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Thursday, January 08, 2009

Would You Trust Him With Your Alterations/Repairs?

Bad signage mesmerizes me. I'm dazzled by this guy's weirdness. I've named him Edward Sausage Hands. Where is he sewing on those pants? How is he feeding the fabric with his fingertips? He freaks me out. (of course I'm ignoring the cell phone color weirdness ...)

Then I started noticing all the other "Alterations/Repairs" graphics in town.

Then I started taking photos of them.

And now they are a set on my Flickr called Adventures in Signage

p.s. I love wearing my measuring tape like that. For real. Love it.

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deirdre said ...

haha! I love this post and the flickr set -- they are truely weird. I'm guess a non-sewing graphic artist is rendering what s/he thinks a sewer would look like.

this is acutally an excellent lesson in learning your subject before rendering it, isn't it!

I like wearing my tape measure around my neck also, very much! it makes me feel professional when I am sewing.

1/8/2009 11:40 AM

UK lass in US said ...

So THAT'S where I've been going wrong - I thought I was supposed to feed the fabric with my fingertips. That's the last time I get my sewing tips from a shop sign...

1/8/2009 4:30 PM

Sam said ...

Haha... this greatly amused me. I love the sign set, and must agree that they are all quite creepy looking! Good thing I can make my own alterations!

And I, too, love to wear my tape measure around my neck! It makes me feel official. And awesome.

1/8/2009 8:50 PM

gleek said ...

in a word, no. he's creepy!

1/8/2009 8:56 PM

scatterbox said ...

Hellz yeah that guy is creepy. Looks like Robin Williams in that One Hour Photo flick. Judging by the other two photos, though, you apparently can only be considered a master tailor when you have poor eyesight and properly sport your tape measure. Friggin' elitists. As for the knuckle lady (hilarious), I'm betting that she lost them in a freak hemming accident from using the same splayed-out technique the guy has. He's next in line for digit dismemberment, if you ask me.

1/8/2009 9:19 PM

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1/8/2009 9:20 PM

Elizabeth said ...

You should start a group. I've notice similar weirdness in my town. :>

1/8/2009 9:45 PM

Angie said ...

Oh my goodness you made me laugh so hard I snorted. And the flickr group? Now I am going to look for signs like these around my town!

1/9/2009 3:28 AM

Jennifer said ...

Between the "Hole where America throws its money" video and now these flickr pics i can't stop laughing!:)Thanks for the craft and the laughs!!That skull soap with the baby inside cracked me up too. (You have to post a photo of the baby if you ever use up that soap.)

1/9/2009 3:56 AM

fluidambition said ...

Whoa, one of the dry cleaners near my apartment has that same sign on their window! I wonder if it's a common one...

1/9/2009 11:17 AM

esther said ...

eee.. he look kinda spooky too. he should have an bloody apron on and a bucther knife in one hand. that's more like it.

1/9/2009 11:36 PM

Pam said ...

One weird thing I noticed was that the women are wearing curvy tape measures, but the man's tape measure hangs straight. Very funny!

1/11/2009 10:19 AM

Kristina said ...

This guy is all over the dry cleaner windows where I live! He works at a lot of shops, apparently...

1/12/2009 3:58 AM

dot said ...

Hey!
so funny... but your picture is not showing up in your post, you probably need to relink it from flickr :)

1/12/2009 3:26 PM

nancymoo said ...

I love the signs!! I haven't found any fun signs, but the shop in my area that always makes me laugh in a completely juvenile way is "Wang's Tailor" :)

1/12/2009 9:22 PM

angelina said ...

First of all, this post made me laugh out loud. Second of all- wouldn't it be a great adventure to run around a strange city with a couple of friends and hunt for weird signs then gather at a pub to discuss the treats? I LOVE weird signage. There's one here in town that gets me EVERY TIME I SEE IT:

"$5 Hot-n-Ready" a pizza sign. Makes me think of alley way prostitutes.

Yeah, I love this guy who looks like he already gotten one of his digits stuck on his needle.

No, I would NOT trust him.

1/14/2009 10:15 PM

marietta said ...

so i am guessing i shouldn;t get one of these for my new home business, huh? :) now i am going to be looking at every drycleaner window in the dc area to see if i can find one more disturbing than these

1/19/2009 11:25 PM

sherri/the claw said ...

this is hilarious. We have the same woman on your flicker - the blonde with glasses on her nose making an ok sign. she has always cracked me up. great post.

1/23/2009 9:49 PM

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