Signage IV: A New Hope

How many times did someone chuck a soda can at a dog before they made this sign?

The influence of the powerful cat diaper lobby can be felt even here.

This is kind of cat friendly sign I was expecting.  This cat either looks completely relaxed and zen or about to leap out and shred you with its claws.  As far as I can tell, this is the whole problem with cats.  Both could be true.

Japan also has angry, muscular, and slightly threatening vending machines.

"Drink this!"

Michael's home away from home?

The definition of mixed messaging.  I was so confused that I didn't even want to cross the street to take this picture.

When we did eventually go in, we discovered 'vintage' 50s clothing selling for $200 a shirt.  So ... time to raid Jim Grandpa's closet?

This is going to sound like another example of Lukeperboly, but it is absolutely true.

Amy took Lily to a tourist attraction called Nara Park, where wild deer have allegedly learned how to "bow."

This is the sign at the entrance.

Notice that it is only once you've made the one hour trip to the damn park that they give you a warning.  The deer can (and will) "occasionally attack" people, including biting, kicking, and head butting.  It's like Gladiator but with treats.  The sign doesn't warn about the worst outcome, a knock down face first into one of the many piles of deer poop littering the park.  Watch out Disney!  Here comes Nara.

Sign makers in Japan have a traumatic job.  Every day, your boss shows up with a new trauma to warn people about.  "Listen up team, we need another dog sign.  This one has to warn people not to let their dogs get strangled by elevators.  Earmark tomorrow for those freaking homicidal deer in Nara."

Come spend a fun filled evening at Snob Eternita, where you can talk about how much better you are than everyone else.  

 

Stephen King's inspiration for Christine?

Seems like smoking is not only permitted but preferred.  After seeing the exterior of this "establishment," I can assure you that pregnant women don't need to see the sign to keep on walking.

A genius pairing of caffeine and aliens.  Why didn't SKR think of this earlier?

You'd better believe dogs are ok.

Even schnauzers.

A little known sect of Buddhism that substitutes craft beer for tea.  In this faith, there is little distinction between meditation and passing out.

A store that Tessa will never, ever enter.

Because Shelob.

Who needs Night Train when you've got Lemon head?  It's so good that you won't mind being publicly humiliated.

An advertisement for an upcoming feline MMA bout.

A cat was mildly harmed during the making of this advertisement.

I'm not certain about the marketing value of a) an ice cream cone shaped like a ninja who is b) mortally wounded.  It's probably the same reasoning behind the cute/creepy talking M&Ms.  Not sure why people want to eat cute things.  

A Nara deer ice cream cone.  Here, I feel that they captured the blank look of a dissociating psychopath perfectly.  Maybe you're in the mood for one of these after being attacked by deer for an hour.