Signs are an important way to ensure people know where they are, where they're going and they also serve advertising functions - but sometimes, they're eye-grabbing for totally different reasons. 

People from around the world have shared some of the notices they have spotted which made them chuckle, with the best of them collected into a gallery by Bored Panda.

They include a barber, in California, that claims if they can't make you look good, then you must just be ugly. 

Elsewhere a cheesemonger changed the Eurythmics song lyrics of Sweet Dreams to catch customers attention. 

Meanwhile a librarian appeared to pretend the book drop box was broken so she could speak to customers about her ferrets when they were hand delivering their books. 

People from around the world have shared photos of hilarious signs around the world they have spotted - including this barbers in the US which claims it can only do so much for your appearance 

An office worker came up with a genius way to teach their colleagues how to replace toilet paper properly. 

Elsewhere a farmer clearly got sick of his neighbours complaining about the usual things that come with living next door to a farm bring and he made a passive aggressive, yet hilarious, sign. 

Here FEMAIL takes a look at some of the most hilarious signs from around the world... 

Meanwhile a librarian appeared to pretend the book drop box was broken so she could speak to customers about her ferrets when they were hand delivering their books

Awkward! This hilarious wedding dress for sale sign manages to tell a whole story in such few words 

Elsewhere a cheesemonger changed the Eurythmics song lyrics of Sweet Dreams to catch customers' attention

Yikes! This farmer clearly got sick of his neighbours complaining about the usual things that come with living next door to a farm bring and he made a passive aggressive, yet hilarious, sign

An office worker came up with a genius way to teach their colleagues how to replace toilet paper properly

Let's go in! A coffee shop, in the US, got very creative when trying to entice customers inside for a hot beverage

Dying to get in! An unfortunate placement of a senior citizens centre sign got a few laughs from locals 

Meanwhile this restaurant came out with a genius way of not making customers feel guilty for day drinking, because they only ordered the 'soup of the day' 

Doughnut zoo! Meanwhile this sign, spotted in the US, stopped people in their tracks before giving them a chuckle 

After spotting this random sign a cyclist decided to post their own sign underneath to point out the absurdity of the first placard  

Meanwhile motorists, in the US, got a good laugh at the bumper sticker at the back of this man's truck