I guess they use the same fucking video full of 1993's hottest software and hardware across the country. consider me enlightened.)