Subject: Pinoy "Signages"
Don't you just miss the Philippines???
* at a Megalink ATM : "OOF LINE"
*On a wall in Laloma Street, a sign says: "Huli ihi, putol titi".
Nakasulat sa pader: "Marunong ka bang KUMAHOL? Aso lang and umiihi dito!"
On a shoe repair shop Dr. Sebago in Urdaneta Village, Makati (circa 1961) : "Hump at your own risk"
Welcome to the Philippines "The only Catholic Country in Asia!" and directly underneath that sign: "BEWARE OF PICKPOCKETS"
Along a highway in Pampanga: "We make Modern and Antique Furniture"
On a building in Cebu, Atty. Domingo Carriedo "Notary Public, Tumatanggap din ho ng labada tuwing linggo"
A flower shop sign near U.P.Diliman: "Petal Attraction"
On a self-service restaurant in Cubao: "Please help our comfort room clean."
On an automotive paint shop in Cubao: "We mixed all kinds of car paint"
In a Baguio grocery: "Fresh Frozen Chicken Sold here"
On a house beside an auto repair shop: "No parking and repair here"
Signs at PHILCOA - "No crossing pedestrians will be apprehended"
- "Sorry for the inconvenient. Your taxes is working for you."
- "Temporary close"
In Cubao: "None ID Nothing Entry"
On a parking lot: "Taxi and outside cars not allowed"
On a convent: "2nd Floor Upstairs."
A brand of men's sock ca. 80"s Gold Toe socks:
"Known to all as not the second best"
A rough-painted ramshackle billboard at a construction site
"now showing - -- - - - - - the carpenters"
At a construction site: "Erection going on"
On a cracked lopsided wall along Libis, QC.:
"Danger Wall is Falling"
On a bank along Timog Ave.:
"No parking for customers only"
Along Sta Mesa: "Go to Haven"
Office clinic in Sta Cruz: "Dr. Sakim A. Morge, M. D.
Along Paco: "Mabuhay Funeral Parlor"
Along Luneta Boulevard: "BAWAL TUMAE SA BULEBARD"
On Jeepney and Bus signs:
- "Before pay, tell where get the on before get the off"
- "full string to stop driver"
- God knows Hudas not pay"
- "for reckless driving, cal ###-####"
- "Don't close to me, close to God"
On a Flower shop in Rizal Avenue:
"We sell artificial fresh flowers"
On a delivery truck: "NOT FOR HERE"
On window of a restaurant in Baguio. "Wanted: Boy Waitress"
On a carinderia"
"Cooking ng ina mo"
"Cooking ng ina mo rin" (right across Cooking ng ina mo)
In Chinatown " Le Cheng Tea House"
On a restaurant: "DETH'S Eatery"
On a street in San Juan:
"Bawal magtapon and binalot na tae rito"
A graffiti inside the cubicle on a ladies' C. R. in a university -
"Please don't sit like a frog, Sit like a queen."
A note on a newspaper stand
"HUWAG BULATLATIN KUNG HINDI BIBILI!"
A huge billboard along Aguinaldo Hi-way, Bacoor, Cavite says:
"CATRINA, WILL YOU MARY ME? I am single and available.
Pager No. #######"
At a men's comfort room, above a urinal -
"Hawak mo ang kinabukasan ng bayan"
On a truck - "Kung nababasa mo to, pag-nautot ako maamoy mo"
At a street repair site without workers -
"Your taxes is working for you"
Sign along Quirino Ave: For Hire delevery truck"
Tag in Divisoria which says:
"Ponkan for sale at P5.00 per each."
In an old concrete wall in Sampaloc written:
"Matapang lang ang umiihi dito"
At a construction site in Mandaluyong -
"BAWAL OMEHI DITO. AND MAHOLI BOG-BOG'
Somewhere along San Andres:
"NO URINATING, on the over WALLS'
Sa may entrance ng St. Anthony School in Singalong,
"NO PARKING THE DRIVEWAY'
Vacant lot near Makati Ave. : "DON'T PARKING"