'Parks and Rec' Star Nick Offerman's Face Used for Men's Bathroom Sign in India

Actor and comedian Nick Offerman is perhaps best known for his role as Ron Swanson on the beloved Parks and Rec. Swanson is a traditional man's man who loves camping, woodworking, facial hair and red meat on red meat (not unlike Offerman himself). Apparently fans in India take this to mean he is the epitome of men and masculinity, because they've decided to use a picture of his face to denote which bathroom is for men only.

Michelle Johnson Blimes was visiting Madurai, India, with her family last month when she noticed the sign, which is actually more like a giant billboard. She snapped a picture and posted it to Facebook, saying, "Do you think Nick Offerman knows his image is being used in Madurai, India, to label the men's bathroom?"

The picture clearly shows Offerman's picture on the right, and a woman's picture on the left. In between the two images is the word "Toilet."

Where Ron Swanson might have been mightily offended at the huge breach of privacy, Nick Offerman was a little more accepting of the image, which went viral after Blimes posted it. Offerman simply tweeted, "#Namaste," alongside the image.

A few weeks later a similar incident occurred, when Offerman's wife Megan Mullally (who also appeared on Parks and Rec as Ron's infamous ex-wife, Tammy) tweeted at her husband a picture of his face being used for what looks like a possible dentist's ad in Russia. Mullally simply captioned the funny pic saying, "THIS."

Offerman has been busy of late: the star has three upcoming movies in 2016. He will appear in The Founder, a biographical film about Ray Kroc, who would go on to acquire the McDonald's chain from the original founders. He also lends his voice to two upcoming animated films: Ice Age: Collision Course and Sing.