But then there are times when I'm genuinely unsure about this assumption. Because sometimes a man just runs into something, stares at it for a few seconds, and announces aloud to himself that these people can't not know what they're doing.
This is one of those times.
Osborne Village has a reputation as being a particularly hip and with-it area of town, as one of the places to be to stay on top of trends and cultural movements. In the heart of Osborne Village lies this spectacles store, a store that many denizens of our fair city pass by countless times without a second thought -- but as late they've had a message on their sign that makes me stop and ponder it every time I go past.
What, you may ask yourself, am I going on about this time? Let's have a closer look:
"O RLY".
"O RLY"?
I get that it combines with the above line to form "naturally" -- er, sort of -- but to what end? Did "NATURALLY" not fit on the board when they tried it? Are they trying to suggest a link between poor eyesight and poor spelling? Is this genuinely a reference to the internet meme, and I'm supposed to mentally link the store's products to the superior eyesight normally reserved for owls? Who decided to put this up onto the sign, and why?
YA RLY
YA RLY
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WOULD MAKE ME BUY GLASSES FROM YOU
I'M CONFUSED
SRSLY
There are a lot of mysteries around here.
Be sure to tune in next time, when somebody writes "STFU NOOB" on the Convention Centre sign and my brain makes a quiet sizzling noise!
2 comments:
In Ottawa a few years back there was a place called Public Optical and for months and months the "L" was burnt out.
God, I love signs like that.
When I was maybe thirteen or fourteen, my family was travelling through the southeastern States and we had the chance to drive through Daytona Beach during Spring Break; one hotel attempting to draw in the crowds boasted of its swimming facilities but must have run out of letters for its sign.
So when I'm eighty I won't remember my own name, but I'll remember that Daytona Beach hotel sign that proudly advertised its "INDOOR HEATED POO". These things stick with you!
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