Of all the signs in all the world, No Durians Allowed seems the most excessive. The king of tropical fruit tastes pretty nice but smells like ‘pig-shit, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock’ (according to food and travel writer Richard Sterling). You either love it or hate it. Most seem to hate it. Throughout South East Asia durians are banned on public transport and public places like airports and hotels. I love the sign which, without the description ‘No durians’, would look more like a ‘No Spiky Bombs’.