The First Cut is the Deepest
Posted 24 Mar 2009
Unfortunately the camera phone makes it hard to view exactly what this is a picture of, but it’s a container for sharps disposal. Now that wouldn’t be so unusual if it were located in a doctor’s office and not, say, the bathroom at a riverboat casino. But let me assure you that it is in fact the latter. What goes on at this casino that they need to have a permanent system for the safe disposal of needles?!
Knowing the stereotypical Midwestern gambler, my first (rational) thought was lancets for diabetes. What is your guess?
Worth the import duties?
Posted 23 Mar 2009
Commuting, The Little Things | 5 Comments
Some time ago, I snapped the above photo from a coach as it carried me into London along the M40. I thought that spotting such a car in the UK was very funny. So, I shared the above photo with my co-editor. We had an internal discussion about whether such a car scooting down the English motorway was quirky enough to warrant a post. In the end, we decided it wasn’t.
Then over this past weekend, a related question popped into my head. Does the above car warrant paying the shipping fees and import duties that the owner surely must have incurred to bring the car over from America? That point definitely warrants discussion here …
So, please discuss.
Window washer or Russian operative?
Posted 20 Mar 2009
Commuting, News, Places | 5 Comments
The mysterious murder of Alexander Litvenko has caused a rift in Anglo-Russian relations in recent years. The topic has been a source of regular news fodder for the BBC.
With that in mind …
As I strolled out of Vauxhall Tube station earlier this week, I was surprised to see someone cleaning the windows of MI-6′s headquarters.
My first thought was this man really cleaning the windows or was he actually a Russian operative seeking to infiltrate British Intelligence’s offices?
There’s been nothing in the news about this, but then again, did you really expect there to be? Espionage is such a secretive game.
Misleading verbal cues!
Posted 19 Mar 2009
Drinks, Language, Signs | 2 Comments
At a company meeting the other week I stepped out to grab a refreshment (some coffee to wake me up) and as I went to fill my styrofoam-insulated cup, I saw this written on the coffee dispenser handle:
And on the close-up:
The dispenser lever has the phrase “Do Not Serve” written across it.
Talk about misleading verbal cues! The coffee is out there on the drink table and all my experience to date has led me to believe that pulling this lever will get me a drink, yet the very words on that lever suggest it isn’t so.
I moved on and used the coffee thermos next to this one.
Slippery cartwheels
Posted 18 Mar 2009
Daily Life, Signs | 4 Comments
This sign on the ground of the wharf in San Francisco was passed unnoticed by many folks, but I was keen to spot the obvious re-use of their “cart-wheeling man” graphic. I think the city of San Francisco was trying to save money by re-using the “cart-wheeling man” graphic and calling it the “falling man” graphic.
There is no way someone who slipped would look so exuberant on the way down.
