Why no auto soap dispenser?
Posted 10 Jun 2010
Daily Life, Design, Places, The Little Things | 2 Comments
During a recent road trip I noticed that the men’s washrooms in the rest (or service) areas along the highway (on I76/I80) had auto-starting water faucets and auto-starting hand dryers. However, all the soap dispensers were the old fashioned kind — pump by hand. Why is that?! Shouldn’t the highway authorities be using technology to encourage the motoring public to wash their hands?
The Greenman of the Crosswalk
Posted 20 May 2010
People, Places, Weird | 7 Comments
Something on the pavement caught my eye as I crossed a busy, traffic-light controlled street in the city center of West Chester, PA.
Could I have spotted the Greenman of the Crosswalk?
Our friends in Greenland!
Posted 19 May 2010
People, Places, Postcards | 4 Comments
Hello Good Readers,
We might have also entitled today’s post: Vor bekendte i Greenland.
We’re so pleased to report that our collective efforts to reach the verdant shores of fair Greenland have proven successful. Through the power our our posts, our Facebook wall messages, our Tweets and even our little postcards, we were able to raise the chickenmonkeydog flag to catch the attention of the good people of that noble land.
To celebrate our new friendship with Greenland, we’ve decided the post the national anthem of Greenland on our website.
Nunarput Utoqqarsuanngoravit
(in Danish)
Nangmineq erinllik
Nunarput, utoqqarsuanngoravit niaqqut ulissimavoqq qiinik.
Qitornatit kissumiaannarpatit tunillugit sineriavit piinik.
Akullequtaastut merletutut ilinni perotugut tamaani
kalaallinik imminik taajumavugut niaqquit ataqqinartup saani.
Atortillugillu tamaasa pisit ingerlaniarusuleqaagut,
nutarterlugillu noqitsigisatit siumut, siumut piumaqaagut.
Inersimalersut ingerlanerat tungaalitsiterusuleqaarput,
oqaatsit “aviisit” qanoq kingunerat atussasoq erinigileqaarput.
Taqilluni naami atunngiveqaaq, kalaallit siumut makigitsi.
Inuttut inuuneq pigiuminaqaaq, saperasi isumaqaleritsi.
Our Country Who’s Become So Old
(in English)
Our country, who’s become so old your head all covered with white hair.
Always held us, your children, in your bosom providing the riches of your coasts.
As middle children in the family we blossomed here Greenland,
we want to call ourselves before your proud and honourable head.
With a burning desire to develop what you have to give, renewing,
Removing your obstacles our desire to move is forward, forward.
The way of matured societies is our zealous goal to attain;
the effect of speech and letters we long to behold.
Humbleness is not the course Greenland wake up and be proud!
A dignified life is our goal; courageously take a stand.
(NOTE: The map at the top of this post is a screen shot from Google Analtyics. That Greenland is coloured in green means that chickenmonkeydog.com has had visits from that location.)
Eat, drink and freak out!
Posted 17 May 2010
Daily Life, Drinks, Food, Places, Weird | 8 Comments
You know how a lot of restaurants put a bit of their “background story” inside their menu?
At a small restaurant in Bangalore I noticed this little blurb, and one line in particular struck me as odd.
Located at Rayal Comforts on 5th floor, Attic is a cool place to eat, drink and to freak out.
Really? To freak out? Is that what you want people to associate with your restaurant? Is that what you want people to DO at your restaurant? Really!?
Prime Parking Spot for Marco Polo
Posted 12 May 2010
Commuting, Daily Life, People, Places, Signs | 4 Comments
You know you’ve got it made when you start having parking spots reserved just for you. Close to the door, convenience reigns supreme.
Now imagine if you had a parking spot reserved for you 700 years after you died, in a city you had never visited, just in case you ever show up?
