In the past couple months, I’ve collected some signs that have made me smile: Signs of Summer, if you will.
Here are 10 of them.
Sign 1: Graffiti in a Private School Bathroom (Final Exam Week)
Sign 2: The Front Page of The Calgary Herald
Sign 3: The Placement of James Rollins’ Book at Indigo Bookstore (Calgary)
Sign 4: Graffiti in the Bathroom of McNally Robinson Bookstore (Winnipeg)
Sign 5: The Ironic Mom Tour Bus (a.k.a. my parents’ home 5 months of the year)
Sign 6: The License Plate of The Ironic Mom Tour Bus
Sign 7: A Loyal Fan of the Saskatchewan Rough Riders in Line for Ice Cream (rural Alberta)
Sign 8: Menu Item at Eddie’s Restaurant and Burger Bar (Banff)
Sign 9: Advertisement on the Wall of The Grizzly House (Banff)
Sign 10: Vivian’s Handmade Sign on the Real Ironic-Mom-Mobile
What have you seen this summer?
Love the license plate! And the gas hole. Your kids will draw on your car with anything, won’t they? At least there’s no permanent damage.
No permanent damage that’s visible. We’re saving the invisible stuff for the therapist.
I love the zombie edition royal wedding photo. And the gas hole. I’m going to start calling it that. We’re not allowed to pump our own gas in NJ, so I’ll be sure to tell the Russian guys, “Fill it up with regular, please. In the gas hole.”
I am laughing at the image of you saying that!
I’m sorry, but the tolberone sign is classic. Good times…
That sign was the start of a good girls’ weekend.
Hmm, I wonder why I’ve never see the Toblerone ad sign here, in the states…Great signs, though. Indeed, it must be summer!
To be honest, I’ve never seen it here before either. I suspect it came from Europe…
You’ve got to really love some Robert Frost to channel him in the bathroom stall…
But now, all I can think of is a breakfast of PB & J followed by a peaking Toblerone.
Yum.
Don’t forget the beef and the bacon and the jalapeno cheese…
Hilarious – especially the Toblerone.
I know…
That’s some pretty sophisticated graffiti in the bathroom stall.
It made me think I should start writing poems on bathroom walls.
These are great. My personal faves are going out to Viv on this one though. She had me at zombies 😀
If you look carefully, I think she was trying to detach Prince William’s head…
The PB&J should not exist. Great photo album. Looks like you’ve got a budding ironist in Vivian there.
Yes. She’s already suggested she needs to blog at IronicKids.com.
I like the Rollins-Snookie photo. Remember when there were bookstores? Where people bought books?
I know. Now most bookstores seem to see toys and housewarming gifts.
That’s funny stuff. Did she know what she was rhyming with when she wrote that on the glass?
I hope she didn’t…
gas hole. hilarious.
🙂
I want to go to there.
Tina Fey said it first, but I need to see these things with my own eyes. Even the Gas Hole.
Come!
I’m suddenly craving a toblerone – which really is my favorite candy bar… IYKWIM
And now you have 11 great reasons to like it. 😉
Stuck on “gas hole.” Can’t. stop. giggling….
Yes. She also labeled every other part of the car…
Finally, an answer to the proverbial chocolate/sex debate.
LOL.
HAHAHAHA!!! I love this!!! I can’t decide which is my favorite! You would love the road sign down the road from me…that reads “CAUTION: Kids, cows and dumb dog may be on road” I love living in rural BC surrounded by ranchers and rednecks (some of them are even both!).
Thanks for sharing!! Gas-hole….hahahaha!!!
I would love to see that sign..
Yup, looks like summer alright. Winter is nearly over here and sees the 01 September as the first day of Spring. Now I gotta wait for that Summer heat to just make me ill.
Enjoy spring in the meantime. Hope it’s gorgeous (and long!)
Very funny stuff! While I haven’t seen any signs directly relating to summer that are on the same comedic par as your examples, I did recently see a bumper sticker that read, “My Karma Ran Over Your Dogma.”
That’s pretty brilliant!!
That is hilarious. I love that!
PB&J with beef is weird, but my friend taught me to put peanut butter on my hamburger and no word of a lie: it’s delicious.
Really? I may have to try it. Next time I’m in Banff…
In Thailand, everyone puts ketchup on their pizza (Yes, Pizza Hut sends those little Heinz packages with pizza). And…it’s good…
HAHAHAHA!!! I’m so glad I went back to catch up on your blog. Hilarious. Those are great! Toblerone and gas hole were my favorites.
Thanks, Amy!
Love this post, Leanne. Brings up a question. Did Obama commandeer your parents’ home for his campaign tour? The look identical. 🙂 Thanks for the pics and the smile.
I know. My brother called it Shania Twain’s bus when he saw it…
The Canadian in me cracked up at the irony of #6. A Manitoban (Manitobian? Manitobite?) who hates snow might consider relocated. Or buying a tourbus I suppose.
I totally meant relocating. Not relocated. Forgive me? This is my first visit to your blog and I really loved it! I arrived here via Thoughtsy and her Thing 1 and Thing 2 post.
Welcome! It is rather ironic…fitting for the parents of “Ironic Mom,” I guess! Hope you stop by again. Thanks for commenting!