It's Not The Size Of Your Ticket...

I saw this sign in a local parking garage recently and something about it caught my eye.  You may click the picture to enbiggen.

The wording on it is just fine but that icon in the upper right seems off.  Is this place issuing poster-sized tickets?  I've never seen one that takes two hands to carry.  Perhaps that is the international symbol for parking ticket and I've just never seen it before. So many questions.

Nothing Creepy Here. Please Move Along.

I showed up to work the other day and saw this in the business next door.  Click to enbiggen.

I'm sure there is a perfectly logical explanation of what that is and why it's sitting in a chair in the lobby but I sure don't know what it would be.  Also, I was the only one in the office that morning so I seriously thought about just leaving.  That thing is no longer there so I don't know if it was taken somewhere or is currently roaming the city happily killing children.

Intimates For Proto-Furries

I usually don't reveal the name of the location where I take pics but this one will be an exception: I saw this at Wal-Mart.  Please click the picture to enbiggen.

So much to work with here.  There's the creepy panda thing on the right, Jack Skellington all the way to the left, the general weirdness beside those.  But let's focus on the on in the center; the Mrs. Potatohead.  Complete with eyes.  Even if it was not located under a sign claiming its intimacy, it would still have shown up here.  It is just so disturbing.

Is It My Birthday?

I saw this at a local liquor store.  Click to enbiggen.

I've seen a number of these coin pusher machines around.  The concept is that you drop in a quarter in hopes that it lines up perfectly to push other quarters off, that you then get to keep.  It is obviously a game of skill and in no way gambling. I've seen them with names like "Silver Falls", "Silver Strike" and "The Royal Treasure".  This one is called "Bonus Hole".  Why it is called "Bonus Hole" I do not know, but "Bonus Hole" it is.  "Bonus Hole".

Line Breaks Change Meaning

We have more from Costa Rica coming but I found this pic that I look a couple weeks ago and it needed to be seen.  You may click the pic to enbiggen.

Of course this was at one of those tchotchke-laden crappy decoration stores.  Please direct your attention to the smaller sign in the middle.  I have to believe the intent is a riff of the Wizard of Oz, as in "Come in, my pretties".  However, the placement of the words have turned it into a completely different offer.

Happy Halloween!

Still more from Costa Rica.  Click the picture to enbiggen if you dare.

One of the places we stayed in Costa Rica as Tortuguero, a small town adjacent to a national park.  It is a very lovely place in every aspect except for one: this trash can.  Yes, they are expecting people to risk losing a hand by putting it in that clown's mouth simply to discard some rubbish.  I decided to hold on to my items and discard them in the hotel waste basket.

Attack Of The Killer Citrus

The Costa Rica series continues with this air freshener I saw in a restaurant restroom.  You my click if you wish to enbiggen.

That is the friendliest terror I have ever seen.  Nice colors, welcoming font, pleasant scent.  But terror it is, none the less.

Ritchie Valens Ruins Menu

Fellow WTFotoers, I present the first post in the Costa Rica series.  The recent trip presented a veritable cornucopia of pics and today's comes from our newest field correspondent, CR Viking.  Please click the picture to enbiggen.

Do you see it?  Focus on the last Spaghetti option.  Spelling is always important but never as much as when using Google Translate.  Perhaps they were listening to La Bamba while working on this and the line "Yo no soy marinero, soy capitán" got stuck in their head.  In any case, we are left with nautical pasta (which would be an awesome grunge band name).

Knowledge Is Power!

Today's submission is also from Mrs. Griz.  She found this treasure while cleaning out her family's farm.  As always, click to enbiggen.

When did we stop giving manuals to new wives?  Actually, since this is a series, does that make it an encyclopedia for young wives?  In any case, I think we need to bring this back.  I've spoken with some newly wedded women lately and it is clear that they need some kind of training.

Ewe Knead Too Reed Sine

Hello WTFotoers!  I'm back from Central America and have some good pics.  But those will be for future posts.

Mrs. Griz sent me this a while ago and I'm finally getting it up (heh). Click the picture to enbiggen.

Homophones are hard.  However, if you are driving here, he'd this sign, paws and remain stationery.   If knot, Yule learn you're lessen ore you may dye.