Damn loose gorillas... always smoking and drinking and watching R-Rated movies. They're destroying the morals of all simiankind!

Haha, I used to drive through that intersection every day on the way to school.

That would really rustle my jimmies.

That old gag.

It was amusing to be driving to work one morning and see "Beware of Ninjas" on one of those signs though.

If it doesn't say Zombie Apocalypse it's not funny.

The guy who set up Cadillac Ranch, Stanley Marsh, he had a whole lot of money to troll people with, he'd set up actual metal signs like those all around Amarillo, Texas.

Apparently, one of the commenters came here from 1950

Otis , A Drunk, Paid Subscriber.......

Turns out this is a VERY popular thing back east.

Bobby, deh ever catch dat gorilla that busted outa da zoo and punched you in da eye?

ftfa: Firenzi said it took some technical skill and a keyboard for the prankster to change the message.

"It is rather difficult to get into them," said Firenzi. "There is some kind of electronic equipment that is needed to access the computerized system. There must be some pretty savvy people out there who were able to bypass all of that."

Ahahahahahano. It's frigging simple as heck, especially if the road crew is too lazy to change the default password.

"It is rather difficult to get into them," said Firenzi. "There is some kind of electronic equipment that is needed to access the computerized system. There must be some pretty savvy people out there who were able to bypass all of that."

I bet it looks something like this:


Surpised these 'savvy people' took the time to do there when there is a federal reserve to hack

Five bucks says the password to control the sign is written in Sharpie on the inside of the barely-locked box.

WordyGrrl: Five bucks says the password to control the sign is written in Sharpie on the inside of the barely-locked box.

Or the default password is "1234."

What a loose gorilla might look like:



/yah, I know they are probably chimps

WordyGrrl: Five bucks says the password to control the sign is written in Sharpie on the inside of the barely-locked box.

No bet.

Also, the systems aren't exactly modern... it's probably just an old LCD display with a keyboard underneath it, and all the instructions on how to program the board are somewhere inside the box.

Also, the systems aren't exactly modern... it's probably just an old LCD display with a keyboard underneath it, and all the instructions on how to program the board are somewhere inside the box.

It's easier than that:

How to hack an electronic road sign

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