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* The ALLEN ROAD/ALIEN ROAD street sign in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' spin-off novel ''Warhead''. (And indeed the owner of the house on Allen Road is an alien, although it's never really explained who kept vandalizing the street sign or how they knew.) |
* The ALLEN ROAD/ALIEN ROAD street sign in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' spin-off novel ''Warhead''. (And indeed the owner of the house on Allen Road is an alien, although it's never really explained who kept vandalizing the street sign or how they knew.) |
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* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' has a reference to a gigantic sign reading "SHARE AND ENJOY" (the advertising slogan of the ever-profitable Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Complaints Department). Being too heavy, the sign falls into the underground office block underneath, which is a little unfortunate for the occupants. In the local language the exposed top halves of the letters now appear to read "GO STICK YOUR HEAD IN A PIG". |
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' has a reference to a gigantic sign reading "SHARE AND ENJOY" (the advertising slogan of the ever-profitable Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Complaints Department). Being too heavy, the sign falls into the underground office block underneath, which is a little unfortunate for the occupants. In the local language the exposed top halves of the letters now appear to read "GO STICK YOUR HEAD IN A PIG". |
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* A children's story ''G. I. Ant'' describes a group of ants who spot a large house under construction with the eponymous sign out front. They fear that a giant is going to move into that big house, but are greatly relieved when G. I. Ant turns out to be an ant who is building this to house his entire, large extended family. |
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* George and Harold of ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' vandalize a sign at least [[Once an Episode|once a book]], usually through a combination of rearranging and removing letters. For example, the first book sees them turning a sign outside a florist's shop from "PICK YOUR OWN ROSES" to "PICK OUR NOSES" |
* George and Harold of ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' vandalize a sign at least [[Once an Episode|once a book]], usually through a combination of rearranging and removing letters. For example, the first book sees them turning a sign outside a florist's shop from "PICK YOUR OWN ROSES" to "PICK OUR NOSES" |
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** Also done in their comic books. For instance, a sign appears to say "BURY DEAD STUFF HERE", until a lightning bolt knocks over the tree covering the top part of the sign, which includes "[[Came Back Wrong|WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T]]". |
** Also done in their comic books. For instance, a sign appears to say "BURY DEAD STUFF HERE", until a lightning bolt knocks over the tree covering the top part of the sign, which includes "[[Came Back Wrong|WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T]]". |
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