38 Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
There is no shortage of signs to make you laugh!
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Hong Kong Strange and Weird Signs
… and this one still makes me laugh.
38 Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
There is no shortage of signs to make you laugh!
Every now and then you will see an article in a newspaper or online publication with images of funny signs, many of them are not intentionally funny with “something getting lost in translation” being the reason for that whoops moment but sometimes you do have to question how a sign came to be put out there.
I am quite sure that the message in Chinese makes perfect sense and for the record, Sik, Fat, Tit, Fuk and such are Chinese names
Hong Kong has no shortage of funny signs, these are just a few I have taken over the years.
Enjoy
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - and I imagine popular with the night life crowd
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - an old colonial joke, legend has it that the sign maker was drunk one day and wrote Rednaxela instead of Alexander and the name stuck!
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - The Government screens out objectionable vehicle licence plates with crude references but not street signs!
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - nice to know I have a path named after me and it is in a very exclusive neighbourhood at Victoria Peak
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - a classic
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - Old Government speak and they still do not get it! read the station name
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - and yes, people do this
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - a particular problem at the Ten Thousand Buddha Monastery in Shatin
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - I am sure this makes perfect sense to some Government employee
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - still one of my favourites, a fag inspector (!) I can tell you now that the typical female operative that issues tickets is far removed from the glamorous model shown, more likely they are in their mid 50’s with the look and meanness of a large wild boar
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - a reminder that they can get you for any possible transgression even in a kids playground
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - and yes, this has been known to be a problem in buildings and even on public buses
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - a great sign in “sex trade speak” in a dodgy establishment near the Temple Street Night Market, read into “massage two big projects” anyway you want.
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - making sure they are covered legally
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - straight to the point!
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - I kid you not, this is a real problem at the Ten Thousand Buddha Monastery in Shatin
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - I am not sure Mr. Wong is delighted to clean up your mess! - I hope they give him a gold watch when he retires
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - A very sensitive sign
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - a rather pointless sign in the subway station
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - roast pigs, incense and such are NOT allowed in the subway
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - pretty much the same sign at every Government managed beach in Hong Kong
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - fair enough
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - presumably part of the Piss Group who own the Piss Bar and Piss Bar 2
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - they really are taking the p**s
Strange | Weird Signs on the Streets of Hong Kong - there is that word again… still in use in 2024
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