FailBlog “Classic Fails”: We’ve run out of noteworthy material for the time being, so hopefully a rehash of some previous fail will tide you sheep over.
I was trying to find an address the other day to take my kid to a birthday party and my GPS sent me to the OPPOSITE END of the road, some SIX MILES from the correct house. It’s very difficult finding an address out in the country when only 1 out of every 20 houses puts correct, legible house numbers by the road.
My favorite is when they write the number in 1″ numbers in an illegible handwriting with white paint on an aluminum mailbox, forcing you to stop, get out, and stand 3 inces from the mailbox to read it. What, did Wal-mart not have plastic stencils and permanent markers on sale last year?
One of my coworkers put his work van in a ditch on a dirt road like this, the ditch was in a state park, and they needed a crane to get it out. Cost the company $12,000 in permits, crane rentals and environmental impact fees…. all because the GPS told him to go down a road with a “Dead End” sign. And he’s also an effing idiot.
We need one of these signs for the lane near here. Every day I walk to uni down that lane and almost every day I see drivers whose GPS has led them to a pedestrian-only railway crossing.
When I put in my address in my Garmin, it leads you to my neighbor’s house. Not too bad, huh? Yea, except over the past year every delivery from UPS has been delivered next door!
Relying on a GPS is one thing, but to ignore all the house numbers on the mailboxes, garages, and front doors because of what your GPS says is an entirely different level of idiocy.
micheal scott!
I didn’t see that lake, I swear!
give me my chocolate bark back
Life and business are about human connections.
And computers are about trying to murder you in a lake.
To me the choice is easy.
That episode was brilliant. Especially when they were trying to get their gift basket back
definet win
in definet neutrality
in high definetion
Dave: Hal, I need you to redirect me.
Hal: I am sorry Dave, I can not do that.
Hal: What are you doing Dave? Don’t turn around.
♪ There’s something in the way you GPS
That makes me want to keep driving straight
I know that nothing can’t be wrong
That feels so right
If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
This is Texan’s motto. *sigh*
“Don’t mess with GPS.”
*tweaks GPS*
*toasts bread*
Anyone got some marmalade?
*saving jam from cannibalization*
It’s OK, one lick of the spoon is enough usually.
*licks jam*
*doesn’t say where*
Mmmmmmmmmm…
Why does it feel like Friday today?
*feels it*
If that’s all I get, I’m not spreading! HMPH!
Maybe it feels like Friday because you usually eat jam then.
Stop playing hard to spread and do what you were meant to do!
So, does that mean we can have a mock cuddle puddle?
OK! Butter up, baby!
Shall we?
*squeeeeeeeeeeeeze*
You may have gotten yourself into a right sticky situation here!
*SQUEEZE!*
Did someone call for butter??
♪ We can go on together
Ignoring suspicious signs
♫I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes… ♫
♪ Signs, signs everywhere signs…
Sign here, please.
*holds out blank power of attorney*
*sign, sign, butt print*
What did I win?
*fleesindirectionofoutletmall*
Hey! While you’re there, pick me up a white blouse, whydontcha!
OH CRAP!!!
*liquidates the heck out of assets*
…and, I NEEEED a black long sleeve shirt the kind you button in the front.
Oh, like this one?
*models new black long sleeve blouse*
*flees*
It’s on its way via overnight mail – I hope you like Vera Wang!
WhooHoo!!!
Definitely a win for the sign.
DOT Win
GPS FAIL… Sign WIN!
Obviously a win….
Signmakers with a sense of humor…awesome.
Kinda looks like the road that Brad and Janet got a flat on and ended up in Frank N Furter’s castle.
Dammit Janet!
comment WIN!
Totally photo shopped.
Yeah, because all REAL signs always use the same “R” and EVERYTHING in any given photo always has the exact same uniform lighting.
It looks like the top sign is bent a little, which would cause this
Now don’t go bringing facts into this.
David: WTF is this
Hal: another obstacle im afraid
David: *ripps off, throws in a bag, ties to rear bumber and drives around, Pulls out map*
Hal: *cries*
GPS: “Dave’s not here, man.”
This is a WIN !
Gudamit !
where dat at?
♫ Country roads… take me home…. but not with a GPS ♫
Garish Poking Sign?
Good potato sex?
Groundhogs Parade Saucily?
Oh, I see the fail. It’s obvious they spelled “through” incorrectly.
FailBlog “Classic Fails”: We’ve run out of noteworthy material for the time being, so hopefully a rehash of some previous fail will tide you sheep over.
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/871664–gps-leads-motorist-into-marsh
She didn’t read the sign
Neither did he:
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/gps-sends-driver-stuck-on-goat-trail-24875.html
Sign Win.
Total Sign Win
Shopped.
THIS IS A WIN
looks like photoshopped
Your mom is photoshopped.
This looks like the scene from Wrong Turn. :O
W I N.
Look how vibrant the sign is to the rest of the picture. Obviously just been copy and pasted on! Failblog FAIL
Yeah, the automatic focus on the camera couldn’t possibly be keying on the sign.
/repost
I would call that sign a WIN!
Don’t post fakes Failblog, your credibility goes down.
I was trying to find an address the other day to take my kid to a birthday party and my GPS sent me to the OPPOSITE END of the road, some SIX MILES from the correct house. It’s very difficult finding an address out in the country when only 1 out of every 20 houses puts correct, legible house numbers by the road.
My favorite is when they write the number in 1″ numbers in an illegible handwriting with white paint on an aluminum mailbox, forcing you to stop, get out, and stand 3 inces from the mailbox to read it. What, did Wal-mart not have plastic stencils and permanent markers on sale last year?
but you forget, this is a win in signage!
Who to trust?
Sign win.
Not Photoshopped. I believe this is by my house. Or one very much like it.
Tom Tom doesn’t tell you about the zombies
Does anyone know if this is somewhere in Oregon?
Where is it, nice road… I’ve always dreamed of a house in some woods like those, to live in with 2-3 wives. Greets!
One of my coworkers put his work van in a ditch on a dirt road like this, the ditch was in a state park, and they needed a crane to get it out. Cost the company $12,000 in permits, crane rentals and environmental impact fees…. all because the GPS told him to go down a road with a “Dead End” sign. And he’s also an effing idiot.
We need one of these signs for the lane near here. Every day I walk to uni down that lane and almost every day I see drivers whose GPS has led them to a pedestrian-only railway crossing.
When I put in my address in my Garmin, it leads you to my neighbor’s house. Not too bad, huh? Yea, except over the past year every delivery from UPS has been delivered next door!
Relying on a GPS is one thing, but to ignore all the house numbers on the mailboxes, garages, and front doors because of what your GPS says is an entirely different level of idiocy.