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- Frogging Things Up
Reptiles! Reptiles! Reptiles! Okay, okay, we’ll let some amphibians in too. As a treat. (Billboard spotted while walking around last week.)
- Upper Limit
Okay, okay, I won’t toss this speck of neutron star material here! I guess I’ll just have to pack it out. (Spotted at the Hermosa Beach Pier over the weekend.)
- Rent!
It’s (still) too damn high. Spotted on a bus stop bench a few weeks ago.
- The Essentials
When I took this photo back in 2016, it was a combination coffee/Chinese food restaurant: they sold coffee in the mornings and Chinese food for lunch and dinner. The owner had previously run a separate coffee shop (The Bean Counter, IIRC) in the same shopping center, then combined the two businesses to save on rent. […]
- Made it to First Place!
While driving around Hermosa Beach, I finally made it to 1st Place! Unfortunately, once you get there, there’s only one way you can go.
- Caught the Superb Owl
Props to Niantic for both the timing on the raid day and for letting the players connect the dots themselves.
- Googly Eyes! Googly Eyes Everywhere!
- Do Not Taunt the Native Plants
Sign in front of some scraggly bushes: Endangered butterfly Habitat. Please do not bebother, bend, break, bulldose, collect, cross, crumple…
- Lost Control
Pulled it out of my backpack and saw that it had lost control. Not entirely. It still had some left. Or right, as the case may be. (Yes, I did eventually find the *ahem* key to restore it.)
- TJs Branching Out
Rumor has it that Trader Joe’s urgent care is actually provided by the name brand, just with different packaging.
- Now, With Evening Hours!
Saw this while out on an errand the other day. Maybe it’s just that I’m reading the latest October Daye book, but anything permanent involving the Winter Rose sounds like a bad idea!
- Our Trail is Better With Our Free Ap!
Found a place to hike this morning that was only in the 80s instead of hotter, and was greeted by this sign at the trailhead.
- Possibly TMI
The power company is prepping for maintenance work, and these guys are out with the temporary no parking signs and barriers. It’s still a better company name than the “Performance Utility Supply” I’ve driven past with a sign that’s mostly its initials.
- Location, Location, Location
Two storefronts in a mall. One is MAC Cosmetics. Right next to it is the Apple Store.
- Missing 🕶️
This has got to be intentional, right? A reference to all those cake wrecks where someone wrote out the directions on the cake?
- Notice of…What?
Spotted in front of an empty lot on a walk around the neighborhood.
- Oh, that’s NOT a Hammer!
From an ad Google sent out today for their new Pixel Tablet, where they’re plugging it as a hub for controlling “smart home” devices. At first glance, it looked like she was about to smash it with a hammer. I suppose that says something about my attitude toward IOT? (At second glance, it looked like […]
- Shelfie
Spotted at the library over the weekend.
- Nyan!
I love that the walking path indicator on StreetComplete turned into Nyan Cat for April 1 this year! Update 2024: They did it again. And not just the path indicator!
- Free…Coffee?
Um, no thanks, I’d rather pay for coffee across the street than take my chances here.
- Hearts Among Us
Spotted at a park last week. Amusingly, my phone autocorrected “crewmate” to “cremate” while I was adding the alt text. Considering this is Among Us, it’s not that far off…
- Faded Guidelines
Some of the signs are still up, almost three years later. Some people still wear masks, sometimes. And some people still get covid, sometimes. And memory of the 2020-2021 lockdown continues to fade.
- Oh No! They’ve Escaped!
Cage-free eggs, egg-free cage, what’s the difference?
- Forgotten, But Not Gone
Remember standing six feet apart?
- The Latest COVID?
Overheard at pharmacy: “Do you give out the latest COVID-19, uh, omicron?” Gee, I hope not… (Yeah, i know what he meant, and so did the pharmacist.)
- Eye See You
Spotted on a sidewalk in Santa Monica.
- Atomic Junk Shop IRL
I occasionally follow a blog called Atomic Junk Shop that covers comics, sci fi and related pop culture. Never thought I’d stumble on an actual “Atomic Junk” shop!
- Been Waiting a While?
Saw this while out walking this morning. I guess holiday decorations can last as long as you want them to!
- Reindeers are better than Covid…
Look, I get it, we all want to return to normal, but can we at least wait until after Halloween to put up the Christmas decorations? Spotted today during a store pickup at the mall.
- Esen-tial Workout
So, this would be where Mystique and Odo exercise, right? (In case you’re wondering about the title: Esen)
- Healthy Savings on…Liquid Death????
I mean, the idea of marketing canned water as “Liquid Death! (murder your thirst)” is weird enough (IIRC they wanted to make water “cool” like energy drinks), but the “healthy savings” label just kind of makes it!
- Good Advice
A few Covid-19 rules are still in place at this botanical garden, though it’s a lot more relaxed than it was last spring when they managed to stay open even through the early-pandemic lockdowns.
- X Marks the Spot
I do appreciate the bandage motif for the distancing markers at this urgent care.
- But it’s OFFICIAL!
I got an email about a class action settlement over alleged price fixing of CD/DVD drives in the early 2000s. Went to the website for more info, and found… this. Really inspires confidence, I tell ya.
- New Year’s Eve: 2019 vs 2020
Stay safe tonight.
- 2020: Overachiever (The Monoliths)
November 23: Helicopter pilot finds “strange” monolith in remote part of Utah. November 25: Using Google Earth to look for the Utah monolith site. One candidate that matches the landscape seems to have something vertical that appeared between the 2015 and 2016 images. No coordinates in the article. Attempt no landings there. December 7: After […]
- An Expression
Overheard during Zoom Mad Libs: Teacher: “I need an expression.” Student: (unintelligible) Teacher: “An appropriate expression.”
- Eevee for Vendetta
Yeah, I’m sure it’s been done before.
- Target’s ready for…Halloween?
- Be sure to wear a face covering when out in public
- Stuck in the Middle
Overheard: “Alexa, tell ____ I’m not talking to her!”
- Wearing is Caring
Every city around here has its own publicity and enforcement schemes for Covid-19 safety, though the criteria and general requirements are mostly decided at the county or state level. I haven’t gotten out to El Segundo much since the pandemic hit, so I hadn’t seen their “Wearing is Caring” slogan until this weekend.
- Jedi Blocks
Apparently Mojang hired Anakin Skywalker to write the captions for block descriptions in Minecraft Earth.
- Street (TIE) Fighters
I always think these markings look like TIE Fighters.
- Not a “Brand New Invention”
Now that Pumpkin Spice Season is back, I finally remembered to post this photo from last winter of — of all places — Wienerschnitzel, best known for its focus on hot dogs — plugging its pumpkin spice offerings. Or rather, “Pumpkin spice, spice, baby.” 🙄 Oddly enough, what I find most weird about the picture […]
- Boxed Up
I’m sure it’s just a delivery, but it looks like they’ve wrapped the entire store in bubble wrap to ship it somewhere.
- Could You Be a Bit More Specific?
I found this photo on my phone from sometime last year, back when you could still go to self-serve frozen yogurt/ice cream places. The label is…well…TBH it’s accurate, if a bit vague…
- When the birds hit the street looking for food to eat…
Of course my 2000th observation posted to iNaturalist would be the Goodfeathers!
- Richard the Thread
Found this photo that’s been sitting around on my phone for a year of a fabric store with a great pun in its name.
- New Kind of SCSI
I mean, I’m familiar with SCSI buses, but a SCSI truck is new to me. Do they have greater capacity? (spotted on a walk yesterday)
- Pokemon in the Restaurant Business
I’ve been meaning to post this Kangaskhan at Gengis Khan Mongolian barbecue since… September? I forget exactly. Yeah, it’s a mall food court, so it’s definitely the Before Times. And it looks like the older Pokemon Go camera mode. As for the Wynaut at ‘Y’ Not, that was a little more recent, on the way […]
- The Masked Guitarist
- Cocktails to Go 😵
Still not used to that being a thing.
- How to Order Coffee During a Pandemic
Hmm, hope they didn’t leave anything out!
- Social Distancing Piplup
Sorry, there’s no exception in the rules for Pokemon.
- Bicycle Barricades are Down
…and replaced with these warning signs to maintain distance. I think this particular path could have been left open with these warnings to begin with, because there’s so much room to go around people even if it did draw a crowd. It’s not like the paths along the base or top of the bluffs near […]
- Pillage Safely!
Even Minions are wearing face masks when they’re out pillaging.
- Sorta Open. Maaaybe. If You’re Careful.
I mentioned last week that Manhattan Beach had closed all their parks outright, rather than just closing equipment and facilities. Over the weekend heat wave, they reopened at least Polliwog Park, taking down the caution tape from the perimeter and instead wrapping individual playgrounds, gazebos, sculptures and even picnic tables with metal fencing. And signs. […]
- American Gothic: Social Distancing Edition
2026 update: The building, and several around it including an entire bowling alley, have been demolished to build a giant blocky monstrosity that, according to the banners on it, will soon be “luxury apartments.” The camera shop has been operating out of a warehouse unit, doing online and phone orders, ever since.
- Wait, What Hands?
Kiddo found this image somewhere and wanted to put up a few signs.
- Chalk it up to Social Distancing
Spotted on a walk around the neighborhood yesterday. Actually I’ve been seeing a lot of sidewalk chalk messages lately, some written by adults, others clearly written by kids. Starting about a week into the shutdown, when I went out for a walk and found a note from one of the kiddo’s former classmates saying hello. […]
- Welcome to the Park. Now Stay Away (From Each Other)
There’s a difference between “going out” to a destination or event, and “going outside” for fresh air or exercise. The first is more likely to land you in the kind of crowds that can help spread the pandemic. The second can usually be done while still keeping your distance from people. Depending on how easy […]
- Small Markets
Most people panic-buying supplies went to the supermarkets, not to smaller local groceries.
- Bike Path Closed on Account of Virus
This bike path was closed in response to too many people going outdoors to the same places, creating the crowds that the closures of bars, restaurants and retail stores were trying to avoid in an effort to slow the virus spread. I’m kind of surprised at this one. Unlike the paths near the beach, it […]
- I Assure You We’re Open!
More scenes from a pandemic shutdown: Panera really wants you to know they’re open! (California is currently limiting all restaurants to take-out/delivery only as part of the attempt to limit coronavirus spread.) They also had a sign propped up in their delivery van window pointing out that they’re selling bread, eggs and dairy — all […]
- Goodwill: Stay Healthy
Scenes from pandemic shutdown: Shuttered Goodwill. To be fair, I seem to remember they were already planning to remodel, so the plywood all over the windows could just be a case of bad timing. Update: Here’s a better picture of the sign from the near side of the street.
- What do you think’s in the pizzas?
This place often posts movie and TV quotes on its marquee, but sometimes their choices are a little…odd. #ToServeMan
- Wandering Off…
- Burner…Truck?
I’ve heard of burner phones, but burner trucks…? (seen on the way to work one morning a few weeks ago)
- It came from the 90s!
Not just the design…but they’re off-brand *POGs*.
- No Pho King Way
I regret to report that as of last summer, there is just NO PHO KING WAY.
- That’s One Really Coordinated Baby
Found this on a restroom changing table.
- Pizza Boba
Found this great combination in Santa Barbara last week. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to stop there. I didn’t even have time to get out the camera with an actual zoom, and had to make do with the phone.
- LAX “Snow,” Evening Edition
Snow has arrived at LAX for the season. Well, the only kind of snow it gets, anyway.
- Artoo Has Been In Low Power Mode
Sign spotted near LAX. Update: Replaced with a clearer photo. The original one was backlit during late afternoon.
- This Sign is F’ed
It’s like someone started to take down the sign, got almost to the end, and said, “F this, I’m going home.”
- SnorLAX
The kid watched the Snorlax episode of the original Pokémon cartoon around the same time I managed to catch one in Pokémon Go, and we had a conversation about text-to-speech on GPS navigation getting tripped up and telling me to take an exit “toward Lax Airport.” Oh, and something I didn’t mention when I posted […]
- Um, I’ll be sure to keep that in mind…
- Reindeer in a Rush
Christmas already? Spotted at the mall last night, a full week before Halloween.
- Holiday Creep? Yeah, We’ve Got That
Oh, come on. It’s still September. Holiday Creep is getting ridiculous. Sorry, I mean more ridiculous.
- LOLWATCH
It’s like it’s taunting me over not charging properly. (Pebble Watch)
- Arm Water?
Another weird photo from my old phone. I have no memory of where this was, but I was apparently there in 2013.
- I Shihtzu Not
Sign spotted in front of a veterinarian’s office: Your pets will love us. I shihtzu not.
- Priorities
- Beer is a dish best served cold….
Freebirds sign: Beer as cold as your ex’s heart – and bacon. You’re welcome.
- Radio Flyer (Grown-Up Edition)
Spotted way back in 2011.
- In retrospect, the stick figures look more like they’re dancing than falling.
(Another photo from the unsorted 2010-2013 folder I found last night.)
- Not Even in Emergencies?
I shudder to imagine what prompted them to post this sign…. (Another photo from the unsorted 2010-2013 folder I found last night.)
- Zombie Bakers Use Whole Brain Flour
I found a folder of unsorted photos from my 2010-2013 phone last night and started going through them. I found several gems, like this one!
- *@*@@*!
Not sure if this sign is in Qbert-ese or represents a store that’s named for a swear word…
- Critical Infrastructure
Sign on a pillar next to a cafe, proclaiming “Internet WWW Access.” I also found (a) gopher nearby.
- Those redactions have gone too far….
Relax. It’s all going to get [redacted].
- Death Wish Coffee
Found this at the grocery store. I, um, guess that answers the question of what coffee to serve with Death By Chocolate cake. 🤷♂️
- Coffee Helps
Spotted at a local coffee/tea/boba place. I like the quote.
- A joke that will only make sense if you’ve played Minecraft: Story Mode
This wine could be made…useful.
- You mean they don’t use a giant wooden horse?
Airport shuttle with a sign: How the Trojans sneak into LAX
- At the grocery store. TODAY.
- This space intentionally left…
- Recursive Crap
Not sure if I’m more appalled by the idea of smiling plastic poop that poops smiling candy poop, or amused by the shelf placement.
- This is the most snow LAX ever sees!
Seriously, it hasn’t snowed in the Los Angeles basin since 1962. We get snow in the mountains most years. And the San Fernando Valley apparently got a snowstorm in 1989. But the coast? Basically never.
- Location-Themed Advertising
A few blocks from the airport. I have no interest in the movie, but I do appreciate when advertisers make an effort to make use of a location instead of just being generic.
- Yes, THAT One!
They really want to make sure you know which door to use. The funny thing is: I still reached for this one (even if momentarily) right after taking the photo! (Every time I go back to this restaurant I remember that I still haven’t posted this photo, and by the time I have a chance […]
- Now I’m confused. I thought zombies *liked* hot sauce!
Spotted at World Market over the weekend.
- Modular Wetlands?
So this is where you plug in the wetlands? Just open the hatch and connect them? #confused 😕
- Going Somewhere, Solo?
Another building under (severe) renovation near LAX. The Solo movie posters are still up on this side of the construction wall, more than a month later, though the posters around the corner were replaced with ads for Mamma Mia today. Update (Monday): The posters on this site were replaced over the weekend. Still, it was […]
- I’m afraid to ask
- But does it have electrolytes?
Found on a case of bottled water whose marketers really hope you don’t understand how pH works.* I bet when you heat it up, it goes beyond hot, and actually speeds up its molecular motion! *You make water alkaline by adding OH– ions.
- Some dudes just really like potatoes, you know?
Some dudes just really like potatoes, you know?
- Groot, Guardian of the Internet
Groot reminds us that Net Neutrality is critical to internet freedom, and we should call Congress TODAY, before Thursday’s FCC vote to eliminate it.
- Free Brick!
- Gondor Calls For Aid!
Actually it’s just the last light of the setting sun reflecting off of a structure (the observatory?) atop Mt. Wilson. Also, you can see the sign on the Wilshire Grand tower is seriously bright, even from this far away.
- Halloween shopping at Costco 🙄
I didn’t even see a Halloween aisle this time, but Christmas was on full display. You know, I’ve been posting examples of holiday creep for over a decade now, and what’s changed the most is the quality of the camera I have with me when shopping. I mean, what the heck was I even carrying […]
- Flashing help?
Is that help with flashing? Help responding to flashing? Help that flashes? Wait, maybe I don’t want flashing help. (Pick your line breaks better!)
- What’s This Regulated Garbage?
I’m sure “regulated garbage” is a technical term, but it sounds more like a creative insult.
- All Pumpkin, all the Time
Now you can have pumpkin spice milk on your pumpkin cereal! Also interesting: “almond beverage” rather than “almond milk.”
- Offline Edit War
Edit war, carved into a Starbucks table.
- Coffee-Stain Chic?
I was amused to discover that a Starbucks in Beverly Hills is decorated in coffee-stain chic.
- …Or maybe somewhere else?
Big sign: Pay Here! Blocked off by caution tape, road cones, and another caution sign. Maybe there’s another station…?
- Wait a minute…
Sign: Free pizza on Christmas Day! Closed Dec. 25.
- OK, sure…but what order SHOULD I use them in?
- LAX(mas) Snow
Even in sunny Los Angeles, snowflakes symbolize Christmas and winter. It snows here, what, once every 100 years? (And we’re likely to wait even longer in the future.)
- I Hope They Don’t Mean the Pizzas!
I do like their pizza and their movie quote habit, but this one might not have been the best choice for a place that serves food 😛
- Still amused whenever I pull Order 66
- A world of pure imagination…
Usually they put movie quotes on the sign. This year they’ve taken to posting tributes to recently-passed celebrities. Usually in the form of relevant movie quotes. It’s been a year for that. In related news, I found a bottle of Snozzberry Soda on Saturday. A few days later, the timing seemed really weird.
- Targeting Pokémon
I went to Target this morning and found that someone had painted one of their signature red ball traffic barriers as a Pokéball. At first I figured it was a local thing, but I ended up having to make a second run, hit a different Target, and found that they’d done the same thing. I […]
- Free Shavocado!
This sign used to say FRESH AVOCADO. But for several years, it’s said something more like FRE SH AVOCA DO. Now it’s been “fixed.”
- Acupuncture Kabob!
Odd sign pairing. Admittedly acupuncture and kabobs both involve stabbing things, but I’m not sure they combine very well.
- Big Wave Realty?
I always feel like this logo is warning you not to buy in the tsunami zone.
- Ah yes, the grand Irish tradition of surfing
Sometimes I wonder about the “everyone — and everything — is Irish for a day” approach to St. Patrick’s Day.
- Ok, so which is it?
Stop or yield?
- Just Missed It
Now where can I find an elf?
- By Grabthar’s Hammer
I would have gone with a different form of the catch-phrase, but in a way, it’s kind of meta. And yes, this is the same pizza place that had the Ziggy Stardust sign last week.
- Rocking Like Stardust
I drove by this sign while listening to “Ashes to Ashes.” With timing like that, I had to turn around and get a photo.
- Split Seating
I appreciate double billboards that only make sense when used together. This isn’t quite as good as the Surface Pro pair I saw a while back…
- Oddly Specific Advertising
A Casper billboard on PCH advertises the ‘perfect mattress for furries.’ I assume it’s part of a series. Either that or they’re into really niche marketing.
- Panorama Fail: Chalk Edition
The kiddo was drawing with sidewalk chalk today, after looking at a round-up of panorama fails. So he drew one.
- AAAAAARP!
When I first spotted this sign, the ampersand in the middle looked like just one more A.
- So that’s where Vaporware comes from!
This sign pairing has been there for years, and we finally picked up enough round tuits to snap a photo of it. Usually we try to catch funny signs like this as soon as possible. You can bet M’hael’s wasn’t up for very long. But sometimes, as in this case, it’s not something broken, it’s […]
- “A” Outlet?
Grammar fail? Or maybe they only sell things like anvils, anchovies, aardvark chow…
- Pumpkin Spice ALL the things! (And we mean ALL!)
Cookies, salsa, breakfast cereal (two kinds!), barbecue sauce, soup, applesauce, hard cider…and Pumpkin Spice Kale Chips.
- Going Halloween shopping. *sigh*
More Christmas in October.
- Eek! GERMS!
One of many kids’ drawings reminding you to wash your hands at a children’s hospital.
- Train to Wonderland
I love that Boston has a subway station called Wonderland, and since it’s the end of the line, all the direction signs for north say ‘To Wonderland.’
- Painting the Grass Green
California has cut back a lot of water usage, but some places just can’t accept ‘brown is the new green’ for their lawns.
- Enjoy Your Park!…Just Don’t Touch Anything
Absolutely no swimming, wading, fishing, biking, dogs, barbecues…actually it’s probably best if you don’t do anything at all.
- Limited edition soda cans. OK, fine….HOW?
I guess collecting is sort of the point with a lot of media tie-in packaging (well, that and cross-promotion, of course), but I really have to wonder how people typically collect food packages. I mean, do you keep the can unopened and hope it doesn’t leak? Do you drink it even though the can won’t […]
- Low-Tech/High Tech B&N
I stopped frequenting Barnes & Noble a while back because they were so determined to sell you a Nook and get you out of the store, never to return. (That, and for a while we had a great indie bookstore nearby.) Now they’re selling vinyl records. And holding events. They’re doing Throwback Thursdays and a […]
- It is a Silly Place
The most appropriate movie quote I’ve ever seen on this sign: Round Table Pizza meets the Knights Who Say Ni.
- Still Dangerous
I’m not sure this fence is entirely stable. Update: Here’s another section of the fence that I don’t think I’d want to lean on! Photo album on Flickr: Del Cerro Views Originally posted on Instagram
- Rules are Rules
Overheard at the park: I’m 13, Grandma, I can’t be on this playground. Why? It says 5-12.
- Pixar knows how to advertise with coffee.
Normally I don’t like glossy coffee sleeves because they don’t insulate very well, but I like the thought put into this one for Inside Out.
- Wait, is this the same shop?
Gelato, coffee and bikinis. Definitely a beach town!
- Pizza Place Preps for Pi Day
The local Round Table Pizza is advertising using Pi Day. I love that this has become a thing.
- No Pie For You!
Sure, it’s been done before, but this is the first I’d seen the No Pie meme in the wild.
- Well, THAT narrows it down.
Went to see a screening of the Wizard of Oz. Not that you could tell from the ticket, but they made sure you knew who was presenting it!
- Pumpkin Spice ALL the things!
I found pumpkin spice *salsa* at the market – and not in the clearance aisle!
- Priorities!
I love the contrast between the two reviews of this park. Great for families? Great make-out spot? It’s very versatile!
- Restroom for ME! All Mine! You Can’t Have it!
Someone had fun with this sign. Several someones, I suspect. At first it seemed oddly specific. Why have a restroom for just ME? A hand-painted N fixed it…until someone else scraped off the remaining letters. Now it just says N…
- What about turkey pizza?
I’m sure this opinion of turkey is entirely unbiased.
- From the Department of Excessively Loquacious Indicators
Photo of an amazingly wordy sign. Really, they couldn’t just say “STAIRS TO LEVEL 2″…?
- No Soliciting Zombies
I’m not sure that’s what the signs on this door are trying to say about zombie solicitors.
- Hallo!
“Did you say Hello?” “No, I said Hallo, but that’s close enough.”
- Order 66, Extra Crispy
Appropriately, the kiddo was wearing his Darth Vader shirt.
- No, thanks. We don’t want any.
I don’t think I want to shop at a “SARS” outlet store…
- Neighborhood Hunting Grounds?
I don’t think they need to worry about anyone hunting, fishing or trapping in this tiny suburban lot. Well, maybe squirrels…?
- Whatever That Means
So what exactly is a “coastal modern” parking structure and why is it so great?
- Obscure joke, ask your parents
On the way to work this morning, I noticed the car in front of me had a license plate frame that read: LIL LADY KT GOES KABOOM.
- Another Craze Has Gone Too Far
I really don’t think your skin cares whether you smear greek yogurt on it or the more conventional kind.
- Not everyone wants you to pay your bills online (Photo)
Businesses are trying hard to switch everyone from paper to electronic billing., but there are a few that would rather you kept paying by mail.
- Kale soda. Now they’ve gone too far.
- Price wars are getting serious
9 Cent Only Stores: Now that’s what I call a discount!
- I Dream of Holiday Creep
Christmas decorations already up and it’s not even Halloween. How about letting holidays actually, y’know, HAPPEN before moving onto N+2 (what happened to Thanksgiving, anyway?)
- Depthless Knowledge
Overheard: I don’t know, it’s what it said on Wikipedia.
- That’s It!
Overheard on the playground: — Well I’m going to go on the internet! — Well, I’M going to go on the internet and READ A BOOK!
- Jobs Paranoia
I don’t know about paranoia, but there’s certainly a lot of anxiety about jobs these days…
- Fallen Giants
Overheard after an ad for Jobs. A kid asks, “What’s IBM?”
- Safety Record
I want to know who broke that streak.
- The strict shuttle arrives exactly every 17.5 minutes
The strict shuttle arrives exactly every 17.5 minutes.
- The Mutant Three-Eyed Fish of San Pedro
On the side of the road between Angel’s Gate Park and Point Fermin Park. A little ways downhill there was a one-eyed octopus.
- Shuttle Frequency
Apparently these airport shuttles have a frequency of five Hertz.
- Apple: Supported After All
It felt weird to kill time at the Apple store with my Android phone. I thought about reading the new Flash comic, but that seemed off as well…or was it?
- Enforced by Laser (Flat Version)
I’m sure 45 MPH ENFORCED BY LASER doesn’t mean what it sounds like, but really…who wants to take that chance? (Photos of a real traffic sign.)
- No…Pho King Way!
The next time someone tells you “There’s No Pho King Way!” you can tell them that yes, actually, there is.
- Enforced by Laser!
I’m sure 45 MPH ENFORCED BY LASER doesn’t mean what it sounds like, but really…who wants to take that chance? (GIF animation of a real traffic sign.)
- Trapped!
I love the expression on this warning sign on a laundromat washing machine.
- Can It Make .5 Past Lightspeed?
I saw a car with the license plate “KESEL RN” or possibly “KESSL RN” – either way, I want to know how many parsecs it can make the trip in.
- Easter Already?
Just a few days after Valentine’s, even the Easter Bunny is disgusted at how early the decorations and store products go up. (What happened to St. Patrick’s Day, anyway?)
- What the M’Hael?
Apparently in the First Age, Mazrim Taim sought power by running a craft store, rather than becoming head of the Asha’man.
- Chas Bank
They get really annoyed when you call and ask to talk to Chuck.
- TMI, Santa!
Sign spotted at a mini-mall: Santa & Mrs. Claus Wax Here.
- Divide and Conquer
A pair of separate billboards used for Microsoft’s Surface tablet ad campaign. Creative use of existing space.
- Professor Jones’ Pizza
If a professor of medieval studies and Grail scholar wanted to run a pizza parlor franchise, Round Table would be the one to go with.
- IZYLOST
Licence plate spotted on a taxi. To answer the question: Gee, I hope not!
- Stapler
Round Table Pizza sign: I Believe You Have My Stapler
- Everything Clear?
I think someone’s confused about the concept of step-by-step directions. (Not to mention the definition of “above.”) (Originally posted on Facebook and Google+)
- Headline: Radioactive Tuna Reach U.S. Shores
It sounds like the setup for the kind of 50s B sci-fi movie that would have found a home on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Or possibly a SyFy Original Movie.
- Home WHAT!?
Sign: IKEA Home F—ings. I guess they’re branching out?
- Understated
License plate spotted on a Jaguar: AKITTEN.
- A Goo Place to Shop
Sign spotted while shopping: Home Goo! In case you need more goo for your home…
- Car Trek
License plate spotted today: ★TREK11