# Signs of the times **URL:** \ **Category:** The Love of Pets & Other Fun Stuff\ **Created:** [13 October 2021 20:14 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332 "2021-10-13T20:14:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Angela\_L](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/angela_l/32/1521_2.png) [@Angela\_L](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Angela_L)\ **Post date:** [25 October 2022 05:30 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/22 "2022-10-25T05:30:13Z")
_This article was originally published on [WackoJaco](https://www.wackojaco.com/en/pet-owners-vet-clinic?ly=native_one)_ _Taking pets to the vet can be stressful for both animals and owners. So to brighten everyone’s days, the Carroll County Veterinary posts funny signs outside its Maryland clinic. But furry friends and their human companions aren’t the only ones who enjoy these. From life advice to deep philosophical questions, the health center’s messages are relatable and enjoyed by pretty much anyone who drives by them. So whether you have a dog, cat, hamster, or none of the above, these signs are sure to raise a chuckle._ ![Screen Shot 2022-10-24 at 10.27.56 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/2X/8/848c95924bc97ddd86e9f0224deb378d171c64b0.jpeg) > **[These Chuckle-Worthy Messages Make a Trip to the Vet More "Pawsitive"](https://www.thefunpost.com/en/trip-make-pawsitive-messages-worthy?ly=native_one)** > > This vet clinic is what pet owners' dreams are made of ![Screen Shot 2022-10-24 at 10.29.08 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/2X/e/e2c3a9a5b521f1c525b1387822c565e2ec0c2e36.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Angela\_L](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/angela_l/32/1521_2.png) [@Angela\_L](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Angela_L)\ **Post date:** [18 December 2022 14:47 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/23 "2022-12-18T14:47:47Z")
Shared by a member and spotted on Twitter … Captioned … “This was a new one on me. Drop your commuter off” 😀 ![FkQVnj2WIAE1hQV](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/7/5/75922e12c8fe43daa3199e350efb2a5b2dcb17ee.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Angela\_L](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/angela_l/32/1521_2.png) [@Angela\_L](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Angela_L)\ **Post date:** [14 January 2023 00:06 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/24 "2023-01-14T00:06:14Z")
![IMG_4900](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/2/6/2605e79d5787caceed8cf32cb455afb944157119.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Globetrotter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/globetrotter/32/34174_2.png) [@Globetrotter](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Globetrotter)\ **Post date:** [14 January 2023 00:43 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/25 "2023-01-14T00:43:41Z")
Here’s a couple of my favorites from my hometown of Dublin! The last one is in Hoi An, Vietnam and have also seen the same one in Dublin. ![DUBLIN 1](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/c/d/cd33c4550bcd6dca223f4c7d8658ac63b31a6fd7.jpeg) ![DUBLIN2](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/1/1/11fd2d4a5f47a01956d35a74124cc22c73828341.jpeg) ![vietnam1](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/d/9/d9be4cff536c98423373afabeea3118f91a7f20a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Twitcher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/twitcher/32/2011_2.png) [@Twitcher](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Twitcher)\ **Post date:** [14 January 2023 08:41 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/26 "2023-01-14T08:41:27Z")
![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/c/6/c687b1b30d4dd0a3d88a0bb301252d9d8048e963.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Crookie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/crookie/32/17987_2.png) [@Crookie](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Crookie)\ **Post date:** [14 January 2023 19:04 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/27 "2023-01-14T19:04:55Z")
![20221204_143018](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/c/4/c4e8b92d7225b153f5cbe0ac8624629f8928319a.jpeg) Not sure what London has against ice cream trucks? ---
**Author:** ![Crookie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/crookie/32/17987_2.png) [@Crookie](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Crookie)\ **Post date:** [14 January 2023 19:07 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/28 "2023-01-14T19:07:40Z")
![20221229_145647](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/5/6/56fc336cbf533ceb1eb99b46c49f62f0c94bac3b.jpeg) @Amparo this one is specially for you from Portsmouth UK ---
**Author:** ![Angela\_L](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/angela_l/32/1521_2.png) [@Angela\_L](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Angela_L)\ **Post date:** [14 January 2023 19:27 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/29 "2023-01-14T19:27:18Z")
Hi @Crookie its about business rivalry and protection of licensed pitches … there have been Ice Cream “wars” between rival vendors, that’s why it’s closely regulated by the borough councils. ---
**Author:** ![Amparo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@Amparo](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Amparo)\ **Post date:** [14 January 2023 20:09 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/30 "2023-01-14T20:09:02Z")
You rang? 😂 I see you in my lane, come in and stay a while. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_E](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/karen_e/32/9916_2.png) [@Karen\_E](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Karen_E)\ **Post date:** [15 January 2023 11:24 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/31 "2023-01-15T11:24:59Z")
A street sign in Washington state! ![20220130_102057](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/6/8/68ac4c08aa71c0bb78b72693c07edac7647175a5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![cat.tails](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@cat.tails](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/cat.tails)\ **Post date:** [15 January 2023 11:34 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/32 "2023-01-15T11:34:50Z")
Two signs I liked during a cat sit in Somerset, England ![IMG_2639](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/c/6/c6774be2fe7072cd88c316b6c07a2d5ed5ad2050.jpeg) ![IMG_6917](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/d/8/d8b3c455e0a6cbb8ac7cac10c70427a0d54097e5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Angela\_L](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/angela_l/32/1521_2.png) [@Angela\_L](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Angela_L)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2023 13:19 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/33 "2023-01-26T13:19:22Z")
![323411580_704727364715879_691795398099351424_n](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/8/8/886a2c284d2db5e0c8ada3366f482182399ef6c6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Amparo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@Amparo](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Amparo)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2023 15:12 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/34 "2023-01-26T15:12:39Z")
They know you’re here before you enter the driveway. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![botvot](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/botvot/32/13547_2.png) [@botvot](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/botvot)\ **Post date:** [28 January 2023 15:50 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/35 "2023-01-28T15:50:25Z")
We had quite a few personal jokes about this sign, spotted in Cape Town, South Africa ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/7/3/73933dcb807d97478d7edc186770da3402e97af0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Angela\_L](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/angela_l/32/1521_2.png) [@Angela\_L](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Angela_L)\ **Post date:** [10 February 2023 02:01 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/36 "2023-02-10T02:01:53Z")
![329343351_1149816082384291_5243089953586997129_n](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/9/1/91da47739988fb3277ed9348280c9602c6c66475.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Kelly](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/kelly/32/12137_2.png) [@Kelly](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Kelly)\ **Post date:** [10 February 2023 03:18 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/37 "2023-02-10T03:18:03Z")
Words to live by ![IMG_1731 (2019-04-05T04_33_32.637)](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/7/f/7ffb1bc20e3d33374a7aef82d147ba7a6e078fa0.jpeg) Still not too sure what this one meant ![IMG_2391 (2018-05-22T05_23_39.090)](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/4/6/46795352e96fc3ebf1108fdbd83baa762ae355d4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![botvot](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/botvot/32/13547_2.png) [@botvot](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/botvot)\ **Post date:** [10 February 2023 07:39 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/38 "2023-02-10T07:39:57Z")
I’ve got a dog related sign recently spotted in Marbella, Spain at a water fountain of a complex…looks like the perfect dog washing spot to me 🤷‍♀️ ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/c/5/c53cd591b51f2adfaad2ee7b186dc83982b50f5c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_E](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/karen_e/32/9916_2.png) [@Karen\_E](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Karen_E)\ **Post date:** [5 August 2023 05:23 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/39 "2023-08-05T05:23:31Z")
@Angela_L we saw that same sign in Whakatane, New Zealand a few weeks ago! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Saltrams](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/saltrams/32/45_2.png) [@Saltrams](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Saltrams)\ **Post date:** [5 August 2023 15:00 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/40 "2023-08-05T15:00:49Z")
![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/b/9/b9b26e0e5806d531810f241906ab4d0dd482ff17.jpeg) Obviously @Kelly… People with giant hands not allowed. No loitering at the cricket stumps. Don’t set your fingers alight. It’s OK to carry a cake but don’t hide your drink from your mates. Don’t drop your ice cubes (or use a yo-yo?) That mallet you’re carrying is too flimsy. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_E](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/karen_e/32/9916_2.png) [@Karen\_E](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Karen_E)\ **Post date:** [6 August 2023 00:44 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332/41 "2023-08-06T00:44:26Z")
A street sign in Brisbane, Australia, and a great philosophy! ![20230805_105839](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trustedhousesitters/original/3X/1/3/13501be3af18c22a4bc24221b48040fb22c91d24.jpeg) [Previous page](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/signs-of-the-times/23332.md?page=3)