which clip art extravaganza is the most gratuitous? you be the judge!
is it this sign, from the virginia office of — of course — a major mobile carrier?
is it this little tea party of a sign from cambridge, mass.?
or is it this one, from, yes, a church restroom?
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139 responses so far ↓
#1 Matt
I like how the little animals don’t even pertain to what the note says in the first one.
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:04 pm
#2 anglophile
Do Not Trash This Bathroom, or an orthodox priest with a hand puppet will bless you???
I wonder how effective that sign is?
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:11 pm
#3 zenvelo
that last one, why is Osama bin Laden disguised as a bishop?
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:13 pm
#4 Andrea
I’m torn. I love the clip art mathematics in #2, but I also love bathroom!priest in #3… they are both great works.
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:14 pm
#5 fangelohio
Personally, I like the priest. I mean, come on, who could trash a bathroom without wondering if they’re going to hell for it?
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:21 pm
#6 Crash
The second one works really well if your illiterate.
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:21 pm
#7 Grimfool
As for the most gratuitous, obviously #1; way out of control . . . there COULD have been a theme with loud animals, except for the bunny and ladybug; there COULD have been an implied “we don’t work in a zoo” — again, except for the bunny and ladybug. And did anyone notice that the sign which is obviously aimed at cellphone users is directly under a yellow Nextel flag? Talked about mixed subliminal messages! Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now?
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:22 pm
#8 Canthz_B
I think that sign three,
Would cause guilt, making it too,
Hard to make a pee.
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:24 pm
#9 Canthz_B
What if I prefer to take my call to the ventricle?
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:26 pm
#10 Grimfool
However, upon reflection and after a message from God, I also scratch my head at #3 — obviously a Protestant church to the left, obviously an Orthodox priest to the right… but I do dig how the priest’s eyes follow me around the room as I’m trashing it!
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:28 pm
#11 Canthz_B
Here is the church,
Here is the steeple,
The Bishop is watching,
Don’t trash this room people.
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:28 pm
#12 Canthz_B
Overheard cell phone conversations are annoying. Even the animal kingdom has had enough!
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:33 pm
#13 Crash
Note #1
So, if I’m on my phone and not reading the sign, I can keep my call there, right ?
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:34 pm
#14 anglophile
That is really an impressive display of clip art in Note #2. Not only a cannister and loose tea leaves, but also a tea strainer. Most mediocre clip art collections would only have a bag and a cup for tea, I’d bet!
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:41 pm
#15 Writer, Rejected
I don’t get the math problem in the second sign. How does me + a mop equal some loose tea and a sink? Does that mean the disposal spits up the tea on the floor? Also, I think clip art should be banned by everyone but art directors. It’s too much. Much too much.
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:53 pm
#16 Canthz_B
Laugh now, but 300 years from now these masterworks will be taught in Clip-Art History 101, The Millennium Period.
Dec 16, 2007 at 6:53 pm
#17 Stace
What kind of garbage disposal can’t handle tea leaves?
Dec 16, 2007 at 7:41 pm
#18 SaiSei
I, for one, am grateful for the pictures. I don’t know how I ever would have figured out that there was a trash receptacle without the oscar-the-grouch trashcan picture showing me the way.
Dec 16, 2007 at 7:49 pm
#19 Canthz_B
In note three (in a church), why did they make “you” less important than the “Bathroom” by not capitalizing? Hmmm…
Dec 16, 2007 at 8:00 pm
#20 summer
That tea was fucking delicious!
Dec 16, 2007 at 8:09 pm
#21 Wade
I think that left justifying the trash receptacle puts the attention to detail completely over the top.
Dec 16, 2007 at 8:12 pm
#22 WanderingPenguin
I would like to say that, as a right-handed person, I do not find a trash receptacle located to the left of something to be the least bit convenient. Team Equal-Opportunity Trash Receptacles.
Dec 16, 2007 at 8:14 pm
#23 Wade
You know, you can buy a strainer to fit over the drain. Costs less than 1 USD.
I’m just saying…..
Dec 16, 2007 at 8:18 pm
#24 WanderingPenguin
I am also really disappointed that they didn’t bother (in sign #2) going to the trouble to find a clipart picture of me to complete that equation. Ergo, I imagine that note must be directed at someone else.
Also, if only there was some way of determining exactly who the “major mobile carrier” is in picture #1. Hmmm… _EXTEL… damn, I just cannot figure it out. The Easter Bunny was an… interesting touch… but wtf is up with that Stretch Armstrong monkey? *shudder*
Dec 16, 2007 at 8:19 pm
#25 super_fan99
Since when do tea bags look like a ball of hair? It kinda looks like a ball of broken toothpicks. And what kind of garbage disposal can’t handle that anyway? I can put whole chickens in mine…
Dec 16, 2007 at 8:22 pm
#26 Inga
#1. Reading from left to right, the animals depicted are progressively less noisy, as the “you” referenced would be as s/he exited to the atrium. A sign created for the many intelligent folks for whom signs in English look like this - asdilh laskdato oiwe renio aoiur.
I’m only sorry that what appears to be the Easter Bunny is carrying a basket. Why? Maybe this is a picture of a human child dressed as the E.B. for Halloween . . . in which case, it should come to the left of the lion, probably.
Dec 16, 2007 at 8:47 pm