Wednesday, October 03, 2007

manage this


Submitter Kyle suggests that "records management" means they just burn them out back. I'm inclined to believe it's a euphemism for a more sinister business.

I don't want them either


Will in LA saw this sign, and quips, "What a shame for those old beaters to be made to believe they're really truly loved only to find out it was all just a lie as they get sent instead to the great salvage yard in the sky. Sigh. "

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

this ice cream is "healthy" too


Dave endangered his life by taking this picture while driving in the rain at night. While I do not recommend this behavior, this is a pretty great picture. I'm pretty sure I don't want to see any of those "happy" children.

Raw fish


I kind of like this because it's a little snarky - "umm yeah the sushi might contain raw fish." Doi. I'm doubting that was the intent, but feel free to notice or not, whatever.

also for manager parking


Keith saw this sign in San Francisco in a place that is theoretically only for loading and unloading.

it's "flammable"


Maybe the person at the factory attempted to set this bathmat on fire unsuccessfully. There's some joke in the other set of quotes, but I can't find it at this early hour. Go at it in the comments. Thanks Ashley!

Monday, October 01, 2007

wink wink


As submitter Chris points out, there is also some seemingly random use of capitalization for emphasis and all caps for emphasis. The availability of coffee is more important to me than the presence of bath towels, so there it is. Maybe they say "Do Not Remove" because they really mean "go ahead and take them, so we can charge you outrageous prices for them."

readers, te "amo"


Nicholas took this picture in Buenos Aires. For those unfamiliar with the Spanish language, it means "Laura, I 'love' you." Evidently he (or she I suppose) only loves Laura in a manner of speaking, but does want to express this "love" in graffiti.

maybe it's a pen name?


explains Nathan: "While at a rally at the University of Massachusetts advocating the release of Jill Carroll, the imprisoned Christian Science Monitor journalist, I saw a whopper. The attached photo doesn't do it justice, but there was a large banner that said, plaintively, 'Free "Jill"' and nothing else. The rally was run by the school paper and their journalism department."

or don't notice it


Kevin sent me this one. I guess you could excuse it for being the title of the sign? However, most signs do not need descriptive titles.