When we don't understand a language or when words fall short, we communicate through signs. Visuals can convey instructions, warnings and directions more faster and more effectively than words, and so we have signs everywhere—on roads, outside shops, restaurants, inside hotels or other public service spaces. 

It is however tough to make an eye-catching signboard that conveys an impactful message in a small layout, with striking visuals and a few words (or none at all). A sign is considered successful if it captures people's attention, makes them stop and ponder over its meaning, and if it can also evoke laughter, then nothing like it. One needs to come up with a damn good sign to make GenZ, who are always occupied with their smartphones, look up. LOL. 

These two Instagram accounts, @funniestsigns and @funnysigns, have compiled the best signboards by people, and for people, and we present to you  20 awesome signs from their collection. So go on, have fun laughing at these signs, and be sure to pass on the laughter. 

1. Excuse me?

2. Oh thanks

3. Hahaha!

4. Ok.

5. Oh yeah!

6. In case, you need a new look

7. Ah, what?

8. What's on the menu?

9. Definitely.

10. LOL

11. Can see that

12. They are everywhere

13. Coldest

14. Expect the unexpected

15. God save us

16. Identity crisis

17. Touche

18. ROFL

19. In no mood to share

20. Wait, what?