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.

 

Fri 13 May 2005

And Wipe Your Feet

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Oh, I dunno. It just caught my eye. It’s a fancy way of saying “Scum This Way”…

 

Wed 4 May 2005

The Trouble With Pebbles

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This sent to me by my friend Simon von W. He asks:

If they had enough pebblecrete leftover from doing the fence and yard to do the letterbox what else have they pebblecreted inside the house?

Please write with your suggestions.

[Thanks Simon]

 

Mon 2 May 2005

Turn On, Tune In, Check Out?

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Apparently what they really mean is ‘Free DSL’

Thanks PiñaBlog [Link]

 

Thu 28 Apr 2005

Ethernutz?

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This on a cyclone fence surrounding a vacant lot.

Now what is it that inspires total lack of confidence here? That the sign is handwritten, when these dudes are supposed to be computer repairers? That the writing is uniformly bunched up to the right hand edge? That some of it is almost impossible to read? That if, even if I ignored all those misgivings, I should choose to have these people repair my computer, there is no way of contacting them written on the sign?

 

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