We are looking at buying a house and in virtually every one we look at there are signs on the wall about ‘carpe diem’ ‘ love and family’ and so on…. Like this:

Is this a new thing ? Is modern life so awful we need these?

inspirobot.me can help if your life is so awful that you need these.

They’re always (like the one up there), written on a piece of old wood, aren’t they?

Effing dreadful things, anyway.

You (might, but just as likely might not) drive a van through puddles and see this as the pinnacle of self-expression. You (probably) haven’t started/joined a revolution or helped those worse off than you, you just got an expensive van dirty (maybe).

I have to say when I saw some scruffy cut up Land Rover with the words “One Wife, Livid” down the side I laughed.

The rest can bugger off though, my FB feed is full of nonsensical inspirational quotes that seek to oversimplify life’s little problems, but at least they’re not as bad as the ones that quote that side show Bob looking Avacardo botherer – do people actually read them before regurgitating on the rest of us? Ffs

Is modern life so awful we need these?

It’s not a new thing. We are heading ideologically backwards to 1950s USA.

We are but a quivering whisker away from wall-mounted curved digital panels with one function only: Replacing twee printed signs with motivational animated gifs, befitting the resurging 1950s political climate

Total Tripe!

Total Tripe!

I saw a magazine in Smiths for cow intestine lovers called that.

The best motivational posters are the ones with Malcolm tucker quotes on them. although most of them are to sweary to post here without getting my bottom slapped.

Eagles may soar

But weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines

I saw on the back of a builders 4×4.
One wife.
Livid.
Thought that was rather witty.

Is modern life so awful we need these

I’m totally not into these daft signs, but you could make a pretty compelling argument that modern life is indeed pretty crappy when you boil it down.

but you could make a pretty compelling argument that modern life is indeed pretty crappy when you boil it down.

It’s not though really.

Guess what I’m unpacking…

Guess what I’m unpacking…

We are looking at buying a house

Send them your offer painted on a board.

“£75000 under asking. The things you own end up owning you.”

Here you go kayak…

(SWEARY WARNING)

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kimberleydadds/if-danny-dyers-tweets-were-motivational-posters?utm_term=.stj3xjRAa#.xaKlJAvDj

One appeared in our house at Christmas, courtesy of secret santa. It says,

This house runs on
Love
Happiness
Gin
and
Tonic.

Exactly like that. Not only is it shite, it’s not even punctuated shite! Just not plucked up the courage to throw it out yet.

Quite a lot of photos on Rightmove with this sort of crap scattered about on peoples’ walls.

I was at a posh wedding place a while ago where in the hall was LOVE spelled out on wooden blocks. I took a childish pleasure in re-arranging them as VOLE every time I passed.

Demotivators

We looked at a few houses recently and Mrs BigJohn (who shares my hatred of these insincere platitudes) shook her head as we came out of one place full of them and said “Not enough words”.

And why does every room have a one word instruction – Eat, Love, Bathe, etc. except the bog?

I’ve always loved this one:

and why does every room have a one word instruction – Eat, Love, Bathe,

.

my Canadian friend commented on this when she came to visit, ‘why is everything an order here…. like the chain of cafes. EAT!

I find it weird that there is no one to attribute these quotes to. who said these things? I presume someone creates them?

funny how you never see successful people posting motivational posters/slogans on social media, isnt it.

Maybe they dont want to share what motivates them?

Not “motivational” by any stretch on the imagination, but a family member bought this for the FIL..

My favourite

One in my local’s bogs reads:
“Behave yourself: What you do tonight ends up on Facebook tomorrow”

Let your dream fly like a kite and see where it will take you.

Halfway up an electricity pylon with 65kV going through it hopefully.

modern life is indeed pretty crappy when you boil it down

That would work so much better if it were embroidered on a cushion

Heard recently about someone in an office with ‘real’ motivational posters on the walls. So he swapped some of them for despair versions.

Genius.

Aaargh, the wooden block instructions!

It’s only a shame that dad will have (hopefully) passed by the time we sell, would be fairly amusing to leave inappropriate instructions around the place.