This need answered. Why do road signs seem like a must have when alcohol is involved. Woke my son up this morning to find this new addition to his room. I too have done this when drunk in the past. I have dragged huge road signs up the 8 flights of stairs, even 2 traffic cones! Why do we do it?
by AntitaxAntitax
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Hunter gatherer instinct kicking in I think, caveman brain go ooh big loot
In this case I’d say he is obviously concerned for pedestrian safety in his room. Well done him!
He had such a good time nicking that š
To be fair I don’t think the sign was all that essential anyway.
Everything seems like a good idea when drunk.
I’ve got a street sign in my room.
No alcohol was involved, I just thought eh.. what the hell
It’s not something I’ve ever done but it’s funny to see when others have done it.
I’d like to know if anyone has stolen enough of these things to have a fully integrated traffic management system.
The holy grail is the āmen at workā sign. That and rare species of traffic cones.
The only time in my entire life I’ve ever stolen something was drunk out with mates at 18. We stole two traffic cones, and for some reason the local primary school’s advertising banner. We woke up and the school banner was nailed to my mate’s bedroom wall, somehow we had done that still while drunk, and it was a flawless job I might add.
Who knows?
My particular favourite sign was ‘Danger of Death’ with a big electric spark on. Must have had 6 or 7 of those at one time.
Plus the obligatory keep left sign with a lamp in it, and a bunch of cones.
I dont know why we steal them, but many years ago when I lived near the Trongate in Glasgow, my flatmate and I spent a while in the rarly hours of the morning rerouting a diversion, from Trongate down Chisolm st onto Parnie st to a dead end we created with traffic barriers cos we thought it would be funny, and took a leftover barrier home with us, never hung around to see it wourk though.
I orchestrated the grand removal of a pub beer garden bench for our uni kitchen in 1st year. I just think we do it to see if we can lol
I once participated in the theft of a crucified Sylvester (the cat) from somewhere in Warwick University’s main campus. An actual stuffed Sylvester toy attached to a wooden crucifix. And it was BIG.
To this day, I have no idea why it existed.
Looks like it needs a bit of TLC. Perhaps the plan was to bring it home, restore it, and return it the next day?
Either that, or heād reached the āwombleā phase of drunkennessā¦
You should have known this was going to happen. All the signs were there.
I’ve never been interested in road signs when drunk, but I used to be magnetically attracted to garden gnomes as a youth.
We once thought it would be hilarious to superglue a gnome inside a phone box in a small seaside village on the North Wales coast. We returned to our campsite proud as punch, only to find a couple of our other friends excitedly displaying the same gnome they’d stolen from the phone box.
I also may have once liberated a “wash hands after use” sign from my university laboratories at graduation week and hung it over my housemate’s bed.
We also had a Pizza Hut bus stop poster in our front room for a year, and we didn’t know where it came from.
Poor lad. You passed on your sign based kleptomaniac genes to him.
I had one of those illuminated bollards from the entrance to traffic islands in the corner of my teenage bedroom. I cleaned it up, made a wooden base for it and put a lamp inside.
You can stick traffic cones up your ass. Not sure about the signs tho.
I remember acquiring those flashing lights
My friend once stole a temporary bus stop š He had to drag it down the road the next day and sheepishly put it back.
Auditor trap!
Id be careful its taken quite seriously by the police if you live near any ametuer motorsports venues, they make good body panels.