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Some pubs don’t advertise their specials so much as they heckle you into ordering them. The best chalkboards feel like a bartender’s stand-up set: short, salty, and oddly accurate. You pause, you smirk, and somehow you’re at the bar ordering anyway.

These roasts feel like a wink coming from the regular’s table. If you’ve ever been called out by a sign and still tipped well, you know you’re in the right place.

1. No, wait…

A chalkboard sign on a sidewalk reads: "No Hipsters. Don’t be coming around here with your hairy faces, your vegan diets, tiny feet, & your sawdust bedding. NO, wait... Hamsters. No Hamsters.
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2. That’s one way to promote a quiz night

A chalkboard sign reads: "Imagine having an IQ low enough to enjoy watching Love Island," written in green chalk with varied text sizes. The sign is outside The Barrelstore bar.
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3. What are you trying to say?

A chalkboard sign on a sidewalk reads: "PUBS! The Official Sunblock of Ireland," with an arrow pointing left. The sign is framed in wood and set on a city street with people walking nearby.
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4. England’s national soccer team is now “The Muppets”

A chalkboard sign outside a brick building reads "THE MUPPETS, COSTA RICA, 5:00PM." There is a wooden bench nearby and a quiet street with some parked cars in the background.
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5. Roasting the burglar and promoting the bar

A pub entrance with police tape blocking the doors and a chalkboard sign that reads: "Open as usual. This pub is so good that someone tried to get in 8 hours before we open!
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6. Put the phone aside and talk to people

A chalkboard above a counter displays a WiFi password: "iamunsociable321" in white chalk, along with the words "CLAYTON ARMS FREE WIFI" and "WiFi PASSWORD" written above it.
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7. “For a while”

A handwritten sign reads: "Members/Friends, Pool/Dart players, PLEASE Help Keep Carpet Clean for awhile 6-17-22." The sign uses multiple colors and is posted on a wall.
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8. Who are you calling ugly?

A blackboard sign reads: "Carlsberg £1.64 pt. Helping ugly people have *** since 1864," with the word "sex" humorously crossed out. The sign is written in bold white letters.
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9. Classic Canadian

A chalkboard sign outside a restaurant reads: "ALL Americans must be accompanied by an adult!" Red chairs are in the background and sunlight casts shadows on the sidewalk.
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10. Did you know her?

A chalkboard sign on a cobblestone street reads: "BEER COLDER THAN YOUR EX-GIRLFRIEND'S HEART." The sign is beneath a Jacobsen branding panel.
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11. Grudge? Where?

A sidewalk chalkboard sign reads: "SMITHS. Come in and try the worst rum & coke that one guy on Yelp ever had in his life." The sign is outside a building with a red window frame.
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12. Don’t mock the herbivores

A wooden sidewalk chalkboard shows a drawing of dinosaurs at a BBQ. One says, “Oh great, who invited the herbivore?” A long-necked dinosaur responds, “I brought hummus.” There are also bunting flags and a grill.
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13. NO FINGERLESS GLOVES

A black chalkboard sign outside "The Bell" pub with humorous handwritten rules about hipsters, featuring a stick-figure drawing and text about gloves, "male cleavage," and the mainstream. People and pavement are visible in the background.
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14. Almost got you there!

A sidewalk chalkboard sign outside a restaurant reads, "Vegan Buffet? Just kidding, now get away from our sign you pansy." The sign is written in white and pink chalk.
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15. You know who you are!!

A sidewalk chalkboard sign reads: "We have 1100 satisfied clients!! AND one cranky guy who isn't allowed back!! (You know who you are!)" The sign stands on a city sidewalk near trees and a brick path.
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16. Seems like Andy has something against hipsters

A chalkboard drawing of a flower with an angry human-like face. Text above reads, "Andy the Antagonistic Flower sez..." Below, a quote tells hipsters to cut their hair and get a real job. The style is humorous and sarcastic.
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17. Is that a White Claw I see in your hand?

A sidewalk chalkboard sign reads: "$3.95 Mimosas! THE BEASTIE BOYS DIDN’T FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHT TO PARTY FOR Y’ALL TO BE OUT HERE DRINKIN’ WHITE CLAW ...BUT WE HAVE IT.
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18. Poor hipster

A chalkboard sign with a joke written in yellow and white chalk: "How did the hipster burn his tongue? He sipped his coffee before it was cool.
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19. The bar is where you solve your problems; everyone knows that

A chalkboard sign mounted on a brick wall outside Bar 31 reads: "STOP POSTING YOUR PROBLEMS ON FACEBOOK. GO TO A BAR LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
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