No bicycle

france 2010-145, originally uploaded by gugs.

relatively evident, a sign on the ground seen in France, bicycles not allowed here.

Letter box

france 2010-108, originally uploaded by gugs.

Just in case nobody gets what the letter box is for...

Museum in florence

firenze nikon-23, originally uploaded by gugs.

all the things you are not allowed to do or carry. The first one on the second row (the guitar) probably means "don't play music"

Warning

DSC_5775, originally uploaded by gugs.

another warning sign on a plastic bag... keep away from babies.

Pregnant

DSC_5777, originally uploaded by gugs.

The only bottle on which I have spotted such a sign: forbidden to pregnant women... seen on my favorite Whisky, the Laphroaig (next to the Lagavullin and the Bowmore, among others)

Fire again

scotland -120, originally uploaded by gugs.

A dangerous fire extinguisher... would you have time to read the instructions and decide ?

Fire

scotland -124, originally uploaded by gugs.

A classical sign

Expensive beer

scotland -98, originally uploaded by gugs.

spotted in Scotland...

Antique

IMG_0124, originally uploaded by gugs.

An envelope I recently found: funny isn't it ? many young computer specialists don't even know what it is... an 8" floppy disk, the standard low cost storage about 30 years ago... 100 to 500KBytes were typical capacities in those heroic times...

don't walk on the tracks

BB8_7000, originally uploaded by gugs.

This is a funny one, spotted in Namur, Belgium, around the railway station. The symbol means, don't walk on the tracks, nobody allowed from here. Did you ever see people walking with their arms like that ?

Non smoking

VA3_8990, originally uploaded by gugs.

an original non smoking sign

Lifeboat

scotland -89, originally uploaded by gugs.

picture taken on a ferryboat in Scotland.

Shark prevention

HK3_3872, originally uploaded by gugs.

seen on an island in Hong Kong on the beach...

Escalator sign

D2X_8197, originally uploaded by gugs.

a classical escalator warning sign, this version spotted in the Antalya airport in Turkey.

Don't jump

D2X_8006, originally uploaded by gugs.

self-explanatory. Seen in Palmiye, Turkey.