Renting office space next door to a museum devoted to penises means you’re pretty much required to have a decent sense of humor about the whole thing — that is, unless tourists continually walk into your office in search of dongs.
Apparently, tourists in Iceland frequently confuse the Reykjavík International Film Festival offices for the Icelandic Phallological Museum (which is, you guessed it, a museum for all things penis-related). In order to curb the confusion, the RIFF offices decided to put up a not-so-subtle sign.
First world problem in Iceland. pic.twitter.com/LYLON77nuU
— Ásta Helgadóttir (@asta_fish) March 12, 2018
(In case you were wondering, the Icelandic Phallological Museum specializes in being “the only museum in the world to contain a collection of phallic specimens belonging to all the various types of mammal found in a single country.” So. Good to know.)
Naturally, Twitter loved the passive-aggressive sign.
https://twitter.com/DougExeter/status/973308080833232896
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/973290472528478209
“Just kidding, this is totally the penis museum” https://t.co/p5xyhqEvRK
— Colby Cosh (@colbycosh) March 12, 2018
One person even admitted to making this very mistake on their trip to Iceland.
OH MY GOD I THINK MY GIRLFRIEND AND I HELPED INSPIRE THIS SIGN!
Sorry, nice friendly Icelanders who work in a building that apparently is quite often mistake for the penis museum.— Jason Seba (@jason_seba) March 12, 2018
For the record, they highly recommend the Phallological Museum to any potential tourists.
Indeed! It was about 5 years ago –
We were walking the beautiful streets of Reykjavík, try to follow the (not good!) directions from the museums web site.— Jason Seba (@jason_seba) March 12, 2018
My girlfriend said “the Phallological museum”
I guess the word “Phallological” is not commonly known to Icelandic English speakers. But she tried again: “the Phallological museum! Phalusses!”— Jason Seba (@jason_seba) March 12, 2018
After they stopped laughing – they were very helpful in providing directions to the correct location and we had a wonderful visit. Can’t wait to go back!!
— Jason Seba (@jason_seba) March 12, 2018
And, in case you were wondering, this is what the Icelandic Phallological Museum sign looks like.
https://twitter.com/jdeau9/status/973310238689554433
Wow. They’re right. You really can’t miss it.