Beware of Frogs!

Evidently it is "Toad Migration Season" here in Germany...They put up signs so you will be aware of possible Toads crossing the road. 

Toad Sign

Around 250 toad fences are registered across Germany – along the sides of roads which cross the migratory routes the amphibians take to reach their breeding ponds. These save at least half a million toads, frogs and newts each year.

Toad Fence

 Each ten or 15 metres along the fences, which themselves are only a few inches high but run up to 800 metres alongside the road – a bucket is planted in the ground to catch the animals intent on crossing the road.

These buckets are attended at least once a day by the volunteers, who carefully take the amphibians across the road so they can continue their journeys.

Actual Frog and/or Toad:



Actual Frog/Toad



Info courtesy:
http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20090413-18609.html

Signs of confusion

Those Pictogram signs are supposed to be understood by people of all nations because they use pictures, not words, right?

This sign was outside a church in Munich.

No Smoking, check. No Ice Cream (food), natch. Keep those cell phones off and out of respect don't wear hats. No problem.

But what about that fourth picture?

1) No pants?

2) Keep your hands out of your pockets?

3) Don't be doing anything naughty with your hands in your pockets?

Signs of Confusion

I guess going up and down is okay, but side to side is Verboten.


Women and children can walk here...but what about the men?



Evidently the men are allowed to get run over by cars.

Watch out for birds attacking you on bicycle?

Those Helpful People at Pathmark...Oddly Enough

I like blogs like:

• Cakewrecks
• The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks
• Passive Agressive Notes
• Fail Blog

This is a sign that doesn't quite fit into any of those categories, but should.

Possibly Why These People Don't Run Our Cafeteria Anymore

Get it? It's "ECO FRIENDLY" because it's GREEN soup?

No, I did not try it!

(from our Cafeteria at work)