Dirty Signs: The World's 150 Most Unfortunately Named Streets, Towns and Places

by Rob Bailey, Ed Hurst

Includes a full-color picture of each tragically humorous sign

What worse place to wake to a hangover than Puke, Albania? How many couples have booked their honeymoon in Climax, Michigan? And how many men have gone out of their way to visit Slut, Sweden? Dirty Signs pictures the official road signs to the poorly named places nobody wants to call home. This fantastic collection proves that humor is found just about anywhere in this big, bawdy world ? from the gutters to the gateways. Gathered by wayward camera-wielding travelers, these stumbled-upon signs sporting unfortunate translations might benefit from some modern editing by transportation departments from Algeria to South Africa and Honolulu to Hong Kong. The book's mind-boggling signs are accompanied by zinging captions and the signs' tragic locations.

148 pages, Paperback

First published June 2, 2009

Reviews

[karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

i swear, they should rename that ground-floor table "books that are stupid but make karen laugh". because it doesnt take much. just knowing there is a town called "penistone" makes me grin a little. then i see a street named "knob lick" and the grin gets a little wider. "horton cum studley" is too ridiculous for me to laugh at but then...then..."rampant horse street." why??? why did i have to grow up on "railroad street" and "sunset drive"?? how prosaic. someday i shall live on "hussey's lane" and make up for lost time...

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