Anyone who has
ever hit the open road has seen a sign that sends them into hysterics.
RoadTrip
America has been posting these roadside bloopers online since
1996, building an online
gallery like none other on the Web.
Now,
the best of RTA's collection is available in book form. Reflecting
over a decade's worth of photographing actual mixed-up marquees,
billboard blunders and signs of all types discovered along city
streets, country roads, major freeways and back roads, CAUTION:
FUNNY SIGNS AHEAD features images captured by 95 photographers
from all over the United States, Canada, and beyond.
Each page presents
a color photograph of an ironic, suggestive, absurd, mislabeled
or otherwise amusing sign. Photographed by everyday Americans on
vacations and road trips, the signs featured in this collection
cover the gamut from street signs marking the corner of Lonesome
and Hardup Road to less-than-persuasive billboards for local businesses
like Blue Ball Hotel. Check out the list
of contributors!
RoadTrip
America's CAUTION: FUNNY SIGNS AHEAD is available through Amazon.com
and at bookstores nationwide!
What others
are saying:
"Fun signs
from the side of the road, shop fronts and those wonderfully-American
boards where they can change the message every day. From the rude
(Beaver Liquor Inc.), through unthinking juxtapositions (Cemetery
Lane / Dead End) to the plain unfathomable (Cat Crap), this is a
great read and an even better gift.
Peter
Thody, Leeds, UK
"There
are some street signs that cause double takes, restaurant names
that will give you pause, and an amazing number of signs that include
the word "dump" in an incongruous manner. If you're looking
for a gift for someone who loves to laugh, you've found it."
Tami
Cowden, author of Cruising for Love
"Caution:
Funny Signs Ahead is an extensive collection of bizarre, humorous,
and otherwise visually-arresting signs rounded up for your enjoyment.
This roadie's personal favorites include 'No Smoking on Campus Prohibited'
and 'Brakeless Trucks Use Freeway'"
Drew
Knowles, author of Route
66 Adventure Handbook
"If you
like roadside double entendres
You'll definitely enjoy Caution:
Funny Signs Ahead. My favorite is the motel in South Dakota
that proudly advertises, "Imaginary Friends Stay Free."
Eric
Peterson, author of Ramble:
A Field Guide to the U.S.A.
"...I loved National Lampoon's True Facts books that
featured humorous road signs and billboards, but that was 20 years
ago. Caution: Funny Signs Ahead is a wacky collection of
unintentionally hilarious wordings..."
Brian
A. Butko, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, author of Greetings
From the Lincoln Highway
"...an
excellent choice to leave out on a table at any party, it'll have
everyone in the room laughing..."
Troy
Paiva, Redwood City, California, author of Lost
America: The Abandoned Roadside West
"This
is the perfect 'anytime' gift book -- don't take a bottle of wine
-- buy a bunch of these and take one next time! This book deserves
a sequel already."
Carol
White, author of Live
Your Road Trip Dream
"This
is a collection of some of the funniest signs on the road, photographed
by ordinary people. It's just not possible to look through them
without laughing! Perfect stocking stuffer for Christmas."
Michael
Dickman, Bremen, Germany
"For the
small price, it is the perfect item for that office gift exchange.
This book would be a great addition to any coffee table and I'm
ordering a copy for each of my family members..."
Gerald
Thurman, Tempe, Arizona
"Prepare
to spend some time there, because you can't just look at one sign
and move on. If you're like me, you'll 'just one more' your way
through the entire online collection."
Jim
Pankey, Chatsworth, Georgia
"I was
trying to find something different AND special for Christmas this
year. I found it in this hilarious book -- my cheeks (facial) are
sore from laughing so hard. Don't miss a chance to own this book.
Kathy
Wilkerson, Bozeman, Montana
"It would
be a great gift -- a perfect way to light up someone's day..."
Ruth
Mormon, Henderson, Nevada
"If you've
just had words with a coworker, your dog died, or you're just having
a bad day, Caution: Funny Signs Ahead is the perfect way
to just yourself a lift..."
Philip
Kappen, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
RTA
Funny Sign Contributors whose photographs are published in this
book:
Larry
Abramson
Heather Aday
Julia Alexander
Wendy Alexander
Clint Anglin
Stephen Ault
Doug Bandos
Ken Bell
Dan Bentley
Steve Berger
Robert B. Blalock
Michael Bono
Sari Boudreau
Tom Brookover
Cindy Brown
Rebecca Burns
Stephanie Casey
Tara Chando
Janelle M. Chang
Tami Cowden
Janet & Robert Daniel
Suzanne Deans
Michael H. Dickman
Karen Ditello
Megan Edwards
Jack Eiermann
Myke Elliott
Valerie Estes
Margaret Feit
Robert Ferguson
Ron Gillentine
Daryl Gruber
Peter Harvey
Christopher Hayter |
Bethany
Heginbotham
Ed Higginbotham
Erik Hollander
Mark Holloway
Mark Holmes
Jillian Imilkowski
Daniel Janes
Kevin Jemmott
Michael Jessie
Phil Kappen
Katchaya
Benjamin Klein
Geneviève Lauzière
Joel Lechlt
Peter M. Lighthall
Shea Listwon
Allan Llewellyn
Joe Loehr
Steve Loopstra
Rich & Steven Madow
Jim McIntyre
Michael Metzing
Eric J. Miller
Christina Moore
Don Moore
Terry & Carole Moran
Barbara Morgan
Tracye Morgan
Ruth Mormon
Pat Mount
Nancy G. Murphy
Rod & Judy Ness
Pamela Newcomb
Tom Newton |
Robert
E. Oshel
Jim Pankey
Bill Roberts
David & Natalie Rayburn
Michael Reardon
Ken Rhinehart
Aleisha Dawn Rosse
Matthew Rounis
Alexander Rose
Liisa Sakari
Luke Schoen
Matt Scruton
Mark Sedenquist
Douglas Sedgwick
R. Charles Siple
Steve Skopyk
Jeff Smith
Phillip Stringer
Julie Suneson
Gerald Thurman
Anna Vernicek
Laura Weddle
Melissa Wical
Jeff Winter
Nancy Koch Winter
Paul Wood
Peter Yauch |
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