A sign even Ian Curtis would find funny

Last week, I posted about a New Order song. OK, I guess, but wouldn't a matrimonial law firm named after the band that yielded New Order be even better? (Hat tip: 33 1/3)

• [Philipshade]

  I saw PIL construction sign floating around the web a while back

• [Jimmy Guterman]

  Might be fake. Still funny.

• [Anonymous]

  Doesn’t have to be Photoshop to be fake. Anyone ever think that you can print a fake sign, put it up and take a picture of it?

• [mccrum]

  Our local marriage councilor’s office is at the corner of Division and Union.

  • [chgoliz]

    Now THAT’s funny!

    (Chicago, by any chance?)

• [Anonymous]

  The circle f logo, centered on top, is confusingly similar to the factory records logo.see http://www.stolliclothing.co.uk/prodimages/factorymens_black_lrg.jpg. Studied law/IP. I do believe that would be trademark infringement. It is highly likely that all the branding (signage/internet) would have been researched before the firm launched itself. This is photo shop. But maybe not? Pic is clever.

• [Nawel]

  Marvellous!!!

  • [Anonymous]

    It may also be named after the Nazi sex slavery camps that imprisoned Jewish women for the pleasure of Nazi soldiers.

    • [adonai]

      No, that’s what the band was named after. No need to blame the innocent lawyers for anything except being lawyers.

• [stridulate]

  isn’t a noose and “the idiot” a much less expensive way to dissolve a marriage?

• [Anonymous]

  copyright infringement?

  • [Anonymous]

    Right down to the Factory Records logo!

• [arkizzle / Moderator]

  Yeah, Ian Curtis or Ka-tzetnik 135633..

  /This doesn’t count as a Godwin

• [lookinland]

  I really hope this is a fake because it is soooooo wrong.

• [Baldhead]

  Never much cared for the song, but that is awesome.

• [Anonymous]

  this must be peter hook’s new money-making endeavor???

• [Anonymous]

  Eu nunca imaginei que teria de percorrer pelos esconsos caminhos de um ignorado sentimento, quando subitamente, ouço alguém chamar, então espero pelo dia de amanhã e nada daí havia a esperar. – Ian Curtis (Roberto Autran Nunes)

• [Anonymous]

  its only wrong if theres no FAC number assigned…

• [abulafia]

  innocent lawyers? They’re like unicorns aren’t they?

• [Anonymous]

  I think this is a photoshop, that shadow line is too perfect and there is a complete absence of texture in the sign and lettering. Plus I looked for these guys and all I could find was countless blogposts and websites showing this picture with absolutely no reference to where it came from.

  • [bat21]

    Yup! I think it’s from a Something Awful contest from a few years ago.

  • [Antinous / Moderator]

    In other news, the Lolrus can’t really talk about his bukkit and that’s just snow on Cocaine Bear’s face.

    • [arkizzle / Moderator]

      /chuckle