SFist: SFist Photo: Ten Commandments of Strybing Arboretum

cowsaysmeow

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:11:33 -0800

Hee, I love these kinds of signs...re the "no plucking" sign, at first I thought the flowers looked like people - while I certainly wouldn't want it to happen, I thought that banning the harrassment of Liliputians by giants was a tad more specific than necessary... Speaking of Singapore, one of my favorite signs was at the airport there, which features a figure of a man literally sprinting away from flames licking his heels (I believe it was for an emergency exit).

zippy_monster

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:50:51 -0800

Marco Polo on Taraval and 24thish has durian ice cream as well. Tastes kinda like garlic, or so I've heard. No nifty spinning wheel like Polly Ann's tho.

Bushy Hyde

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:41:12 -0800

I always get a kick out of the Christmas decoration displayed on the top floor of an apartment building at Van Ness and Bush (the building on the corner, with the starbucks [the one that almost got 'sploded, cept the bomb was fake]). The Christmas lights form a humongous L, which is circled and crossed out. Get it?

Agent510

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:02:26 -0800

I object to the vandal's comments. He used American English instead of expressing this thought with some cryptic icon. How culturally insensitive.

Henrythoreau

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:15:44 -0800

On Saturday my sons and I were trying to figure out that the picture of the guy kicking the soccer ball meant you could not play other sports (we wanted to toss a football around--and did so outside the gates). That said, the gardens are one of the great hidden treasures of the city and a real respite from the city. I don't mind all the rules so that folks can meditate on the glories of nature, read their novels while sitting on the lawn, and enjoy each other's company. Also, now the city has to pay to redo the sign.

sagitta100

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:15:22 -0800

Isn't there a city ordinance banning smoking in city parks? Looks like they forgot an icon.

wsanders

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:35:53 -0800

The skateboard park in Moraga has a cute little ssquatting dog with a cute little turd popping out of it in their red-slash symbol: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15178573@N00/2101524574/

mariconsoy

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:10:57 -0800

Akit-Durian for sale on Stockton St .89 pound. Polly Ann Ice Cream on Noriega has Durian flavor. ========================= Wow, the mind spins thinking of all the other "international no" signs that could be up there: NO: syringes Hobos pooping BJs stabbings pickpocketing hos vomiting..........

mpantone

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:50:43 -0800

Hmmm, I thought that third one from the bottom was "No clubbing baby harp seals".

bluecanary

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:49:35 -0800

Don't pluck. Oh, I thought it was telling me not to bury crosses. Thanks for clearing that up.

Akit

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:20:38 -0800

I like the one they have in Singapore: No Durians (they smell terrible).

mattymatt

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:13:41 -0800

That third one from the bottom looks like "no funerals."

sidviscosity

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:43:18 -0800

^^^^Rincon, can you take a joke? I certainly appreciate the wit.

RinconHillSF

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:31:05 -0800

A few rules to help with sustainability, and this vandal concludes "Don't Live?" Must have been written by a current or a future homeless person ... the homeless are the most selfish (exceptions being the mentally ill) bastards ever with their refusal to live by rules in order to contribute to society. Meh....