Saturday Photo Hunt – Unique/Funny Signs

The minute I saw the photo hunt this week I knew what I would use…

Prostitution Information Center

I took this photo in the Red Light District in Amsterdam when I moved to the Netherlands back in 1999.   As if it wasn’t shock enough being there, I was even more shocked when I saw this sign.

I’m still not sure if it was a place where people go to find out where the good whores are, or if it’s a place where the girls go themselves if they need info on something (like what genital herpes looks like).   Either way, I was surprised when I saw the sign and had to snap a photo.

Coming from a place where prostitution is totally illegal and having probably only ever seen 1-2 prostitutes in my life, the entire experience was bizarre.

Amazing how it’s so not a big deal now, like ‘oh yeah, the Red Light District… whatever.. *Yawn*’.

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9 comments

  1. Wow, that’s a sign you wouldn’t see in my neck of the woods LOL

    tnchicks last blog post… Alert

  2. The funniest English language sign I’ve seen in NL is next to a stuffed mule at the Museum Naturalis in Leiden. It says, “You may stroke the donkey, but you may not mount it”.

    Hilarious.

  3. Jingo/Rizem (UO)

    omg it’s Breigh :)

  4. There’s a version of that in big cosmopolitan cities around the world, but with different names (usually clinical and euphemistic).

    It’s a good place to get free condoms, actually. I stocked up and didn’t have to buy any for ages.

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  5. I’ve become super cool about the whole thing too, when I arrived first the eyes were popping out of my head, and now it’s like ‘Yawn, another pair of paps’…

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  6. I bet it’s a busy spot!

    Mine’s up too :)

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  7. haha well, yes, I can see why a person would get confused to see that sign! ;)

    My funny sign is posted on my blog if you want to see. :)

    ters last blog post… Photo Hunt – Funny Signs

  8. Wow…that’s for sure informative. Unique from where I am.

    You can visit mine here: http://unsealmylips.com/?p=304

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  9. LOL that’s pretty funny. Yeah, I’m guessing it’s a place where the prostitutes get information on where they get to go and any help they can get. I assume. :D

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