seinfeil – one of these things is not like the other
Walking in the fantastic Mill Creek Ravine area, my eye was caught by something green.
ENHANCE!
Oops. (Or is this dastardly vandalism?)
seinfeil – those darn kids
You think you’re so funny, changing around letters on signs to spell out funny things, don’t you?
We do too.
Hey, we never claimed to be classy.
seinfeil: You must remenber this
Is this extra disappointing because it’s at a school? Maybe just a little.
Saturday’s seinfeil
We are grammar nerds, sometimes.
It was only a matter of time before poor use of an apostrophe made its way into a seinfeil.
This would lead me to believe it's Saturday's only...something...
seinfeil: Advertising mistakes
I had to snap this photo because it reminded me how tumultuous a life in radio, dependent on ratings, can be. So many people get fired so many times.
Interior: Edmonton’s EZ Rock 104.9. Early morning. The office of the boss. A nervous looking promotions staffer enters.
Promotions guy: Hey boss. You remember those bus ads we ordered for fall ratings?
Boss: Yup.
Promo: They’re on Edmonton Transit buses today… (a look of dread is on his face)
Boss: Great!
Two of those three people have been fired.
seinfeil – Meanwhile, Back at Casino…
Lightbulbs are expensive. Don't you know there's a recession on?
SEINFEIL SERMON
Umm, what?
I think, near the bottom of the list of things needed is a holy war with Leduc.
Seinfeil: “Do you think anyone will notice…”
..that you accidentally bought the wrong sign? No, I think you're cool.
Scrambled #yeg
This one has no real rhyme or reason. This is just a random assortment of stuff I’ve found while wandering the streets of Edmonton looking for ideas, inspiration and beer. Not necessarily in that order.
Please point me in the direction of random things, or send me your photos/links to your photos.
You never know who you’ll bump into at the farmers’ market. Why, that’s Edmonton’s own Martin Kerr. A singer-songwriter (and one-time Canadian Idol contestant, but I wouldn’t know much about that).
This one was so bad (pun?) it was too good to not run over and snap a picture.
This one comes in two parts. There’s a collection of couches in an empty lot…
And way down there, on that green couch, you can see a box…of course it’s filled with…
Videos? I guess. This reminded me of the time I removed a shopping cart from our parking lot. It was full of clothing, random garbage, some food (mostly mustard) and a VHS copy of Mon Oncle Antoine.
About this next one…I just want to point out that if they’re looking down to see these on the sidewalk they’ve already crashed or are about to…
No wheels on Whyte
We all need to know what happened here…
Did a guy kick out a car window, jump, then rip his underwear off and run? If so, was he wearing just underwear prior to the escape?
Or did he kick in a car window from the street, and have to remove his underwear for some unknown reason? A lot of questions but no answers right now.
seinfeil – a trusty mechanic
You know what, if I had a car I would totally take it to TOONTOWN AUTO.
I'm told it's Downtown Auto. My way is funnier.
On a total sidebar, there are a lot of Roger Rabbit fan sites. By “a lot” I mean more than the one or two I was expecting to find by Googling Toontown.
The Princess seinfeil
Not only do I get to allude to one of the great 80s movies with the headline, I also have to point out a seinfeil that pains me a little.
I like the Princess Theatre. It’s too bad they ran out of letters/room to tell us about their third movie. (Thankfully, this is a temporary sign, since Moon is no longer showing there.)
Look right there under the Princess II sign. It's there.
seinfeil gets sporty
I’m sorry, which sport are we playing?
What kind of equipment do we need? Rackets? A helmet? Does that require a BALL?
I hear the ones with the extra L cost more.
seinfeil – spelling
I think we’ll end up finding that a lot of the best seinfeil’s include spelling mistakes that cause a double-take. Or just a plain head shake.
In this case, the sign company likely offered “convenience” but no “quality control.” I mean, it’s on both sides of the building…
As an aside, I also think ATM Machine (with "M" already meaning "machine") takes this up to new levels of fail.
seinfeil – the forgotten sign
This time we’ve got a sign that in and of itself doesn’t fail, but the fact it’s been sitting around our neighbourhood for 2 months begs some questions. Come pick it up, City of Edmonton.
And we thought this was funny ONE month later...
At least they cleaned the street when they said they would.
seinfeil – Stop the oppression
Too long have we trampled over sand as if we were superior. No more!
We know it was really just a guy giving away free sand.
seinfeil
the edmontonian wants to be a place where you can engage in the important discussions about Edmonton, the pressing issues of the day. We want you to come to us for all things Edmonton.
But sometimes we just have to laugh. seinfeil (pronounced sign-fail) is all about those signs that cause a double-take.
So close.
