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24Jun/112

Beware of the Obvious

There must be some sort of history that precipitated the installation of this sign at Spanish Banks, otherwise the redundancy is pretty funny. Where's the sign for "WATER"?

Tagged as: beach, beware, Humour, information, rocks, Signs, spanish banks, warning, water 2 Comments

14Jun/114

Lord Stanley Statue Predicts Win

Even the statue of Lord Stanley himself at the entrance to Stanley Park says this will be the year the Canucks bring the Cup home. We'll see Wednesday night how his prophecy holds up!

Tagged as: fans, game, Hockey, hope, Humour, joke, lord stanley, People, playoff, prediction, Sports, stanley cup, Statue 4 Comments

5Jun/112

Walk (Trot) This Way

I know horses are smart, but didn't know they can read too. Going across the Causeway at Stanley Park is tricky enough, so good thing there's signs for everybody.

Tagged as: Bridge, direction, Humour, Nature, park, path, Signs, trail, walking 2 Comments

12May/110

Go to the Corner!

I'm glad there's a letter 'h' on the end of Pooh otherwise being sent to the corner when you've been bad could have a whole other connotation.

Tagged as: babysit, children, daycare, Humour, kids, school, Signs, winnie the pooh No Comments

24Jan/112

Gabby’s Country Cabaret; Rules are Meant to be Broken

Gabby's Country Cabaret is apparently an institution of sorts in Langley City. Having not been there before, we thought we'd check it out on the weekend. We stood in line for about 45 minutes with little on us besides some cash and our phones and keys, only to be met, finally, at the front of the line by a security guy pointing us to a sign by the entry barricade that said "photo id required". We were turned away after standing there all that time yet a) we certainly don't look like hooligans, b) we look like we finished high school many years ago so no worry on the under age thing, and c) we're respectable people there to check out the local entertainment. But the sign says a rule is a rule. I appreciate that there's rules, and I'd be more than willing to adhere to them, but when I saw these posted beside the photo identification required notice, this place lost all credibility:

Tagged as: band, dress code, entertainment, gabbys country cabaret, Humour, music, People, rules, Signs, steel toe boots 2 Comments

7Nov/103

It’s All About the Goalie

This appears to be a regular play; the goalie is keeping an eye on the player from the opposing team rounding the back of the net with the puck, but take note of the placement of the butt end of the goalie's stick:

The goalie now turns around to face the play... but where's his stick? Got stuck - haha:

Lucky in this instance that the league didn't vote on increasing the size of the goal nets:

Sometimes the limbs just aren't long enough:

Tagged as: arena, game, goal, Hockey, Humour, junior A, langley chiefs, langley events centre, net, People, play, puck, recreation, skates, skating, Sports, stick 3 Comments

28Oct/104

Hockey Spectating Translated

Taking a good hockey action photo is difficult. Personally, I'd want to see some ice flying, an emotional face, a puck and some stick movement in the frame to communicate the stress of the moment. Of course I didn't capture anything like that at the hockey game last weekend, which was a disappointment. That was made up, however, by the background crowd that I found I could tell more of a story with by imagining different speech bubble scenarios. And it was a good prompt for me to learn how to draw them to boot.

Tagged as: arena, audience, cheering, crowd, emotion, fans, game, Hockey, Humour, ice, junior A, langley chiefs, People, recreation, rink, skating, spectators, Sports 4 Comments

24Sep/108

Fetching Some Buns

Getting acquainted with Canon T1i video capabilities while we take the dog to the bakery:

Tagged as: animal, bakery, canon t1i, dog, doughnut, Humour, leash, movie, owner, pet, treat, video, walk 8 Comments

12Sep/106

Four Legs Not Allowed

She can't read.
Or she doesn't think she's a dog.

Tagged as: Animals, cute, dog, face, fur, grass, Humour, nose, pets, post, rules, Signs, sitting, warning 6 Comments

2Sep/100

Girls, Beer, Prizes

How anybody learns english properly is an amazing feat to me. Just look at this sign. Each time I read it I interpreted it differently. Is it:

"Bud Light Lime. Sampling Girls & Prizes!" meaning girls will circulate with samples of Bud Light Lime and you can win prizes.

"Bud Light Lime. Sampling girls & Prizes!" meaning you can have some Bud Light Lime and sample different girls but I'm not sure what exactly the prizes would be for in this case.

"Bud Light Lime Girls. Sampling & Prizes!" because someone had run out of room when they started writing the sign and didn't end up spacing the lines properly.

I can find out Sept 5 apparently.

Tagged as: advertisement, alcohol, bar, beer, beverage, bud light lime, competition, drinks, Food, Humour, People, pub, samples, sampling, Signs, socialize No Comments

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