Tuesday, January 13, 2009

oldschool?


Greg spotted this mysterious sign at Walmart customer service. I have lots of ideas for what kind of people "carebear" might be a nickname for.

Monday, January 12, 2009

"victory"


Simon saw this one in Brighton and writes, "The "victory" referred to is Nelson's at the battle of Trafalgar - presumably whoever made the sign didn't consider it a convincing victory. Perhaps they were French."

depends on your frame of reference


You know how men tend to exaggerate the size of their apples. Thanks, Amanda.

"soda"


Tanzie saw this in Chicago. I'm not sure if they DO or DON'T carry coke there, actually. I'm going to go with this explanation: they were tired of people from the south referring to pepsi as a kind of coke, so decided to make fun of it on this sign.

relatively real


Sorry about the dark image here. It reads: Barber shop/ a " real " man's place (etc, that's the key moment there). Having read quite a bit of continental philosophy, I assume this is acknowledging that all the elements of our identity, including gender, are constructed, but if you want constructed realness, this is the place for you. But maybe not.

you know, "dogs"


That applies to yo' momma, if you know what I mean. Thanks, Dale.

more like frenemies


Andrew saw this one in Janesville, WI. I guess the garden, being inanimate, isn't really that friendly.

really more aqua


Jan writes, "I can only assume that these bags are actually made from virgin redwoods, pulped along with spotted owls and processed using oils drilled illegally in ANWR, then sewn by 4-year-olds working in underground sweatshops." I was thinking they were multicolored.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

more or less


Charlie and Joshua spotted this at a Northwestern football game. Well, you know how drunk football fans are with being timely...

the street's real name is indecent


Heather saw this at Red Cross Headquarters. I wonder what the real name of the street is?