Tue 21 Jun 2005
Graffiti, churchyard wall, Newtown Australia. A cold windy Winter day, June 2005
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Tue 7 Jun 2005
Traces of Obviousness
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Crikey, that was close! Glad I read the label…
Wed 1 Jun 2005
More Adventures with Teeth
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I feel as disturbed by the thought that there might be dentists who are not ‘bio compatibal’ as by the spelling.
[Thanks Sarah]
Sun 22 May 2005
With Air!
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OK, who gets paid to think up the daft names of car models? I was driving behind a Toyota ‘Kluger’ the other day and I started thinking “What is that? Kluger? What’s that supposed to make me think?” It has a vaguely unappealing and harsh Teutonic sound to me, sort of like a cross between ‘kludge’ and ‘Luger’. I can’t for the life of me think of what kind of connotation would be positive with that name. And then there is the puke-making Subaru ‘Impreza’ which presumably wants you to think that it’s somehow imprezzive I guess. That should really pull the chicks. Who knows what Hyundai were thinking with the ‘Getz’ (getz you from here to there, maybe), and the Suzuki ‘Baleno’ just makes me think of whales (and by logical progression, corsets, but I’ll leave you to figure that one out…). As for the Daihatsu ‘Charade’, well, honestly who the hell would want to drive around in a car with a name that implies you should be driving something more substantial.
While we’re on the subject, can anyone explain why car sales lots are always festooned with balloons, like some cheap party, or a tawdry carnival. What are they trying to say? “Hey, we’re clowns – come and buy a car from us!”
PS. Any girls who drive Suzuki Balenos and like to wear corsets please be sure to get in touch. I will overlook your poor choice in cars.
Sun 15 May 2005
I Heart Bottles
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Searching Google for “I Hate Bottles” reveals that the phrase stencilled on the churchyard wall (Tetherd Cow, April 21 2005) most likely originates from an episode of Matt Groening’s ‘Futurama’. Another mystery explained… sort of…
The dirt here: [Link]
Sun 15 May 2005
Under the Host
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Blackboard outside a pub, King St, Newtown.
Cheap sophistication, huh? Two words that sit uncomfortably together at best. Somehow it doesn’t conjure up images of Cary Grant and Jane Wyman sipping Manhattans by the light of a silvery moon.
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