Peter, Cyprus from the UK is not long haul. You won't be going on a jumbo or A380 from the UK, much more likely a B737 or an A319/ A320/A321

Ady, Midlands, UK

Re: American Road Signs

GET OVER YOURSELVES! we are aware the the directional arrows point drivers to the access ramps, it just looks funny, thats all!
As for "when an Englishman lands on the moon..." Oh, please....we're too busy fighting battles the U.S. start and can't finish...as usual.

Simon Humber, Nottingham,

What is wrong with you people? It's a sign. It's funny. Whether it is logical or not is irrelevant. Dissecting a joke is like dissecting a frog, no one laughs and the frog dies. Of course the North South sign makes sense if you are driving on that road, it's just funny in isolation. Unbelievable.

Michael Wood, London,

The fire hydrant sign in Montreal, is required. In winter this tiny hydrant will be submerged by snow. Public works employees and firefighters need to know where to dig to get to it.

Agree that the rest of the year it is funny.

EB, Ottawa, Canada

To Dave the only reasons american made it to the moon is they needed German scientists the build the rockets, Japanese companies to build the electronics. All the USA had to do was point the dam thing up.

Robert Miles, Southend, UK

The American road signs are perfectly understandable, logical and not silly.

Notice the sign with the word "TO" on the small sign on the top of the stack of signs. These signs direct a motorist to places where the north and south bound directions of the road in question can be accessed.

MIKE in NYC, NYC, USA

In America, we have not only tiny roundabouts and intersections, but high capacity stack interchanges and multi thousand mile freeways. That's why road signs don't always point to magnetic north and south. When Englishmen land on the moon, they can look down on our understanding of orienteering. DaveTheAmerican

Dave, London,

I don't think Peter Williams gets it...

Nikki, London,

Those signs are mostly just vulgar. There's already too much vulgarity in the media seeing more isn't really funny.

edmund macallister, London,

The sign for the fire hydrant isn't silly either. If the snow is
heavy the snow plows know not to clip the hydrant.

Jet, Mpls, USA

I took a picture of a direction sign for the village of Wetwang in north Yorkshire ten or so years ago. Sort of summed up that soggy trip where, I remember, one wether report was "sunny with showers"-- don't remember the sunny part

robert earnest, lumberton nc, usa

Confound you, Peter Williams, you cad! I say it IS funny!

Tim, Winnipeg, Canada

Re: Silly Travel Signs.

The Travel sign for 'Lost' is NOT silly, It is a village called Lost in Aberdeenshire, I have been there. It also has a Gallery called the Lost Gallery, run by Peter Goodfellow.

Peter Williams, Fordingbridge, United Kingdom

Upon leaving Vatican City one sunny afternoon, I stumbled across a bus heading to "LABIA".

When in Rome...

Sally, Ruislip, UK