A real summer sale
Posted 1 Sep 2010
Guest Post, Signs | 3 Comments
We are very grateful to a loyal reader from Milwaukee, Wisconsin has sent in the following picture and comment:
Ever wish you take summer and bottle it up? Well head over to CVS where it is 33% off!!
Don’t forget, dear readers, that you can submit your own pictures and quirky observations to chickenmonkeydog-at-gmail-dot-com.
Not that kind of pet!
Posted 25 Aug 2010
Daily Life, Guest Post, Signs | Leave a Comment
A couple of readers from Evanston, Illinois were kind enough to share with us a photo they captured on the entrance to a local post office.
The sign on the door reads:
NO PETS ALLOWED
Except for Visually and Hearing Impaired
Our readers commented: “[Our] theory is that someone is putting on “The Miracle Worker” comprised entirely of dogs.”
Many thanks to our loyal readers from Evanston for submitting this quirky take. Our readers who capture something quirky are encouraged to email us at chickenmonkeydog [at] gmail [dot] com!
An unclear, but disturbing message
Posted 4 Aug 2010
Daily Life, Guest Post | 5 Comments
Legally required warnings on the side of cigarette packs are meant to be disturbing and to deter smoking. For example, they might shock the smoker out of complacence and force them to reconsider smoking. Or, they might embarrass the smoker into avoiding being seen doing something so damaging in public. Or they might trigger some other emotional response, but the main idea is for the smoker to want to smoke less.
Fair enough.
In this particular case, however, I feel like the message, though disturbing, is not really clear enough to tell the reader much of anything.
Is this suggesting that women who smoke while pregnant may have mentally retarded children? Is it targeted at children who are smoking, warning that smoking might demolish their mental development? Is it targeting those who smoke near children or near pregnant women?
Big thanks to a chickenmonkeydog reader over in East Africa for sending this photo in. We all bump into quirky events in our daily lives and here at ChickenMonkeyDog we love it when readers pass those quirky observances along to chickenmonkeydog [at] gmail [dot] com!
No community here
Posted 2 Jun 2010
Daily Life, Guest Post, People, Signs | 1 Comment
A reader spotted this sign in one of Chicago’s neighborhoods.
A free church for the community to enjoy?
Or a church where there is no bothersome community to deal with?
Big shout out to that reader from Chicago who has a camera and is not afraid to use it. Any readers who capture something quirky are encouraged to email us at chickenmonkeydog [at] gmail [dot] com!
Inspiring modern art
Posted 5 May 2010
Design, Guest Post, Places | 2 Comments
We received an email from a reader in Wisconsin who saw the picture below in her doctor’s office.
In sending through the picture, our reader writes: They have this CMD painting in the lobby! Go figure that such a place knows the power of CMD!!!!
Don’t forget that we love it when you submit photos of the quirky things you encounter to chickenmonkeydog [at] gmail [dot] com!
