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More fun signage news from around the world - this time from New Zealand - George Rice never had to ask for a sign - they have been coming to him for the past 36 years, ever since he moved into his Paraparaumu home. There are street signs and public health signs, signs from Kapiti Coast District Council and signs from Child, Youth and Family, signs selling candy floss and signs selling Sony PlayStations.

He could not remember exactly when he started collecting signs nor how many he owned, but they covered his expansive back yard. "It's like a drug. You start with one sign and then it just keeps going," he said. The police had never taken issue with his collection, which greets passers-by in Awatea Ave. The council, where he worked in waterworks for 20 years, had not made a fuss either, Mr Rice said.

Signs are only one of his passions. Several walls of his house are papered with thousands of beer stickers from around the world, which Mr Rice coated in polyurethane. A shed out the back is lined wall-to-wall with exotic beer bottles.

Anyone passing through Paraparaumu was welcome to view his collection, he said. His tip for other collectors was plain. "I'm bloody mad. You've got to be mad."

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