for some reason I'm hearing the theme to the Three Stooges while browsing these. posted by kuujjuarapik at 7:43 AM on November 4, 2008
This is my favourite: http://www.aem.org/Documents/Technical/Pictorials/AEM0015.jpg posted by Tapioca at 7:45 AM on November 4, 2008
Oh awesome. I kind of collect these, and I am so thrilled to find this site. I have one that I love from home that has a silhouette baby happily sitting inside a closed Rubbermaid tub. Thanks sp160n. posted by Rock Steady at 7:46 AM on November 4, 2008
Alvy -- I interpreted that one as a failed pole dance. posted by schmedeman at 7:52 AM on November 4, 2008 [4 favorites]
I saw a lot of these at the shipyard where my husband worked in Korea. So many contractors from so many different countries — pictorials are the quickest way to get one's safety message across.
It's like Bloopers in stick figure form. posted by Brittanie at 7:56 AM on November 4, 2008
It's even more fun if you caption each one with "OW! My balls!"
Related-ly, when one of my cousins was about one year old, she thought the image on her car seat warning label was a dog. She kept pointing at it and asking, "Puppy?" I didn't have the heart to tell her that it was a baby getting crushed by an airbag. posted by Metroid Baby at 8:13 AM on November 4, 2008
Make you own ANSI/HAZMAT sign with the Safety Sign Builder (registration required or use bugmenot). posted by djb at 8:33 AM on November 4, 2008 [1 favorite]
I love these things. One of the best airplane conversations I ever had was with a guy who somehow put up with my amusement and we spent the better portion of the flight trying to decipher what exactly the cryptoglyphs meant. It was odd how many 'shoes or no shoes allowed' scenarios there were. Apparently as long as you aren't wearing high heels you're usually okay. But I think that might be the least of my concerns if I was in a plummeting airplane. posted by six-or-six-thirty at 9:13 AM on November 4, 2008
These are totally awesome. Screen printing on a t-shirt awesome. posted by fuq at 9:49 AM on November 4, 2008 [1 favorite]
To save folks the trouble of clicking a bunch of times, I stuck the entire collection of 130 Encapsualted PostScript files on megaupload. Now go make some art. posted by majick at 11:23 AM on November 4, 2008
SHUT DOWN ALL THE GARBAGE MASHERS ON THE DETENTION LEVEL! posted by bitslayer at 11:39 AM on November 4, 2008 [1 favorite]
(I was trying to find that warning signs of tomorrow link! Thanks wobh!) posted by The Whelk at 12:08 PM on November 4, 2008
This somehow reminds me of something I saw where someone took the pictures from a pushbutton hand dryer (you know, "push button/rub hands under warm air" and captioned them, "push button/receive bacon". posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:08 PM on November 4, 2008 [1 favorite]
They need a don't stick your penis in the machine one. Y'know, for all the times men are tempted to stick their penis into softly sucking machine orofices containing rotating knives or grinding gears. What? posted by BrotherCaine at 8:15 PM on November 4, 2008 [1 favorite]
This is like a huge database of t-shirt designs. I need to get silkscreening equipment again. posted by Joakim Ziegler at 1:47 AM on November 5, 2008
Several years ago, there was a link here to a 'make your own warning sign' flash based(?) online app that would output in pdf(?) which was absolutely fantastic.
asok: Several years ago, there was a link here to a 'make your own warning sign' flash based (?) online app that would output in pdf (?) which was absolutely fantastic.
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