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April 26, 2008
PhotoHunt: Unique/Funny Signs
I've got two photos from my archives today. Neither is a particularly beautiful shot, but I think it's hard to take a photograph of a 2-D object and really do it justice. Photography, to my mind, is mostly about the play of light and shadow across forms, and flat objects like signs just don't work well. Plus, you can't even take advantage of patterns, since they're pretty uniform things, signs.
I haven't posted this first sign before. I took it last November at the condo my family rented in McCall over the Thanksgiving week. A little background. McCall is a woodsy resort town on a lake. The condo is "rustic." The living room space is tiny with sliding glass doors that open onto a small, covered cement porch next to a "creek" (which is in quotation marks because it's basically a windy little indentation lined with river rock). The unit is carpeted inside, except for linoleum in the kitchen and bathrooms and the small slate platform upon which the obligatory woodstove rests. This sign? Is stuck to the wall next to the woodstove.
Um. Okay. I wonder how many tenants split their logs indoors before someone felt that a notice just had to be posted.
This second shot is from our neighborhood. I took it two summers ago after Dave and I noticed the "typo" on one of our walks to the nearest (and best) Mexican restaurant in town. It's on the corner of East B Street.
Not a new error, that one. Imagine having your misspellings more or less carved in stone for all the world to see, including the generations that come after you.
Posted by sally at April 26, 2008 08:20 AM
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I love the "EATS B." You have made me chuckle. Have a great weekend.
Posted by: Eve at April 26, 2008 08:57 AM
yikes, hate to be the person who made that typo in concrete. Great unique photo though.
Posted by: Larry at April 26, 2008 09:29 AM
too funny!
Posted by: Tamy at April 26, 2008 09:43 AM
Those are great signs. The crazy thing is, there are enough people out there who would split their wood inside. There are so many of those signs (of course I couldn't find any for the theme) because people have to be told these things. It is a lot like warning labels on things. Companies covering their backside. "Do not submerse blow dryer in water when plugged in" or otherwise I am thinking. Crazy thing is, people need to be told these things.
That would be embarrassing to spell something wrong in cement or road paint. I am sure that is more common than we know also. At least it is by a great restaurant.
Posted by: Dawn at April 26, 2008 10:05 AM
I'd say yes to the top one, and I'll say nothing about the bottom one...my mind is in the GUTTER right now!!
My signs are posted, hope you can drop by and take a guess at the game?!!!
Posted by: HOOTIN' ANNI at April 26, 2008 10:49 AM
Love the "East" - big difference from just a billboard typo that gets changed every few months! lol
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Posted by: {Ãñgê£}ä at April 26, 2008 01:10 PM
I can just picture the owner of the condo coming back and finding signs of firewood chopped in the living room. I also love the sidewalk picture. Great post.
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