church sign generator

November 6, 2003 1:36 PM

Church sign generator. Crank out your own roadside platitudes.
posted by ChuqD (49 comments total)

Lovely
posted by Outlawyr at 1:41 PM on November 6, 2003

I hereby proclaim this "link of the year".
posted by H. Roark at 1:56 PM on November 6, 2003

yay ryland!
posted by machaus at 1:57 PM on November 6, 2003

posted by sonofsamiam at 1:58 PM on November 6, 2003

Uh, Howard, it's good, but not that good.

Too bad one can't put something up and then link it to one's comment. I had a inexcusably juvenile one I wanted you all to see.
posted by orange swan at 1:59 PM on November 6, 2003

you can, you just can't hotlink an inline image.
posted by machaus at 2:01 PM on November 6, 2003

Be sure to also look at his church signs page (if you haven't seen it before) for some great real signs.

Y'know, some Baptist church will be shocked when they see their sign with MeFi created messages on it!
posted by anastasiav at 2:03 PM on November 6, 2003

Couldn't help myself.
posted by ChuqD at 2:04 PM on November 6, 2003

The link has been up for over a half-hour now, so I'm sure we have all already done

WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.
GOD?

so there's really no reason for anyone to save a picture of it and link to it.

On preview: too late!
posted by yhbc at 2:06 PM on November 6, 2003

Meanwhile, down here in Houston, (middle of page) we've got two pastors going at it via their church signs. My favorite so far? "EXPOSING MODERN CHRISTIANITY FOR THE STEAMING PILE OF YAK POOP THAT IT IS". Amen to that.
posted by pomegranate at 2:11 PM on November 6, 2003

posted by Keyser Soze at 2:20 PM on November 6, 2003

mine
posted by MrMoonPie at 2:21 PM on November 6, 2003

God everyones link is not working today
posted by Keyser Soze at 2:22 PM on November 6, 2003

Who wants to let us upload to their ftp server? Mines not working.
posted by Keyser Soze at 2:24 PM on November 6, 2003

posted by moonbiter at 2:25 PM on November 6, 2003

I entered:

Red Sox Lose
God is Dead

It was strangely satisfying to view.
posted by Joey Michaels at 2:26 PM on November 6, 2003

Did someone say juvenile?
posted by psmealey at 2:29 PM on November 6, 2003

> On preview: too late!

WTFG: better than mine.


posted by ChuqD at 2:30 PM on November 6, 2003

Dunno what's wrong with my link. If you copy and paste the link, it works. hmmmmm......
posted by MrMoonPie at 2:40 PM on November 6, 2003

Too much fun!
posted by SisterHavana at 2:41 PM on November 6, 2003

Oh, dear.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:43 PM on November 6, 2003

Okay, I'll play.
posted by WolfDaddy at 2:51 PM on November 6, 2003

posted by quonsar at 2:53 PM on November 6, 2003

My favorite lameass, juvenile, pre-driver's license caper was when some friends and I rearranged a real church sign from

BINGO SATURDAY NIGHT

to

GO SATAN

It seemed pretty clever at the time.
posted by COBRA! at 2:57 PM on November 6, 2003

I hereby proclaim this "link of the year". Uh, Howard, it's good, but not that good.

Maybe not, but playing with the link (and reading the signs above) made me laugh harder than anything else so far this month. Thanks ChuqD (and Ryland).

And speaking of Ryland, let's not forget the other real church signs he linked us to last month.
posted by LeLiLo at 3:00 PM on November 6, 2003

COBRA! - you jogged memories of the night in 1976 when a sign in a men's store parking lot that read

SPORTCOATS $69.95 & UP

magically became

SPORT O CUNT $69.95

(date recalled because it was the bicentennial that summer)
posted by quonsar at 3:04 PM on November 6, 2003

I saw this on a sign as a child:

hell church sign
posted by jennak at 3:08 PM on November 6, 2003

posted by muppetboy at 3:17 PM on November 6, 2003

posted by jpburns at 3:36 PM on November 6, 2003

Jesus Saves!
with
double coupons
posted by planetkyoto at 3:39 PM on November 6, 2003

Aww yeah, when I was fifteen we rearranged a church sign that read MIDLOTHIAN CHURCH OF GOD to MIDLO CUNT OF GOD.

Like, totally ha ha ha..
posted by xmutex at 4:04 PM on November 6, 2003

posted by Captain Ligntning at 4:24 PM on November 6, 2003

posted by Kafkaesque at 4:24 PM on November 6, 2003

posted by Kafkaesque at 4:31 PM on November 6, 2003

mine
posted by milnak at 4:58 PM on November 6, 2003

you know people, it states right under the submit button that he is blocking external referrers to prevent bandwidth abuse. you cannot link directly to the finished image page or the finished image. you have to save it, move it to your own webspace, and link it there.
posted by quonsar at 5:08 PM on November 6, 2003

Good one, Kafkaesque. :)

And great link!
posted by Espoo2 at 5:27 PM on November 6, 2003

posted by eriko at 5:28 PM on November 6, 2003

posted by Feisty at 5:45 PM on November 6, 2003

There's a funeral home sign within a block of my house.

"Where Dedicated People Care"

I'm always tempted to break out the duct tape and change it to

"Where Ded People are"

...but that'd be tacky. Sigh. If only I were 16 again, there'd be no limits.
posted by five fresh fish at 6:17 PM on November 6, 2003

posted by angry modem at 6:21 PM on November 6, 2003

One more cliche and I'm out.
posted by ChuqD at 7:48 PM on November 6, 2003

Mine was "We're praying for Skallas!", but it just doesn't look as funny here on the blue as it did on the sign. Try it yourselves and you'll see.
posted by orange swan at 9:03 PM on November 6, 2003

I couldn't resist.



Thanks for the wonderful link. Too fun.
posted by apollo at 9:59 PM on November 6, 2003

posted by pxe2000 at 10:26 PM on November 6, 2003

posted by grabbingsand at 5:37 AM on November 7, 2003

Born for fun
Loyal to Nun
posted by LouieLoco at 6:40 AM on November 7, 2003

posted by PenDevil at 7:14 AM on November 7, 2003

posted by jpburns at 7:53 AM on November 7, 2003