Tuesday 5 November 2019

This Ad's Use of Punctuation is "Good"


Are the double speech-marks meant to suggest this message is sarcastic? If so, that means...

There isn't an "offer".


Even if there was, you can't get it "often".

Which is most likely due to it not being "available".

Why would anyone shop here? I can only guess that the mythical rare offer must be AMAZING. And not "amazing".

TIHSPITFOAL: Bath and Bristol

I went to Bath and Bristol, saw some things. Here's some of the things!


A snippy letter from 1839 that informs the recipient 'the respect due to Miss Dalton compels me to remind you that my letter to you still remains unnoticed'.
Historical passive-aggressiveness

A list of sections in a bookshop. One has been covered over with masking tape. You can clearly read it despite this. The censored label reads 'erotica'
Inept censorship 
 
Museum information board about Roman curses. One curse indicates that a man who had his gloves stolen wants the thief to 'lose his eyes and his mind'.
A bit of an overreaction

A porcelain dog that looks traumatised
A dog that has seen. some. shit.

A bin that has the word 'DADDY' written on it in huge capital letters
And a bin with issues.