The Diary

Jack Davidson from Newton Mearns believes this is what is known as a clerical error.

Herald Diary: Why the Tartan Army was on the boos

Stewart Daniels from Cairneyhill spotted this sign in a shopping centre in Australia’s Gold Coast, where getting barged by a shopping trolley is the least of your worries…

Herald Diary: The newspaper that was a shoe-in for success

Trevor Muir spotted this vehicle in North Berwick. “Not quite the car one wants to see bearing down on you as you’re crossing the road,” says Trevor.

Herald Diary: A superb Korea option for would-be filmmakers

Ian MacDonald, from Rhu, says: “This impressively decorated road sign near Rowardennan is beginning to resemble my fridge door. Obviously a work in progress…”

How Nicola Sturgeon's latest reading is spelling it out...

Brian Cox had some words of advice for aspiring actors

Herald Diary: Accidents will happen ... fortunately

Eddy Coulter was impressed by this sign and wonders if there’s a nearby flyover named Superman Junction…

Herald Diary: The pocket philosopher and a restless night

Rhona Murphy was impressed by this sign, left on a record player in the street, and is now determined to hang a similar sign around her husband’s neck, when she eventually trades him in.

Herald Diary: Who wants to be a Euro millionaire? Na, no thanks...

Spotted in Poundland a while ago, Sarah Davidson says this enticing display proves that the high-street shop truly understands the youthful shopper’s greatest needs

Herald Diary: The female PC who was given short shrift

Hugh Peebles, who spotted this registration plate, wonders if the car’s owner is a fan of that sticky stuff that’s spread on bread, or perhaps he’s a trumpeter looking for fellow jazz-heads to play with.

Herald Diary: The Boat Race is boring, if you catch his drift

Ian MacDonald spotted this mysterious road sign, though not while he was in some exotic location, far from Scotia, where the native alphabet is strikingly different from our own. “It’s a weather-beaten sign in Inverary,” he reveals.

Having a vision is key to a spec-tacular life

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Do you need cheering up after the Budget? Read on ...

Herald Diary: The bottom line when it comes to punctuation

Ken McLean from Bridge of Allan was about to go on his first flight in over three years. “My pre-flight anxieties were not helped by this sign at Glasgow Airport,” he says.

Herald Diary Tray cheers for the ingenious worker

One for fans of 1980s TV. Trevor Muir wonders how JR Ewing’s dear, old maw ended up shopping at M&S in Edinburgh. (Where he spotted this car.)

Herald Diary The boss and the seat of learning

Some woolly thinking went into the writing of this sign, suggests Albert Miller from Falkirk

Herald Diary How's this for an arresting tattoo?

The Diary has a sneaking suspicion that the person who set up this display at the Orkney Library is a big fan of Looney Tunes cartoons…

Herald Diary The horn player and some brass neck

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Hugh Peebles spotted this number plate on a car on Peebles High Street. He wonders if it’s owned by a member of a famous British rock group who first came to prominence in the 1960s. (Clue: Hugh ain’t talking about The Rolling Stones.)

Herald Diary How Judge Dredd could be quoted in Gary Lineker tweet row

Can a polling booth be fun? See

Herald Diary: When the shopper was off his trolley

Paul Rimmer from Cambuslang asks: “Am I the only person who passes this sign and wonders where the three-dimensional residents are supposed to park?”

Herald Diary Nothing says I love you quite like a steak bake

Don Murphy says: “British pie week is rather abrupt, though it’s probably just as well for those who don’t want to die of a pie-induced heart attack, just yet.”

Herald Diary The bookshop owners who tell quite a story...

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Jack Davidson from Falkirk always assumed he would struggle to be a vegan. “Though looking at this sign,” he says...

Herald Diary Now here's a daft idea for a book

Whilst shopping, Gordon Casely spotted this intriguing gizmo. “Now I’m on the hunt for electric eggs to cook,” he says

Herald Diary Well, how else would you mark World Obesity Day?

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Kevin Bridges shooting from the lip (see Journeyman player)

Herald Diary: Tales of fare play and fair play

Deedee Cuddihy spotted this registration plate in Glasgow’s West End and assumes this is the new version of a clean-energy vehicle, that runs on wind instead of petrol.

Herald Diary So, how about merging Rangers and Celtic?

The fruity comment on the back of this truck emphasises what is the truly valuable commodity for the prospective thief of today, notes Foster Evans.

Herald Diary The trauma of HMRC hang-ups

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Hugh Peebles, who spotted this licence plate, wonders if the owner of the car often finds himself a mite peckish for some porky nibbles.

Herald Diary Going full-throttle for the hecklers

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Don Munro, who spotted this sign, notes that while it may be pithy, it is packed with so much essential information.

Herald Diary Is the BBC under starter's orders?

Richard Davis in Vienna was given this photo by a friend in Canada. Says Richard: “Seems like sound advice to me.”

How Taoiseach brewed problems for a confused elderly mother

Tom Cruise: Saviour of the film industry?

Herald Diary: Great put-downs of our time

Oliver Peake says: “I wonder if the person who produced this sign has also written urgent messages about the religious denomination of the Pope and the toilet amenities used by bears?”

Herald Diary A cryptic comment fit for a king

Trevor Muir assumes this cynical shopping carrier must be the original sad sack

Herald Diary A crash course in Latin

Don Harris from Leith is impressed that the makers of this T-shirt managed to spell the word Asia correctly, though he’s not entirely sure they deserve 10 out of 10 for geographical precision.

Herald Diary Want to be SNP leader? Hmm, that's not a good look...

“It seems that the poor old ogre from the movie cartoons has been blended into ice-cream,” says reader Richard Miller. “Cone but not forgotten.”

Herald Diary The dulling of Dahl

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John Bruce from Paisley was impressed by this store’s highly-focused use of marketing, though he wonders what any shopper, who doesn’t happen to be called Derek, will make of the sign.

How a Tunnock's Teacake can be a square deal

Stephen Flynn, the leader of the SNP at Westminster, during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London.

Kevin McKenna's Diary: I love a party with a happy atmosphere

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Denis Healey had words of advice that Nicola Sturgeon might do well to follow

Herald Diary: Classic reading for the First Minister

Gordon Casely spotted this sign while cycling in Whitstable, Kent. “If I patronised the place, would I qualify as a smackhead?” he wonders.

Herald Diary So is Glasgow the dear gloomy place?

Jack Watson, who spotted this curious sight, says: “It’s a quaint old cottage ruined by the incursion of the modern world. Or, if you’re a committed modernist, it’s a delightful lamppost ruined by the past’s irritating

Herald Diary Politics and the blame game

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Alasdair Mackenzie sighed with relief when he saw this bargain. “Cost of living crisis solved,” he says.

Herald Diary A fashion statement under the Umbrella

Gordon Casely spotted this sign amongst the gentle southern fields and hedgerows of Kent. But it surely would be more fitting in the more rumbunctious Deep South of America…

Herald Diary The Rising Sun and the hot cross bun

A friend of Debbie Meehan spotted this traffic sign. It would seem that the long-awaited fight back against our technological overlords has begun…

Herald Diary Pupil's excuse over Celtic player's mother earns accolade

Nigel Farage's old party Ukip

Herald Diary: UKIP – and the Coldplay connection

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A Milngavie reader spotted this car registration plate at the Anniesland traffic lights, and wonders whether the driver is a manufacturer of stockings, or perhaps simply a Spanish chap

Herald Diary Hifalutin', hen?

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Foster Evans spotted this notice, which he believes is less than uplifting.

Herald Diary Fawlty Towers proves we're going back to the 1970s

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Roger Aspinall tells us he found this sign most helpful, for he now knows what a clock is, which he thinks will be very helpful, one of these days.

Herald Diary Like clockwork... for numpties

Tom Wylie from Elderslie spotted this sign while holidaying in Tenerife.

Herald Diary Scottish pupils find newspaper question in English prelim a write test

Welsh rugby: Why, why, why no Delilah?

Herald Diary: How do you silence a thirsty rabble ?

“What this sign lacks in precision, it makes up for in accuracy,” points out reader Ed Black.

Herald Diary Be very careful when it comes to pie in the sky

Karen Traynor sends us this confusing use of signs. The good news is that one of them has to be right…

Herald Diary Darts on the telly? How about darts and the telly...

Gordon Miller from Falkirk applauds this aspirational message

Herald Diary Foiled by the haggis that fought back

Spotted in a Sheffield toilet by Stan Milton, who believes these lavatories are mostly used by Stormpoopers, not Stormtroopers.

Herald Diary All fired up for a birthday celebration

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It seems there’s now an Australian version of Prince Harry’s autobiography, as this topsy-turvy, down-under window-display in the Sauchiehall Street branch of Waterstones proves.

Burns Night Supper that had an explosive start

Kevin McKenna's Diary Fox hunting in Castlemilk and the Scottish Tories’ Goldie years

Ice cold .. Glen Daly

Herald Diary: The day of the underdog

Ron Cowley says this is the cocktail list in the bar of the hotel he’s staying in at in Dunkeld. “Do you think Putin will be enraged if he gets wind of this?” wonders a nervous Ron.

Herald Diary Dutch gymnasts hiding in plain sight