Saturday, May 20, 2006

Signage

The crossing signal buttons at intersections, which I consider to be a scam in every city, are blue boxes. The old ones have the button out of sight on the bottom; the new ones have the buttons on the front. During this transitional period, a government employee with a sense of the absurd added symbols to indicate where gullible pedestrians can find the button to push:

I think it looks more like 'This guy wants to go to the moon.'



The anthropomorphic mascot for VEEEN's trash pickup / recycling program seems to be a leering slime mold with an open tin can embedded in its back:



And George Clooney is shilling a coffee product called Nespresso. He looks a little bit like he's going through heroin withdrawl and the tiny cup holds a sweet, creamy dose of methadone. Image coming soon...



There are now more photos to see on Flickr.

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