Hospital Sign Fail
Hospital Sign Fail
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Elmhurst
Emergency and Trauma Center
Imhur t
Emergency and Trauma Center
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Let’s hope your lights don’t get snuffed out while you’re there.
Now now, don’t make light of this situation
There is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
Go towards the light!
The light is a lie.
That was rather illuminating…
The rest of us can’t hold a candle to it …
Those puns aren’t funny or clever. If you are going to post either make sure they are, or actually post something intelligent. It’s your choice.
If the trolls don’t have to follow these rules, neither do I. So Nyaaaa..
I take it you don’t look at the comments much? This is what happens on this site- puns and asterisk rp’ing.
Why so serious? Last time I checked, this was fail blog. A place where intelligence is not required, and is actually discouraged xP
Fun killers shall never see the light D8
I saw a light date once. Does that make me partial to killing fun?
wow your a buzz kill mechbfp
you’re dumb.
The mark of someone compensating for their own inadequacy … like the sheepdog who rounds up the chickens. It’s not necessary, the chickens don’t like it, and rarely is it successful XD
I know man I actually agree with you, people should actually talk about the fail
your mom
Blinded by the light!
The light is your friend
the light knows all
Especially when there is an oncoming train.
Actually, didn’t anyone else think that this is more of a win? I mean, where do I go when I’m hurt? To the Emergency Room! Aww, maybe it is just me…
It is just you. It really is. Don’t bother to read the comments where other people say that they think it’s a win, because they’re all just lying.
The win is a lie?
The horror… The horror…
Really? I think it’s more of a win, and I know I’m not lying.
It’s a technical FAIL producing a linguistic WIN – works on so many levels.
Definitely win…
I thought it was a win, myself.
Totally a win, even though it’s accidental
Oh that’s punny!
I thought it was kind of a win, too.
This is a technical fail win!
Linguistic Win that is.
I think thats a win
me 2
me = sad. I thought I was the only one who thought “I’m hurt” was a win.
Unless it’s night time, and the tunnel you are in is located in a particulaly sparse location, then there would be no light. YOU ARE DOOMED. unless there is a full moon (no clouds). then you are correct.
C’mon, brighten up.
Help, I’m hurt and my lights can’t get turned on!
This shit is not funny.
No kidding.
So why are you reading them?
I think their funny-bone is broken. Good time to go to the ImHurt ER
I can see now….THE ENLIGHTMENT!:D
And wasn’t that the longest 3 hours EVAR!?!?
We survived, that’s all that counts.
I don’t think it’s had any WIN side effects.
Did you nearly die!?!
A little piece of me did.
I believe a little piece of you inside of me will never die
*squeeze*
Clicky. Totally OT, but funny.
Hahahahahaha.
They really don’t want you to waterski.
They ARE serious about that damn waterskiing.
I like the second from the right, with the little grin… or he just has to sneeze.
what does OT mean…besides “overtime?” I’m new to this….thanx
“Off Topic”
I vowed I’d check first next time and I still didn’t!!!
:p
Ooo, Duran Duran. And me knowing that and saying so on Failblog is SO appropriate!
I always wondered who the other person who bought Big Thing was…
“peter played Shaq Fu”…”Peter died a little inside”
gfd
Greenish Fart Debris?
Gangrene Fested Danglies?
Go F(ight) a Dinosaur?
Great Ferby Derby?
Green Fried Dalmations?
Goose f*cker disguise?
Not as good as Sacred Fart.
Though there will be no vandalism here, people!
Ouch
Totally photoshopped!! brighten the picture or look at from a different angle on your screen (if you have a laptop). You can see what used to be the E and a black outline around the S. Stop putting fake photos on failblog!!
Maybe it’s ’cause the letters are still there, but the lightbulbs inside of them are broken?
No way, everyone everywhere is constantly working to produce humour by using photoshop and their attempts should immediately be shunned because they’re not real. That’s why no one goes to watch Hollywood movies. Oh wait!
Sorry, I wasn’t listening. I was busy photoshopping stuff.
Do you have a photo-shopping cart too?
They are fun for racing in, and ’cause they aren’t real, you can’t get arrested in one!
*racing to get my Christmas photo-shopping done*I’ve decided to photoshop Christmas this year.
Help! I’m being photoshopped!!!
Are you allergic to Pixels?
Pixel surprize?
A picture of oppression.A rather disturbing image.
No, but I’m scared of Sprites
switch to 7up then
That’s because companies generally only switch the lightbulbs within the letters and the letters themselves.
Sorry. I meant “And not the letters themselves”
Somebody generally only switches the lightbulbs within the letters Ishkfe types when Ishkfe types the letters not.Now I’m curious. I’ll ask my friend that works at that hospital.
I think that’s because the lights are burnt out….
no, you’re wrong.
maybe some1 hacked the light control and turned then off, so it would be a win
OR if it is actschully THE BUILDING ITSELF which tries to communicate with us about its feelings? THEN it’s not a fail, too, unless you are are totally ignorant person who doesn’t give a shit about the poor building.
Wall have ears and lightbulbs have sentience?!? Whatwhat?
That’s why we use lightbulbs to signify an idea!
We should ask them next time. Maybe they’re not okay with us doing so?
its “The Revenge Of The Banned Lightbulbs”, there gonna give us hell and will start a war against the LEDs and engergy-effiecent lamps!
THE BUILDING ITSELF is telling us to IM to HUR a TEventually the building gets frustrated because no one listens to it, and gets furius. At this point it will turn off the ‘M’ letter.
bah, furious*
… someone hacked the light control?
Sheesh! Kids aren’t allowed to play with airguns these days are they?
Upon seeing this you immediately brightened the picture and tilted your laptop screen?
Wow, what a miserable way to enjoy life.
I immediately assigned a taskforce to locate the hospital and interrogate the janitors regarding the lightbulb replacement schedules and illuminated letter maintenance plan to confirm whether this actually happened.
They responded I should “F*ck off”. I’m still hopeful though.
Rightfully so! They did not say “no”, right?
I think they didn’t want me looking over their shoulders why they checked through the records.
They? Couldn’t they just just have solved the problem with their many hands …
It’s sadder than that – person brightens image, person sees vestiges of missing letters that are clearest sign of a bulb failure, and THEN person cries “shopped”.
LoL You can see the outlines because the letters are big stand out things on the side of the hospital and even though they are out the actual letter is still there. I actually drove by this sign myself, though I screamed win not fail when I saw it! lol
So you can drive by photoshopped signs? Cause i think the photo was edited to be funny AFTER it was taken. I also think somebody is lying
nah i live around the area i saw it too.
happened like 3 months ago
Wow, you’re so retarded.
That’s actually legit…it’s in Elmont, Queens NY and was in the news a few days ago.
The fact that you can see the outlines proves that it is, in fact, genuine. Were it photo-shopped, they’d most likely have just “painted” over the letters in black, and all you’d see is black …
… but if it’s that important to you to cry “photoshopped”, then you do that
It’s definitely not photoshopped. I live near this hospital, and have passed by this sign. It’s sad, actually.
I think this is more of a win than a fail.
You don’t have to be ashamed, it’s only human. See? A lot of others also feel that way.
*patpatpat*
I agree, totally a win
when did people stop to dub a Win a Win anyway?
why is that a fail?
if “i’m hurt” i’d like 2 go 2 the emergency center…
Photoshop definitely used to make a funny.
OMG WAT RRR YU RETARDED! BLIBBERBLAGGLEGARRBLE!
I wonder If they have a helipad?
Its only a small ‘h’
They do but no-one lands there…
They forgot to finish the ‘H’ and helicopters cant land on T’s…..
ans landing on the ‘I’ would be hard. it has no cross-bar for helicopters to land, so I think that would be risky.
Yup it says Hel p
Fake, but still funny…
Finnish, but still sunny…
French, but still runny
Famous, but still (a) bunny?
Franks, but still money
whipped but still honey
fail, but don’t done ey?
im still waiting for there to be a MERCY HOSPITAL sign with the slogan “PILLZ HERE!”
Left4dead classic. nice touch.
Def photoshopped
Why would you potatoshop a person who is hearing impaired?
Because, he would not see it coming.
That is a lame excuse!
Don’t disable me.
I would never do that, that is cold!
Good, because I am not sure I could take you, if you mentally challenged me.
Would that be a symptom of a deeper fear?
What can I say; I am handicapped by strong women.
We may need to help you break that habit then!
But you are such a worth while addiction.
Which part of a vegetable don’t you eat?
The wheelchair
oh, and his for the newcomer plsthnx?
Win!
Dunno, looks more like a win…
I am not sure I have the patients for this fail.
Are you nursing a hangover?
Probably; I think my wife doctored up my drink last night.
That would just be to insure a good night.
Or just to keep things orderly.
I’m hurt you’d say such a thing!
looks shoped btw …
Photoshop much? Lame because it is FAKE! Elmhurst Queens hospital photshop FAIL.
hehe Obviously NOT! I have a picture (a bad one though) of this sign on my phone! No lie dude!
Ugh, no it’s not fake you moron.
Paging Dr. Elmhurst… I’m hurt!
this is no fail this is a win
+500 its WIN =))
how long before “ESSEX DRUGS” gets the “ES” shopped out…….
Right after they add “rock” and “roll”?
No, that’s a coincidence win.
Should be labelled Win, not Fail…
totally fake.
That sign is obviously back-lit. Meaning there’s a light box with long fluorescent tubes in it, covered by a piece of plexi with the non-letter parts masked out, letting the light shine through the letters.
So having those letters out is an impossibility.
Reposting this from another comment:
It’s not impossible when each individual letter has its own set of tubes. I work in building maintenance, we get calls for thing like this all the time. SOME signs have it where the tubes go across the whole sign, sure, but most places we service actually have individual letters that are on separate transformers. If the whole sign goes out at once, it’s usually a breaker issue.
Besides, if it were 100% backlit, the box you speak of would also have some glow to it and you’d see a square there.
I set up trade show exhibits at Moscone Center in S.F. for 14 years. Car shows, auto shows, medical shows, food shows, computer shows, etc. You get the picture.
There’s no way that each of those signs has 8 different transformers for each sign.
That sign is a big box with long florescent tubes in it. Think “Light Brite.” Covering the front of the box is a piece of plexiglass with the whole piece of plexiglass covered in black plastic, with cut-outs in the black for the letters and translucent white plastic covering the lettered area. I guarantee you that each letter does not have it’s own light.
Funny picture? Yes.
Fake? Yes.
Fake: No
Jerr: Liar
Permanent building-mounted signs are almost always separately-lit letters, anymore. The only time I ever see one-piece signs are older signs, or places that buy cheap signs.
One of the reasons, ironically, is the increased supply and variety of compact flourescent lights these days, allowing each letter to use several smaller bulbs more cheaply instead of the expensive, prone to breakage, long tubes. Plus, the individual lights “stand out” better unlit during the day.
Now, the “Emergency & Trauma Center” sign below the individual letters IS a long box light like you describe.
But, you can LOOK at the letters that are the lit parts of ” lmhur t” and tell that the frames of the individual letters are NOT perfectly lined up with each other, as they would be in a 1-part box. FURTHERMORE, you can tell that the individual “u” lightbox has had a leak at some point that has allowed the bottom interior of the letter to become discolored – a discoloration that would have extended to the letters beside it, had it been “one big light box.”
FAKE!!!!
IMPHOTOSHOPPED
If you were to photoshop this, why would you leave the original outline of the letters and dim them??? You’d just paint black over them, there wouldn’t be any outlines left.
Think!
Fail on all the photoshop police.
I downloaded this pic and zoomed it in. There’s no dimmed out letters.
This is fake.
They don’t put LIGHT BULBS in signs like those. They use LONG florescent tubes. A LONG TUBE doesn’t burn out only in certain spots, like behind letters. the WHOLE TUBE burns out.
No shit Sherlock. Doesn’t the fact that ALL the bulbs are out at the same time tell you that this was done on purpose?
It does when each individual letter has its own set of tubes. I work in building maintenance, we get calls for thing like this all the time. SOME signs have it where the tubes go across the whole sign, sure, but most places we service actually have individual letters that are on separate transformers. If the whole sign goes out at once, it’s usually a breaker issue.
I did too.
I blew out the exposure and the E and the S are indeed there.
I posted a link to the over exposed image, but someone removed my previous post showing that the letters are there.
I hate people who yell PHOTOSHOPPED to photos which are not, but I’m going to have to do it for this one. You can see the black boxes around the letters…
and if that’s the case (PhotoShop), it STILL is funny…so there! Personally, I’m with the WIN votes (not a FAIL) on this, but still, someone thought of it. Give lexi-credit where it’s due!
I would say this is a most definately WIN!
More of a WIN to me.
That hospital is in Elmhurst Queens. This isn’t photoshopped. I loved that sign. That picture has been the background on my phone and computer for the past month after I saw it. When your not expecting it and you walk into a hospital and you see that. Seriously one of the funniest things I have ever seen
EPIC PHOTOSHOP FAIL!
this is more of a sign ‘win’ if you ask me
One of the absolute WORST photoshop pictures I have seen. Should have just used crayons to block out the letters.
I live right next to Elmhurst Hospital, its not photoshop!
You’re right – even photoshop would have done a better job. This is a printed picture where someone took black construction paper and taped it over the letters – and then scanned it on a 1980’s scanner – then posted it.
The thing looks that bad.
Ditto Machine Fail
that’s no fail
it’s a pure win in my opinion
and it has to a photoshop doesn’t it couldn’t be the lights failing or be someone messing around there could it
Seriously, to all that say this is photoshopped. I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN THERE!!! Its not!!!!! The friggin sign SCREAMS Im hurt!
How many of the “PHOTOSHOP!!!” idjits have actually ever used Photoshop?
I am so glad someone was able to get this!!! I saw this two weeks ago driving home from Elmhurst Mall and I died laughing! I couldn’t get a clear photo but someone with camera skills was able! This is perfect!!
Thats bogus, I posted this picture up a while ago and someone did the same exact thing that I did and it got posted? How does this thing actually work out? It’s the exact same as mine, they just reposted, I don’t get it I guess…Well, I’m glad though that it made it up here
No. REALLY? I NEVER would have guessed a hurt person would go to the hospital!! 0____0
this is a win.
Another epic Failblog Fake.
surely this is a win??
IN my book too, it is a win
ROTFL
whoa i live near this hospital and i have never seen this
“Hospital Sign FAIL”???
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No way, it’s a WIN! 100%
.
How about ‘FAIL Blog Caption FAIL’!!
Considering it’s a trauma center, I call that a win. lol
More of a win if you ask me.
I’m pretty sure this is a WIN.
Welcome to Imhur t.
actually in my book that qualifies as an unintentional win.
lol this is my fav fail
1′d for being win
that’s where I’d want to go if I had an accident
Fake, Turn up exposure, saturation and sharpness you see ‘dem blocks, lame!
Photoshop phail!
Idiot; the letters are there, it’s just that they’re turned off.
Common sense FAIL
I feel like you may have missed what i said earlier. Letters are off on the entire picture (except for where they are on duh) but where the off letters should be, there are black rectangles instead, and they are parallel with the edges of the photo, not with what should be the edges of the sign
id•i•ot: a person of the lowest order in a former classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25.
Welcome to the world of JPEG. The image is made of square tiles; so of course they line up with the edges of the image. 100% digital quality, baby!
I’m pretty sure this was photochopped…
Dissapointment written all over my face, not literally though.
my bad, just read all the other comments, unless they are conspiring.
I would complain about fotoshoping… but that’s been done and screwed like a rusty bolt.
so! i say shame on the hospital staff for alowing the sign to have dead bulbs! people might have died from not knowing that the building was the ‘elmhurst’ center!
GIGGITY
this is a FAIL only because this pic is fake and photoshopped…. The guy just darkened the letters… lame.
Gosh, somebody has photoshop on their computer. That’s comedy gold. Next.
looks photoshopped, but otherwise cute.
That’s a hospital sign win! Brillient!
This is a win, not a fail!
Looks like someone beat me to it, but that’s Elmhurst, in Queens NY. I lived a few towns over, and too bad I never got to see that sign
not a fake. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/in-elmhurst-im-hurt-equals-u-r-hurt/?scp=1&sq=elmhurst%20hospital&st=cse
Jeez, are you lot about to get religion, or what? If you believe hard enough, it’ll be true, in spite of pesky things like FACTS. Even on my crappy monitor that’s covered in flecks of dried Pot Noodle gravy I can see the lines where the poster has pasted over the letters. Look at the straight lines on the light overspill from the lower letters.
Real Fail Rules; F**k All Fake Fails
So instead of just blacking over the letters, someone went to the effort of colouring them in in a way that resembles … oh, I don’t know … backlit letters with a blown globe/tube?
Logic fail.
If this were truly photoshopped, they’d have just blacked them out, resulting in a black square.
Hm. I totally stand corrected.
Do a Google Image search for Elmhurst Medical. There’s a couple of different pictures there of the same sign. One of them totally shows the other letters not lit up.
I’d say this is a win!
This is not a fail, it’s a WIN!
It seems totally geniune from what I’ve gathered.
I hope it was deliberate!
That is one of those fine-line-between-win-and-fail things.
Oh this is the one in Queens NYC.
huh!?!?!?!?
How is this a fail? It’s an epic win.
!!! holy shit i live in elmhurst!!
From the paper of record:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/in-elmhurst-im-hurt-equals-u-r-hurt/
It’s real:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/in-elmhurst-im-hurt-equals-u-r-hurt/
you can see things a lot better in this pic here:
http://www.chrisnull.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/elmhurst-trauma-584.jpg
although the way the unlit E doesn’t line up with the rest of the word is a little odd.
That’s my hospital..
Epic photoshop WIN…
lol no dude saw it with my own eyes
This is a shining comedic win, not an epic fail.
hilarious, but shopped?
Omg that’s one of my dads clients!!!!!!! XD
Missing letters win.
Shopped. Sign Wins.
I actually noticed that joke long before it was up here because I lived in Elmhurst until about a month ago. Didn’t have a camera at the time though.
That’s a win, duh.
omg… it is so obviously a fake guys….. maybe even done with paint O.o
So obviously fake that there’s overwhelming evidence to support that it’s real
Reading previous comments fail …
I’m gonna laugh my ass off if that’s the one in Queens, NY. I had to go there 3 years ago when i twisted my ankle in the subway. Took the ambulance 3 goddamn hours to arrive after I called for it.
for the people who say this is a fake, i’ll have to disagree on this one: [IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/118zm08.png[/IMG]
Fake
obviously photoshopped. you can see the black rectangles that are blocking off the letters.
It’s very real. I live in the area and I noticed it about two months ago (they still haven’t corrected it). I’m glad that someone thought about putting it on here! Seriously, this is VERY REAL. I’ve had a few funny conversations about it in the neighborhood.
definitely a WIN
Photoshop ftw
TRAUMA CENTER XD
LOL “Imhurt” X3 *saved*
this is an edit, if you have really sharp eyes, you can see it where the S use to be, theres a black box covering it
I looked in photoshop and you can still see the outline of the original letters. Plus, with number of people claiming real, it probably is.
However, it could very well be a prank still. Though we like to blame photoshop, it could possibly be a light technician who deliberately blew out the bulb letters when no one was looking… and being that it’s funny and more expensive to fix, if I was a hospital, I’d leave it too.
i live not too far from this hospital. it is true. he only photoshopped it so you can see “Im hurt” more clearly probably because the camera he took the picture with it was a bit slow and caused it to be less legible.
the hospital is for curing sicknesses only
shame its clearly photoshopped…