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Shall we assume this is the lunch time for fountain life guard personnel?
Failure to say “First”, please take a penalty card.
Oh I already have plenty of those. May I take your credit card instead?
How about you take my CPR card. That would be fair.
second?
Yes, I love that game. You’re referring to Mau right?
Maybe an ant lifeguard?
They are buoyant, so they need no attendant.
Maybe a witch lifeguard?
Oh, on second thought.. they float, so no need.
Only if they weigh the same as a duck.
Or if you build a bridge out of her…oh wait never mind
Chalk up another example of catering our world for the idiots…
That’s a pretty big catering job. Buffet style, I assume?
LifeGaurd for a fountian? Why would there be?
nesting fail
The kids will just have to learn to sink for themselves.
They will also have to learn to cut themselves with the Little Angels box cutters.
I’m telling you.. when I was a kid, we didn’t have all these fancy toys. We just hurt ourselves in the old-fashioned ways.
lol. I know where this is. ghetto people like to take their kids to run through the water instead of taking them to a pool or water park.
Heh, yeah, I know where it is too. One Sunday, I actually watched people run through this fountain.
Wow, you actually watched them run through it?! Tell us more!
[Voice Over Guy]
In a world where people run through fountains, one man dared to observe! From the producers of the smash hit Run Loz Run comes this fall’s next great blockbuster…That Guy IS The Watchman!
[/Voice Over Guy]
it’s at the mall of ga, right? i saw this, and wished i had my camera. glad someone did it for me.
It looks like the fountain near the reflecting pool in Copley Square (Boston). Maybe, if it is, the sign is for the pool?
I actually thought it looked like one of the fountains near the North End (right by Haymarket).
Do you mean the Christian Science Center place? There’s a reflecting pool there, but you’re not supposed to swim in it.
It is indeed the Mall of Georgia, lol. It’s better when the sign is still out once they turn the fountain off.
I thought this was in downtown Greenville, SC. They have the same thing going on there with the fountain and the sign. Crazy.
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but they have this fabulous new invention called capitalization that lets the reader know when you’re starting a sentence or using a proper noun. You should look into it!
Yeah it’s the Mall of GA. I have an almost identical picture.
yea thats deff the mall of ga
i work there i would know
“ghetto people…”? Good God.
Scary, isn’t it?
What I was thinking was, “This looks like the perfect example of a typical Bill Engval joke… you know the only reason they put that out there was because some idiot slipped and complained that there was no lifeguard there to save his sorry @$$.”
Of course that’s why they put the damned sign up! They’ve been sued at least once already! I can’t see someone in the mall’s legal department being proactive.
OMG! Think of the children!
Honestly, I prefer to think of women.
As in, pleasing 15 of them for an entire day? I’m sure they’re looking forward to next time.
I refuse to take 15 women on a shopping spree.
OMG! Sitting on a bench outside of a dressing room with 15 pocketbooks. *faints*
Hey! Is that a penny in there!
Who’s Penny?
Mine.
She’s the girl who drowned in the fountain. If only there were a lifeguard!
If only there had been a lifeguard.
High-level grammar fail.
I hate it when you’re right. Let me try again.
If only loey had drowned in the fountain!
*high fives*
moderate win
You don’t know who Penny is? Whenever guys see Penny, they try to pick her up. Heck, even some women try to pick up Penny! Not everybody treats Penny well, though. Some people think it’s okay to use Penny and then just abandon her when she’s no longer convenient. Some people even put out little signs encouraging this philosophy!
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Maybe you were just being facetious and are really a supporter of Penny’s rival, Nicole. Nicole’s supporters say it takes five Pennys to equal one Nicole. Some of them even want to ban Penny from stores in favor of Nicole.
way to ruin the joke -.-
I do believe that swimming in their would be a daft idea… Who the hell said that?
I suspect that’s more of a camera placement fail. This is probably part of a mini water park inside an amusement park.
no this is a fountain at the mall of Georgia, i live close by but i have never seen this sign before its probably faked
They have the same thing along the esplanade outside the Crown Casino in Melbourne, AU. Great fun in summer for an old kid…
We have a fountain like this here in Virginia (Fairfax Corner) too. My kids actually like to go there and ask for it. In the summer, they have free puppet shows and storytimes once a week with balloons and snacks (sponsored by a local church) And yes, they have a sign that says “No Life Gaurd on Duty”. We’re too litigious around here.
It’s sad that this is what our world is coming to now. I can’t decide whether it’s all the nannying and mollycoddling that people expect there to be a life guard around the fountain, or if people are so worried about being sued over something perfectly reasonable they felt they had to put these signs up to protect themselves. Sad times, my friends.
Ahh yes, but you have to admit, Buford is somewhat intellectually challenged.
Wow the Georgians are crawling out of the woodwork around here.
I thought they were all bombed by the invading tanks.
That’s why they were hiding in the woodwork.
YES! I’m so glad I went to Dacula…
It was up last weekend mate, it’s not faked.
No, It’s not fake. You’re retarded if you haven’t seen that.
Fail.
The sign is real. It’s at the mall of georgia and it’s just a small fountain. they probably had to put the sign up because of some complaining parents. A friend of mine took a picture of it, too.
nope… it’s real. walked by it the other day and thought, “what the hell??”
I was just at Mall of Georgia on Octobr 25 and I saw that sign!
Actually, this sign is out by the mall a lot. I see it pretty often and chuckle every time! lol. Dumb parents!
Well shoot… I was thinking of leaving the 2mm end for the 5mm deep end D:
Whatever floats your boat.
That sailed right by me.
But…but what about our friend-ship?
It left me high and dry.
We will have to talk about that schooner or later.
Perhaps when you carrier home. Don’t frigate to tanker to dinner first.
You better skip the drinks. Nobody wants to break up on the rocks.
Yes, lets no go overboard about all of the junk in our past
Or we could make a titanic thread
Can I buy her her own starfish I can afford one?
I have yacht to figure out what you mean by that
*holds head and ponders*
I could never frigate our friend-ship. You know I’m head over keel.
I should skull-d you for such behavior.
Canoe knot let this go, oar are we going to fight about it?
Indeed, this is to im-port-ant to let rutter oar day! To paddle we go!!
Do not fight about this! I don’t mean to be so forward, but I can knot let this happen! The Admiral is my tiller of strength in a stormy sea.
Now, let’s all have some scupper.
Fear not, for it was only a sparring match. We’ll furl-get the whole thing.
After scupper, perhaps the two of us can pick up where we weft luff?
Oh, you have alee-viated my worries…thank you! You always are so tackful.
And I luff that idea, my buoy. Hold me…?
*heaves to*
I think that all of you should take a prow for this raft of boat punts.
*punts coyote*
*boards the Admiral*
*scow-ls*
Where? I See No Penny!
i think this was taken in something like Houston’s “Discovery Green” park. Lots of fountains like that, as well as a man-made pond for toy boats where people can take off their shoes and let their feet soak.
Not quite. Its a play fountain outside the Mall of Georgia. I live near it and can confirm that sign exists >.>
If the photo was a bit bigger you could read the name arching over the mall directory in the background on the left side.
no, it is the mall of georgia. i live very close, also, and i can tell by the style of the directory in the background.
Hah, I remember seeing that and was wondering if it actually was the Mall of Georgia.
I actually would swear this was an extremely similar fountain in Iowa City, but I guess not.
I thought it was Iowa City too. Looking west on College street.
I thought it might be Mall of Georgia too, because it doesn’t look like Centennial Park’s rings, however I just assumed that other states have these sort of fountains as well.
Has Russia attacked yet?
No, we’re still waiting.
They are still at EuroDisney
I could really swear it was the Christian Science Centre in Boston.
I agree.
Boston – Science Center
well… i don’t think it’s that much of a fail.. try slipping and smashing your head on the ground^^ and then look if you could use the lifeguard^^
or it’s just on low water for little time :p
No brick swiminng allowed!
Shouldn’t it be a necessary sign fail or an unnecessary sign win? Cause that sign sure doesn’t fail at being unnecessary…
indeed.
I have that same sign posted outside my bathtub.
Mine is next to my kitchen sink…almost drowned in it last week.
I put one on the table whenever we have chicken soup.
Mine is next to the dog’s water bowl.
I don’t have such a sign. We lead fearless, manly lives here. Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!
*shakes 5st*
Damn you torpedoes, always blowing things up! Damn you!
Well said fellow manly Washingtonian!
Slip over and hit your head – and you could quite easily drown in the bombardment of water on your face.
Nothing that a sign is going to prevent though, unless a passerby shields your face with it…
Ha, but then…er…uhm… No, the joke was perfect, I cannot add anything to it.
Even if you didn’t drown, you would die from the abashment.
dude i posted this like a month ago i have the exact same picture
this is at a mall outside of a food court
yeah that’s my mall =D
I think the sign is there to point out that the guard has too much free time.
There was probably a pool in the area, or something of that nature. Misleading photo FAIL.
Nope! It’s just the fountain.
is that Easton Town Center?
Unnecessary Sign WIN!
Is the Death Guard available?
No, he’s still cutting the Little Angels for wanting to come back to life because they didn’t read the “Fine Print” on their birthday knives.
Do you think the No Death Guard might be available then? I would think immortality would afford such a person the time, but you never know.
DÃa de los Angelitos fast approaches…
As a former aquatic center manager, I just want to say that yes, they put lifeguards on this kind of thing. Their job is to say “don’t run!” every 5 seconds.
Also, if you don’t put up the sign, you get sued.
Heard of a case where people broke into a pool closed for the winter and drowned in the melting snow, then their families sued because a lifeguard “should” have been on duty. They won! Society FAIL!
Yikes.
only in america
……do people order double cheese burgers, large fries, and a diet coke.
Damn you failblog!
nonsensical post win.
^^You sir, are a idiot.^^
You see, a lifeguard should have broken into the pool at the same time, to guard the others who broke into the pool to swim (in melting snow? was it the Young Polar Bears Club?)
That’s why Lifeguards have to go to Okinawa to train for years in the secret mountain dojo.
Maybe just around the corner there is the ocean.
No, round the corner is where fudge is made.
Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s lemonade!
First
No.
47 children have drowned there because there were no life gaurd
I know that fountain! It’s in FL.
They actually usually have a lifeguard there because kids are allowed to run around in and fall and hit their heads.
I know ….. not that funny but the truth. Blunt trauma can be fun though!
You mean there are times when falling and hitting your head is NOT allowed?!
this picture fails– the link’s broken
works fine for me… try control alt del -> shutdown.
don’t listen to titmonger, he’s trying to trick you, just hold alt and hit f4.
It was a dead picture a while ago, but it got better. Something to do with the Packaging Fail, I think.
necessary sign fail or unnecessary sign win?
i’m confused.
yep I was about to say that.
I’m assuming that this is in America? They’re only avoiding the inevitable litigation that would follow a more fatal fail?
It’s the Mall of Georgia
Lets hope Russia Gets it right next time, ey?
Hey! That’s at the Mall of Georgia in Buford, GA! I tried to get a picture of it but I felt awkward stopping while people were around. But yeah, it’s exactly as it is in the picture. My friends & I get a kick out of it whenever we go.
How is this a fail in anyway. It doesn’t hurt to have a lifeguard at a fountain…kids have drowned in fountains before…the fact that he or she is not there at the moment is not a fail either…fountains aren’t exactly high risk…no one is failing here
photoshop fail
Yeah, they failed to PhotoShop the mouse out.
Yes, because it is well know for people to drown trying to drink the water from that particular fountain!!!
http://mylifeiscrap.com
Totalmente necesario, jajaja, que tal que alguno se ahogue.
Not necessarily
Ordinarily, yes.
por que
Porque ahogar es la responsabilidad del ahogado
Your language is SILLY!
I’ve been there…
They spelled “doody” wrong.
necessary unnecessary signadge Win
SO many fail bloggers in Buford? Yes the sign is real, I laugh at it everytime I go by it…..It makes me wonder what prompted the Mall to put the sign up? I mean, it was a fountain designed so you can walk through it….
I was surprised too to find so many people in this area posting. But I’m glad that this ridiculous sign is finally getting the recognition it deserves.
I live in Buford too and have seen that sign. The other thing that bothers me about that fountain is that one of the jets only sprays about half way. Don’t know why, but it bugs me.
Yeah, that bothers me too. Everything about that fountain bothers me. Such as when parents let their kids run around in the fountain with their clothes on, then start crying because they are wet & don’t have anything dry or warm to wear. It’s all just dumb.
Unnecessary signage usually follows a frivolous lawsuit. Or as I like to call it, a Darwinism win.
The saddest thing is that there *is* no pool of water, its a grate in the center….the only way you could drown there is to stand in the middle looking up with your mouth open….
possibly if you were to pass out, and end up laying face up, and catching one of the streams in your mouth? or maybe face down with a stream pumping into you? or maybe if flying invisible elves held you down….oh nevermind…..
I’ve love to be face-down with a stream pumping into me…
then i should give you my phone numb er justin……
Or say, you were a small child (who’s parent is off shopping somewhere) and you slip and hit your head and pass out. Face first in a puddle.
Parenting Win: Leaving a small child to play in a fountain while you shop in the mall.
.
.
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Sadly it’s probably done way too often, and I guess it’s better then leaving them in a car with the windows up.
but there are no puddles..I’m sticking with invisible elves….
Have you had your eyes checked recently?
Because they’re not invisible… just really sneaky…
We have one public fountain in Chicago that I would consider letting a child play in. One. The others get used as baths and toilets by homeless people and drunken Frat boys. Ick.
We have plenty of fountains in Madrid. For some reason, tourists toss coins at them. Therefore, if I had a child I would consider letting him/her play in. Then we would split the benefits. I am told that police can not send little children to jail.
What I saw of Spain (Barcelona) was sooooo much cleaner than Chicago. And we walked EVERYWHERE! So I know I saw some less than tourist-y neighborhoods.
Police won’t send the kid to jail, but they might take you for “contributing to the delinquency of a minor”.
But I would instruct the child to tell them it was his/her own idea. Or even better, I will teach him/her how to pretend be drowning in the fountain if any policemen gets close.
That could work…..
Barcelona is so clean because they go round all the streets at night and hose them down and clean them etc. It’s very impressive.
[ignorant American]
Yet another one of your evil anti-American lies! Everybody knows all cities outside of the good old US of A are frought with filth and disease, on account of all the dirty foreigners living there. And if you disagree, you love terrorists! USA! USA! USA!
[/ignorant American]
Unnecessary Caption Fail.
Shopped
See what you’re all missing here is right off-frame is a vendor selling Sprite. And when you drink Sprite, solid surfaces (such as basketball courts) become swimming pools. So not only do you need a lifeguard, you need a lifeguard who’s drinking Sprite so that if someone is in trouble, he or she will be able to enter the swimming pool. Otherwise, he/she will do a faceplant when he/she tries to dive in for the rescue.
This could all be solved if the Sprite vendor would just move somewhere else.
The real failure is the action that necessitated this sign’s existence.
Just like coffee cups that say ‘Caution: Hot.’
Gwaaa! I’m drowning! These jets of water are knocking all the air out of me! Where’s your lifeguard now, fool?!
Unnecessary Sign Win
no see this is the beginning to “Hurricane Katrina- The SEQUEL!!!”
It should be “no idiot on duty”.
I don’t get it. Wheres the lifegord?
He’s out gord’n on lunch at the foodcourt
With Gordon Ramsay, I think.
Whoa! Bizarre. This is actually at the Mall of Georgia. The sign actually read an apology for the fountain not being in operation (Which was also a fail, since it was working). A picture was taken to send into here and never uploaded. Someone must have edited this sign to say what it says now. I wonder if I can get a hold of the original image…
No, they sign actaully says that now, at least the other day it did….ive seen both signs though…..
Shouldn’t this read “NECESSARY SIGN FAIL.” ?
CAPTION FAIL.
The real fail is how many people are claiming this is shopped. I live around the corner, and I’ve seen the sign myself (and I’m about the tenth one to say so). If it were shopped, one of us would have had to take the picture, take the time to shop it, and then conspire to say we’d all seen it. And this sign simply isn’t a good enough fail for that to be worth the TIME.
I swear on the flying spaghetti monster, this is an honest to dog photo. Fly to GA, take MARTA to Doraville, rent a car, and drive to Buford… you’ll know you’re in Buford when you see a huge metropolitan monstrosity on the horizon. If the sun is out and it’s over about 60F, this sign will be there.
You would be surprised what people do with their free time. But other comments on the internet confirming it means nothing. More pics or it didn’t happen. It does look photoshopped at any rate, even if it isn’t.
lol this is fake
no swimming without a lifevest allowed either.
yea….thats definitely at the mall of georgia and its not been shopped at all……its says that, ive seen it………
[being rant]
This is real.
Search Mall Of Georgia fountain. There are a bunch of pictures of the fountain.
It IS real, not shopped or fake.
So stop lieing to yourself.
[/end rant]
I laugh at you people’s stupidity.
THIS IS REAL. Search Mall of Georgia Fountain in Google Images.
I go to the mall of Georgia a lot, there are parents that complained saying it was dangerous and to put a sign. So the dumb ass staff said, “Oh hey, let’s put no lifeguard!”
So please, laugh it up. The Mall of Georgia Staff and Rent-a-cops are all lame as hell and really need to put up better signs.
So yeah, this isn’t a fake or shopped.
Ive seen it.
Whoa. We have the same fountain in Chicago’s (IL) UIC area. Is there one of these is every state or something??
…but there is no lifeguard sign at Chicago’s.
wow mall of ga
This Is In Oregon….Portland Oregon….
Nope. Mall of Georgia.
Hahahahhh! I love it >:O I’ve passed it. I took a picture of it on my phone. its awesome. I almost fell over laughing so hard.
LOL(mall) of georgia
I’ve walked past this sign…
Pretty sad. more of a fail on the people’s part than whoever put the sign up, imo.
this is at the mall of georgia :]
WOAH. this is at the mall of ga!!! hahaha. (:
omg i saw the sign tooo….lol i live in buford right off of rocksprings road…..funny shit
Its true, I see this sign every time I go to this mall…
this is necessary, life guards make sure kids don’t run around the pool because it is slippery, there are no rules there, a kid could fall and break open his head without a life guard. It would be ridiculous to have a life guard though. They could just have a sign saying no running, it is wet.
its at the mall of georgia.
the signs always been there, since i was like, 5.
quite pathetic, but still funny, haha.
For your information, there is a sign and fountain extremely similiar to this one in Boston. There are slight differences but it still has that sign. I don’t understand why people don’t get what it is saying. ‘There is no lifeguard’ obviously means that no one is responsible for your kid being stupid.
Haha wow. This is the sign at the mall of Ga. You’d be surprised how many times I’ve gone to that mall during the summer and laughed at it
. And no it’s def not photo shopped. Most people have taken pics with it here in ga too lol
Dude, I said the EXACT same thing when I saw that!
“‘There is no lifeguard’ obviously means that no one is responsible for your kid being stupid.”
win.
dude, it that the Mall of GA???? I think of stealing that sign every time i walk by it
Um… wow…
this is in kansas city
Wow…this is Mall of Georgia…Hahahahaha. I see that sign too. And that Chico store behind it. I live in the Buford area too.
You guys are stupid, and this picture is not a fail.
This is obviously a children’s play fountain, and there are certain lifeguards that make sure kids don’t slip and hit their head on the ground.
In conclusion: Photographer fail.
HELP IM DROWNING!