h a l f b a k e r y
(Serving suggestion.)
idea:
add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, best, random
meta:
news, help, about, links, report a problem
account:
Browse anonymously,
or get an account
and write.
Login
Create account.
|
|
|
On UK highways there are regularly light boards above the road, which display messages such as 'Congestion ahead' or 'Tailback after next exit'. When there are no tailbacks, they should still be watching over the drivers to keep them happy. Just imagine driving down the highway to see a sign asking if
you put on clean underwear this morning? Or telling you to wash behind your ears. It could be very useful to be reminded that aural hygene is still important, even though you are a travelling vacuum cleaner salesman.
How about some honest messages too...
http://www.tardsite.com/creamed.htm
[krelnik, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Half Baked
http://www.halfbake...onal_20Road_20Signs
Beat yer to it! [DrCurry, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
[link]
|
| |
Ha! Love it. Are these messages personalised or general? Pay service for important and not-so-important messages maybe - 'Gary - it's a boy!' or 'John, can you pick up a bottle of wine on the way home?' halfway up the M1. |
|
| |
I tried not to put that on, as that was done on a tv add. I was thinking more random stuff, like just having one saying "psst...your flies are undone" |
|
| |
See how many people check |
|
| |
Gone for a pint.I'll meet you at the Rising Sun. |
|
| |
The ad you're talking about - was that BUPA or something? I think I remember it. |
|
| |
Lets not forget the all important, "have you called your mother lately?" sign. |
|
| |
BUPA did one, and a communications company, who did specific messages. I think. |
|
| |
If you could personalise it, you could scare the hell out of people by saying - Steve, your mum is in hospital. Al the Steves of the M25 descend onto hospitals around the country |
|
| |
Imagine that - a nationwide recall of 'Steve'. Useful if we notice that all Steve's have a built in error that must be fixed. |
|
| |
I love this idea (+). It can also be focused on something else: I think our lives are filled up with all those little things that we usually don't think of, but are what really make us happy. The messages could point out those small things to the drivers, and bring a smile to their faces. |
|
| |
Recall on all Steve models from 1972 to 1974, serial codes Robert to Smith due to a fault causing the possibility of a mullet developing |
|
| |
The Newburgh-Beacon Bridge display sign on I-84 on New York is displaying messages of support for the troops in Iraq. |
|
| |
I can see this now scrolling across the interstate billboard "STEVE SMITH, I'M PREGNANT, AND IT ISN'T YOURS" |
|
| |
create accidents - 'DAD - IM GAY' |
|
| |
This would be so much better than the one I get on the M61 telling me I'm in a queue. |
|
| |
Are these signs big enough for haiku? |
|
| |
changing lanes without looking |
|
| |
"Look where you're going." |
|
| |
they do ones like these on some roads around europe, naming and shaming people cars which have been speeding a couple of miles back down the road - how embarrassing - "Green Volkswagen Polo - 92mph" |
|
| |
A local florist's shop posted on their sign outside "Your husband called, he said you could get anything you wanted". I got a kick out of this. |
|
| |
Love it. And it reminds me of LA Story, one of Steve Martin's finest... |
|
| |
"Honey, we've won the lottery" $$$$$ hurry home. |
|
| |