Life In Peoria, or: o/` I saw the sign / and it opened up my eyes o/`
Ah, my Life in Peoria series, where I took pics of things that amused me in the Peoria area. I always enjoyed them, but I know at least one guy who got pissed off by the series. :: laugh ::
Tonight, since I haven't done these in a while, a collection of signs that I've seen over the last several months walking about the city. In each of these SOMETHING struck me as amusing. A fair warning: just because _I_ find them funny on some level, dosen't mean you necessarily will. Regardless, enjoy!
CAMIN SOON
A whiteboard outside of a Mexican restaurant, after it opened replacing another Mexican restaurant. Spelling isn't their strong suit. :: laugh :: Someone pointed this out to them a few weeks later, and an "o" was hastily drawn over the "a" in "camin," and a "g" was wedged between the two words -- it really looked ugly, and it was a shame.
FUCK THE DUB BITCH
Yeah, fuck her! Fuck her and her dubbing! I didn't wanna hear Harry Potter in Hebrew anyways! Fuck her dubbing! I THINK this might have meant "dumb", but I really don't know. And yes, I know this isn't a sign, really, but rather graffiti on one of the bus seats not too far from my work.
SPECIAL LUNCH BEER
Bring back those 60's martini lunches that ad execs used to have! WOOO! I'm sure there was supposed to be more to the sign, but it never got finished, leaving the employers of the restaurant who own this sign to just stare at me like I'm nuts as I took pics of the sign.
NOT SELF SERVE
I went with slavetoreznor to Baskin Robbins one night, and snickered as I saw this pop case. Why is this so funny? Because it was by the cashier and behind the counter! Had people going back by the registers become THAT big of a problem that they needed to put lettering on the glass?
"NO HOT WATER"
This is in my apartment's laundry facility. I can't tell you how long it's been, since there's been hot water there -- it's been at LEAST half a year now. A month after this sign went up, someone penciled in what you see here -- "Then fix it!" All sorts of sardonic notes were writen thereafter -- one said, "Pay yo rent on time and maybe we will!", but when I went back to get a picture someone had ripped all the writing off, leaving "NO HOT WATER". ;_;
MAKE SURE NO ONE SHAKES YOUR BABY
If any picture will get people mad at me, it's this. But I can't help it -- on my bus ride to and from work, I always see heavy-handed signs like this, usually with some public service message that I can't believe NEEDS to be said. Do people honestly shake their babies because they think it's a GOOD idea?! "Well I thought the baby functioned like an Etch-a-Sketch! All the features were kinda square so ..." Another sign read, "Your baby belongs in a crib, not a coffin." Really, Miss Marple? Thanks for telling me! What's the next one? "Make sure no one eats your baby"??
Tonight, since I haven't done these in a while, a collection of signs that I've seen over the last several months walking about the city. In each of these SOMETHING struck me as amusing. A fair warning: just because _I_ find them funny on some level, dosen't mean you necessarily will. Regardless, enjoy!
CAMIN SOON
A whiteboard outside of a Mexican restaurant, after it opened replacing another Mexican restaurant. Spelling isn't their strong suit. :: laugh :: Someone pointed this out to them a few weeks later, and an "o" was hastily drawn over the "a" in "camin," and a "g" was wedged between the two words -- it really looked ugly, and it was a shame.
FUCK THE DUB BITCH
Yeah, fuck her! Fuck her and her dubbing! I didn't wanna hear Harry Potter in Hebrew anyways! Fuck her dubbing! I THINK this might have meant "dumb", but I really don't know. And yes, I know this isn't a sign, really, but rather graffiti on one of the bus seats not too far from my work.
SPECIAL LUNCH BEER
Bring back those 60's martini lunches that ad execs used to have! WOOO! I'm sure there was supposed to be more to the sign, but it never got finished, leaving the employers of the restaurant who own this sign to just stare at me like I'm nuts as I took pics of the sign.
NOT SELF SERVE
I went with slavetoreznor to Baskin Robbins one night, and snickered as I saw this pop case. Why is this so funny? Because it was by the cashier and behind the counter! Had people going back by the registers become THAT big of a problem that they needed to put lettering on the glass?
"NO HOT WATER"
This is in my apartment's laundry facility. I can't tell you how long it's been, since there's been hot water there -- it's been at LEAST half a year now. A month after this sign went up, someone penciled in what you see here -- "Then fix it!" All sorts of sardonic notes were writen thereafter -- one said, "Pay yo rent on time and maybe we will!", but when I went back to get a picture someone had ripped all the writing off, leaving "NO HOT WATER". ;_;
MAKE SURE NO ONE SHAKES YOUR BABY
If any picture will get people mad at me, it's this. But I can't help it -- on my bus ride to and from work, I always see heavy-handed signs like this, usually with some public service message that I can't believe NEEDS to be said. Do people honestly shake their babies because they think it's a GOOD idea?! "Well I thought the baby functioned like an Etch-a-Sketch! All the features were kinda square so ..." Another sign read, "Your baby belongs in a crib, not a coffin." Really, Miss Marple? Thanks for telling me! What's the next one? "Make sure no one eats your baby"??