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LED signs have always been intended to guide us. However, the moment that a few lights give up, they’ll accidentally become their own comedians and/or technically correct jokesters in their own right. These burnt-out bulbs, glitchy panels, and moments of awkward spacing provide ordinary messages with their inventive shakeups.

1. It would seem to be the case.

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2. When one has primal cravings for a burger.

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3. Standing on guard.

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4. A solid time for a rat beef sandwich.

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5. I see what they did there, and I’m all for it.

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6. A boop moment indeed.

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7. It was meant to read “GameStop” but things fell apart.

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8. A subjective take, to be sure

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9. Certainly not what one wants to happen while at the car wash.

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10. A catchy enough tune.

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11. Pretty much what a pirate could be caught saying at the nearest Target.

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12. Everyone meet at the nearest “Men’s Warhouse”

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13. A familiar-sounding band name, for sure.

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14. You’d think they could’ve dipped a bit deeper into the creative well.

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15. I see what they pulled there

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16. One doesn’t want to end up with the angers

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17. Seriously, not cool, man

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18. Count Dracula better get ready for a reckoning

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19. Tony’s Pizza and Rant

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20. Simply then, no

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From fast-food joints to roadside churches, these burnt-out LED signs prove that even mistakes can bring a little laughter to our day. They remind us how humor often sneaks in where we least expect it—sometimes from a missing letter or two. If you’re in the mood for more quirky throwbacks, check out our collection of 25 Humorous Signs That Were Discovered Amidst Roaming or dive into 15 Real-Life Sheriffs Who Inspired Big Screen Heroes. After all, history—and humor—often lights up in the most unexpected ways, even when the bulbs don’t.

Meet the Writer

Matt has spent over the last 8 years as both a writer and editor, working in Seattle and Brooklyn, where he is now based. He loves escaping the tirelessly fast pace of the “Mad Apple” that is NYC by taking walks and runs through parks where he’s able to catch up on the latest tea about society from the city’s ever chatty, always hungry, occasionally maniacal, pigeons. They always have a lot to say. When he’s not taking his urban nature strolls, or dutifully combing the deepest rabbit holes of the internet to find the content that’s worth sinking your mind’s teeth into, he’s likely holed up at a dark-lit dive bar with a new book and/or some friends, or just as easily he could be on the hunt for the next addition to his steadily growing plant family.

These days Matt’s caught up in trying to provide folks as many vivid glimpses into the days long since passed as he can, through fun and engaging collections of hand-picked vintage photos.